Curriculum Vita

Martin B. Wolske

October, 2004

Home Address
1806 Clover Lane
Champaign, IL 61821
(217)352-6267 (Phone)

Work Address
Graduate School of Library and Information Science
University of Illinois
501 E. Daniel
Champaign, IL 61820
(217)244-8094 (Phone)
(217)244-3302 (Fax)

Email Address
mwolsk@uiuc.edu

Personal Information
Born: January 17, 1964, St. Joseph, Michigan
Family Status: Married, 2 children (10 & 14 yrs. old)

Educational Background
1993 - Ph.D. Psychology Dept., Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ Graduate Advisor: Mark O. West
1990 - M.S., Psychology, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ Graduate Advisor: Mark O. West
1987 - B.A., Psychology, Anderson University, Anderson, IN
2004 - Certification, Help Desk Manager, STI Knowledge, Atlanta, GA

Work Experience
2004 to present - User Services Coordinator, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois
2004 to present - Assistant Professor (non-tenure track), Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois
2000 to 2003 - Manager of Research Systems, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois
1995 to 2003 - Manager of Systems Services, Prairienet, University of Illinois
1997 to 1999 - Director, Prairienet, University of Illinois
1993 to 1995 - Postdoctoral Fellow, Beckman Institute, University of Illinois
1991 to present - Independent Consultant for Datawave, Inc. products and related software
1987 to 1993 - Graduate Assistant, Psychology Dept. Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ
summer, 1991&92 - Instructor, Introduction to Psychology, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ
1986 to 87 - Research Assistant, Psychology Dept., Anderson University, Anderson, IN

Other Work-related Activities
Instructor, Network Information Systems courses, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois
Guest lecturer, Integrative Neurophysiology, University of Illinois
Supervision of undergraduate research projects
Programming, C and pascal
Oversight of development of data acquisition and analysis software
Systems administration of PC/Novell computers
Administration of 10000+ user Unix computer network

Research Proposals Written and Funded
NIMH, Individual NRSA, "The Limbic-Motor Interface in Conditional Avoidance", awarded 1993-1996, Effort of Project - 100%.

Publications and Manuscripts

Thesis

  • Characterization of Changes in the Firing Rates of Neurons in the Nucleus Accumbens Septi During Stimulation Self-administered to the Ventral Tegmental Area of the Freely Moving Rat.

    • Dissertation

  • Electrophysiological Characterization of Single Units in the Dorsolateral Striatum of Rat Correlated with Neck Movements In Response to Cocaine Presentation.

    • Publications

  • Wolske, M., Lian, E.H.C., and Leech, C.K. (1987) Kindling rates in Sprague Dawley rats as a function of copper and nichrome electrodes. Indiana Academy of Sciences Proceedings, 96, 453-457.
  • West, M.O., Peoples, L.L., Wolske, M., and Dworkin, S.I. (1992) Psychomotor stimulant effects on single neurons in awake, behaving rats. In: Brown, R. and Frascella, J. (ed.) The Neurobiology of Brain-Behavior Interactions in Drug Abuse. National Institute on Drug Abuse Research Monographs #124, Washington, DC: Supt. of Docs, U.S. Govt. Printing Off., 57-71.
  • Wolske, M., Rompre, P-P., Wise, R.A., and West, M.O. (1993) Activation of single neurons in the rat nucleus accumbens during self-stimulation of the ventral tegmental area. Journal of Neuroscience, 13(1), 1-12.
  • Pederson, C.L., Wolske, M., Peoples, L.L., and West, M.O. (1997) Firing rate dependent effect of cocaine on single neurons of the rat lateral striatum. Brain Research, 760, 261-265.
  • Carelli, R.M., Wolske M., and West, M.O. (1997) Loss of Lever Press-Related Firing of Rat Striatal Forelimb Neurons after Repeated Sessions in a Lever Pressing Task. J. Neurosci. 17, 1804-1814. [Abstract] [Full Text]

    • Published Abstracts

  • West, M.O. and Wolske, M. (1988) Electrophysiological characterization of single unit activity in the nucleus accumbens of the freely moving rat. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr., 14(2), 923.
  • Wolske, M. and West, M.O. (1988) Single unit activity in the nucleus accumbens of the freely moving rat during oral self- administration of cocaine. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr., 14(2), 930.
  • Wolske, M., Rompre, P-P., Wise, R.A., and West, M.O. (1989) Single unit activity in the nucleus accumbens of the freely moving rat during medial forebrain bundle self-stimulation. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr., 15(1), 34.
  • Peoples, L.L., Wolske, M., Dworkin, S.I., Smith, J.A., Deadwyler, S.A., and West, M.O. (1989) A method for recording single unit activity during I.V. self-administration of drugs in freely moving rat. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr., 15(2), 1096.
  • Carelli, R.M., Wolske, M., and West, M.O. (1990) Plasticity of forelimb-related striatal activity during acquisition and maintenance of a tone-discrimination task in the rat. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr., 16(1), 233.
  • Wolske, M., Rompre, P-P., Wise, R.A., and West, M.O. (1990) Nucleus accumbens single unit activity in the rat during VTA self- stimulation. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr., 16(1), 592.
  • Wolske, M., Pederson, C., and West, M.O. (1993) The effects of cocaine on single units correlated with vertical head movement in the lateral striatum of rat during performance of a vertical head movement operant task. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr., 19(3), 1855.
  • Payne, J.R., Quinn, S.J., Wolske, M. Gabriel, M., Nelson, M.E. (1995) An information system for neuronal pattern analysis. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 21.
  • Pederson, C.L., Wolske, M., and West, M.O. 1997. Cocaine's firing rate dependent effect on rat dorsolateral striatal neruons. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts. In press.