Richard Foster

My research interests lie in the formulation and analysis of human physiological models, with a special focus on parameter identifiability and dynamical systems applications. My previous work investigated mechanistic approaches to modeling preterm infant respiration, specifically assessing the impact of clinical interventions on physiological dynamics. As a result of our work, potential drivers of respiratory dysfunction were identified from individual patient waveforms.

My current research explores topics in computational neuroscience, with my most recent work using criticality analysis and temporal renormalization to determine differences in healthy and Parkinsonian single-unit, single trial spiking behavior in the basal ganglia of rhesus macaque monkeys. Currently, I am working under the mentorship of Dr. Victoria Booth to investigate the role of sleep in memory consolidation, storage, and replay. Broadly, my research integrates methods from dynamical systems, optimization, probability theory, and statistical physics.