Dirk Bucher
Professor, Biological Sciences
CKB420
About Me
Born 1969 in Berlin Germany. Diploma in Biology from the Free University of Berlin, 1996. PhD in Neurobiology from the Free University of Berlin, 2001. Postdoctoral Fellowships at the University of Cologne, Germany, and Brandeis University, Waltham, MA. Assistant Professor at the University of Florida, 2006-2013. Associate Professor (with tenure) at NJIT, 2013.
Education
Ph.D. ; ; ;

2025 Fall Courses
BIOL 726 - INDEPENDENT STUDY II

BIOL 441 - NEUROPHYSIOLOGY

BIOL 790B - DOCT DISSERTATION & RESRCH

BIOL 640 - CELLULAR NEUROPHYSIOLOGY

BIOL 441 - NEUROPHYSIOLOGY-HONORS

BIOL 725 - INDEPENDENT STUDY I

BIOL 792C - PRE-DOCTORAL RESEARCH

BIOL 491 - SENIOR PROJECT

BIOL 790A - DOCT DISSERTATION & RESRCH

BIOL 790C - DOCTORAL DISSERTN & RESRCH

BIOL 792B - PRE-DOCTORAL RESEARCH

BIOL 492 - RESEARCH & INDEPENDENT STUDY

BIOL 790E - DOCTORAL DISSERTATION

BIOL 700B - MASTER'S PROJECT

BIOL 790D - DOCT DISSERTATION & RESRCH

Teaching Interests
neuroscience, animal physiology, imaging techniques
Past Courses
BIOL 340: MAMMALIAN PHYSIOLOGY

BIOL 341: INTRO TO NEUROPHYSIOLOGY

BIOL 341: INTRODUCTION TO NEUROPHYSIOLOGY

BIOL 347: LAB APPROACHES IN NEUROSCIENCE

BIOL 441: NEUROPHYSIOLOGY

BIOL 441: NEUROPHYSIOLOGY-HONORS

BIOL 447: SYSTEMS NEUROBIOLOGY

BIOL 640: CELLULAR NEUROPHYSIOLOGY

BIOL 698: ST: MODULATORS AND PLASTICITY

BIOL 698: ST: NEUROPHYSIOLOGY

BIOL 698: ST: NEUROSCIENCE APPROACHES

BIOL 698: ST:BIOLOGICAL IMAGING

Research Interests
neuroscience: central pattern generation, neuromodulation, neural coding
Journal Article
Xinping Li, Omar Itani, Dirk M. Bucher, Horacio G. Rotstein, Farzan Nadim. 2023. "Distinct Mechanisms Underlie Electrical Coupling Resonance and Its Interaction with Membrane Potential Resonance." Frontiers in Systems Biology , vol. 3 , pp. 1122433.

Haroon Anwar, Diana Martinez, Dirk M. Bucher, Farzan Nadim. 2022. "Inter-Animal Variability in Activity Phase Is Constrained by Synaptic Dynamics in an Oscillatory Network." eNeuro , vol. 9 , no. 4 .

Srinivas Gorur-Shandilya, Elizabeth M Cronin, Anna C Schneider, Sarah Haddad, Dirk M. Bucher, Farzan Nadim, Eve Marder. 2022. "Mapping circuit dynamics during function and dysfunction." Elife , vol. 11 .

Anna C Schneider, David Fox, Omar Itani, Jorge P. Golowasch, Dirk M. Bucher, Farzan Nadim. 2021. "Frequency-Dependent Action of Neuromodulation." eNeuro , vol. 8 , no. 6 .

Nelly Daur, Farzan Nadim, Dirk M. Bucher. 2021. "Synaptic Dynamics Convey Differential Sensitivity to Input Pattern Changes in Two Muscles Innervated by the Same Motor Neurons." eNeuro , vol. 8 , no. 6 .

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Chapter
Dirk M. Bucher. "Contribution of axons to short-term dynamics of neuronal communication. In: Axons and Brain Architecture." In Rockland, KS, eds., Elsevier, 2015.

Dirk M. Bucher, Gal Haspel, Jorge P. Golowasch, Farzan Nadim. "Central Pattern Generators." pp. 1-12. eLS, John Wiley & Sons, 2015.

Conference Proceeding
"The synaptic effects of ectopic spike initiation and the history dependence of axonal conduction"
Frontiers in Neuroscience, July (3rd Quarter/Summer), 2015.

Technical Report
"Single-Neuron Gene Expression Analysis Using the Maxwell® 16 LEV System in the Neural Systems and Behavior Course"
Promega Corporation Web site, January (1st Quarter/Winter), 2014.

Other
"Homeostatic plasticity in the nervous system."
Neural plasticity, January (1st Quarter/Winter), 2012.