1. DANIEL W. BRYDEN
danielwilliambryden@gmail.com http://www.linkedin.com/pub/daniel-bryden/a7/562/b55/
410.979.8307
EDUCATION PhD, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science
University of Maryland College Park, MD GPA: 3.88 Summer 2015
BA, Psychology
McDaniel College, Westminster, MD GPA: 3.34 Spring 2009
RELATED Postdoctoral Neuroscientist
EXPERIENCE Roesch Lab, University of Maryland,College Park,MD Summer 2015–Present
 Utilized custom-made multi-channel electrode arrays to ascertain the function of
single cortical neurons in a rodent task measuring executive functioning
 Evaluated behavioral adaptations following fluctuations in a complex cognitive task
using healthy and cocaine-addicted rats
 Studied how the dopamine learning signal contributes to flexible inhibitory
behavior as a means to infer its dysfunction in human psychiatric populations
 Generated novel MATLAB and R code to analyze in vivo electrophysiology data
using multivariate statistical approaches
Graduate Student/Research Assistant
Roesch Lab, University of Maryland, College Park, MD Fall 2009–Summer 2015
 Piloted and established a complex behavioral paradigm used to evaluate the degree
of impulsivity in the rat
 Surgically implanted multi-electrode arrays in numerous brain regions to explore
the role of the cortical–striatal circuit in executive functions including response
inhibition
 Integrated in vivo electrophysiological recordings with multivariate statistical
algorithms to uncover the neurological deficits caused by a rodent model of ADHD
 Examined behavioral adjustments in addiction by installing jugular vein catheters
into rats and allowing them free access to self-administer cocaine
Research Assistant
Rhodes Lab, McDaniel College, Westminster, MD Fall 2008–Spring 2009
 Investigated the interaction between steroid-hormones and anxiety by implementing
various rodent behavioral paradigms
 Oversaw the collection of brain tissue and trunk-blood from experimental rats for
use in quantitative analysis
 Built and designed new laboratory space

2. ADDITIONAL Research Assistant
EXPERIENCE McDevitt Lab, McDaniel College, Westminster, MD Spring 2007–Spring 2009
 Studied the impact of minute task manipulations on decision making in the pigeon
using a behavioral foraging task
 Independently coded an elaborate variable-interval behavioral responding task
 Maintained pigeon colony and experimental chambers
Project Assistant
Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab, Laurel, MD Summer 2008
 Trained police canines to detect tracking agents for a confidential government
defense project
 Combined and analyzed components of tracking agents via mass spectrometry
SPECIALIZED Single cell in vivo electrophysiology • Chronic electrode surgery • Brain lesion
SKILLS surgery • Animal behavior task design • Rodent histological procedures • Building
chronic recording electrode arrays • Manuscript review and preparation • Microsoft
Office • MATLAB programming • R Statistical Software • Adobe Illustrator •
Plexon-based neuron sorting programs • Visual Basic
AWARDS University of Maryland Distinguished Dissertation Award (2016). Response Inhibition
and the Cortico-Striatal Circuit ($1,000)
Best poster at Baltimore Chapter Society for Neuroscience meeting (2014). Impact of
response inhibition on activity in frontal cortex and dorsal striatum
INVITED TALKS Bryden D.W. & Roesch M.R. (2011). How do drugs affect the way we make
decisions? McDaniel College.
Bryden D.W. (2012). NeuralCorrelates of Suppressing an Ongoing Action. University
of Maryland College Park. Topics in Neuroscience Seminar.
Bryden D.W. (2014). Impulsivity, PrenatalNicotine, and the Rat PrefrontalCortex.
University of Maryland College Park. NACS Research Day
Bryden D.W. (2015). Prenatalnicotine exposure impairs inhibitory control and
attenuates firing in medial prefrontal cortex. University of Maryland College Park.
NACSfest
PROFESSIONAL Society for Neuroscience 2010–2015
AFFILIATIONS

3. PUBLICATIONS Bryden, D.W.,Burton, A.C.,Kashtelyan, V., Barnett,B.R. & Roesch, M.R. (2012)
Response inhibition signals and miscoding of direction in dorsomedial striatum. Front
Integr Neurosci, 6, 69. (external link)
Bryden, D.W.,Johnson, E.E., Diao, X. & Roesch,M.R. (2011a) Impact of expected
value on neural activity in rat substantia nigra pars reticulata. Eur J Neurosci, 33, 2308-
2317. (externallink)
Bryden, D.W.,Johnson, E.E., Tobia, S.C., Kashtelyan, V. & Roesch, M.R. (2011b)
Attention for learning signals in anterior cingulate cortex. J Neurosci, 31, 18266-18274.
(external link)
Bryden, D.W.,and Roesch,M. R. (2015) Executive Control Signals in Orbitofrontal
Cortex during Response Inhibition, J Neurosci 35, 3903-3914. (externallink)
Bryden, D.W., Barnett B, Cohen V, Hearn T,Jones E, Kariyil R, Kunin A, Kwak S,
Lee J, Lubinski B, Rao G, Zhan A, Roesch M.R. (2015) PrenatalNicotine Exposure
Impairs Executive Control Signals in Medial PrefrontalCortex,
Neuropsychopharmacology. (externallink)
Goldstein, B.L., Barnett,B.R., Vasquez,G., Tobia, S.C.,Kashtelyan, V.,Burton, A.C.,
Bryden, D.W. & Roesch,M.R. (2012) Ventral striatum encodes past and predicted
value independent of motor contingencies. J Neurosci, 32, 2027-2036. (external link)
Kashtelyan, V., Tobia, S.C.,Burton, A.C., Bryden, D.W. & Roesch,M.R. (2012)
Basolateral amygdala encodes upcoming errors but not response conflict. Eur J
Neurosci, 35, 952-959. (externallink)
Roesch, M.R. & Bryden, D.W. (2011) Impact of size and delay on neural activity in
the rat limbic corticostriatal system. Front Neurosci, 5, 130. (external link)
Roesch, M.R., Bryden, D.W.,Cerri, D.H.,Haney, Z.R. & Schoenbaum, G. (2012a)
Willingness to wait and altered encoding of time-discounted reward in the orbitofrontal
cortex with normal aging. J Neurosci, 32, 5525-5533. (external link)
Roesch, M.R.,Esber, G.R., Bryden, D.W.,Cerri, D.H.,Haney, Z.R. & Schoenbaum,
G. (2012b) Normal aging alters learning and attention-related teaching signals in
basolateral amygdala. J Neurosci, 32, 13137-13144. (external link)
Burton, A. C., Kashtelyan, V., Bryden, D. W.,& Roesch, M. R. (2013). Increased
Firing to Cues That Predict Low-Value Reward in the Medial Orbitofrontal Cortex.
CerebralCortex, bht189. (externallink)
Bissonette, G. B., Bryden, D. W., and Roesch, M. R. (2014) You won't regret reading
this, Nat Neurosci17, 892-893. (external link)