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Zachary Peter Kilpatrick

TitleAssociate Professor
InstitutionUniversity of Colorado Boulder
DepartmentApplied Mathematics

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    R01EB029847     (KILPATRICK, ZACHARY PETER)Sep 23, 2020 - Sep 22, 2023
    NIH
    Connecting neural circuit architecture and experience-driven probabilistic computations
    Role: Principal Investigator
    R01MH115557     (GOLD, JOSHUA I)Jul 1, 2017 - Apr 30, 2021
    NIH
    CRCNS: Decision Making in Changing Environments
    Role: Co-Principal Investigator

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    1. Barendregt NW, Gold JI, Josic K, Kilpatrick ZP. Information-Seeking Decision Strategies Mitigate Risk in Dynamic, Uncertain Environments. ArXiv. 2025 Mar 24. PMID: 40196142.
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    2. Pr?vost ED, Ward LA, Alas D, Aimale G, Ikenberry S, Fox K, Pelletier J, Ly A, Ball J, Kilpatrick ZP, Price K, Polter AM, Root DH. Untangling dopamine and glutamate in the ventral tegmental area. bioRxiv. 2025 Feb 26. PMID: 40060543.
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    3. Cihak HL, Kilpatrick ZP. Robustly encoding certainty in a metastable neural circuit model. Phys Rev E. 2024 Sep; 110(3-1):034404. PMID: 39425424.
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    4. Linn S, Lawley SD, Karamched BR, Kilpatrick ZP, Josic K. Fast decisions reflect biases; slow decisions do not. Phys Rev E. 2024 Aug; 110(2-1):024305. PMID: 39295031.
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    5. Shaw S, Kilpatrick ZP. Representing stimulus motion with waves in adaptive neural fields. J Comput Neurosci. 2024 May; 52(2):145-164. PMID: 38607466.
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    6. Cihak HL, Kilpatrick ZP. MULTISCALE MOTION AND DEFORMATION OF BUMPS IN STOCHASTIC NEURAL FIELDS WITH DYNAMIC CONNECTIVITY. Multiscale Model Simul. 2024; 22(1):178-203. PMID: 39885947.
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    7. Linn S, Lawley SD, Karamched BR, Kilpatrick ZP, Josic K. Fast decisions reflect biases, slow decisions do not. ArXiv. 2024 Jan 02. PMID: 38259347.
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    8. Shaw S, Kilpatrick ZP. Representing stimulus motion with waves in adaptive neural fields. ArXiv. 2023 Dec 11. PMID: 38168459.
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    9. Eissa TL, Kilpatrick ZP. Learning efficient representations of environmental priors in working memory. PLoS Comput Biol. 2023 Nov; 19(11):e1011622. PMID: 37943956.
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    10. Ly A, Barker A, Hotchkiss H, Pr?vost ED, McGovern DJ, Kilpatrick Z, Root DH. Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis GABA neurons are necessary for changes in foraging behaviour following an innate threat. Eur J Neurosci. 2023 10; 58(7):3630-3649. PMID: 37715507.
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    11. Stickler M, Ott W, Kilpatrick ZP, Josic K, Karamched BR. Impact of correlated information on pioneering decisions. Phys Rev Res. 2023 Sep; 5(3). PMID: 39886359.
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    12. Cihak HL, Kilpatrick ZP. Multiscale motion and deformation of bumps in stochastic neural fields with dynamic connectivity. ArXiv. 2023 Jun 28. PMID: 37426453.
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    13. Ly A, Barker A, Pr?vost ED, McGovern DJ, Kilpatrick Z, Root DH. Bed Nucleus of the Stria Terminalis GABA neurons are necessary for changes in foraging behavior following an innate threat. bioRxiv. 2023 Feb 25. PMID: 36865159.
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    14. Cihak HL, Eissa TL, Kilpatrick ZP. Distinct Excitatory and Inhibitory Bump Wandering in a Stochastic Neural Field. SIAM J Appl Dyn Syst. 2022; 21(4):2579-2609. PMID: 38250343.
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    15. Gilmer JI, Farries MA, Kilpatrick Z, Delis I, Cohen JD, Person AL. An emergent temporal basis set robustly supports cerebellar time-series learning. J Neurophysiol. 2023 01 01; 129(1):159-176. PMID: 36416445.
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    16. Barendregt NW, Gold JI, Josic K, Kilpatrick ZP. Normative decision rules in changing environments. Elife. 2022 10 25; 11. PMID: 36282065.
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    17. Bidari S, El Hady A, Davidson JD, Kilpatrick ZP. Stochastic dynamics of social patch foraging decisions. Phys Rev Res. 2022 Aug-Oct; 4(3). PMID: 36090768.
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    18. Eissa TL, Gold JI, Josic K, Kilpatrick ZP. Suboptimal human inference can invert the bias-variance trade-off for decisions with asymmetric evidence. PLoS Comput Biol. 2022 07; 18(7):e1010323. PMID: 35853038.
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    19. Schapiro K, Josic K, Kilpatrick ZP, Gold JI. Strategy-dependent effects of working-memory limitations on human perceptual decision-making. Elife. 2022 03 15; 11. PMID: 35289747.
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    20. Bidari S, Kilpatrick ZP. Hive geometry shapes the recruitment rate of honeybee colonies. J Math Biol. 2021 07 29; 83(2):20. PMID: 34324069.
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    21. Kilpatrick ZP, Davidson JD, El Hady A. Uncertainty drives deviations in normative foraging decision strategies. J R Soc Interface. 2021 07; 18(180):20210337. PMID: 34255987.
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    22. Karamched B, Stickler M, Ott W, Lindner B, Kilpatrick ZP, Josic K. Heterogeneity Improves Speed and Accuracy in Social Networks. Phys Rev Lett. 2020 Nov 20; 125(21):218302. PMID: 33274999.
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    23. Karamched B, Stolarczyk S, Kilpatrick ZP, Josic K. Bayesian Evidence Accumulation on Social Networks. SIAM J Appl Dyn Syst. 2020; 19(3):1884-1919. PMID: 36051948.
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    24. Wang Y, Kilpatrick ZP, Josic K. A hierarchical model of perceptual multistability involving interocular grouping. J Comput Neurosci. 2020 05; 48(2):177-192. PMID: 32338341.
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    25. Bidari S, Peleg O, Kilpatrick ZP. Social inhibition maintains adaptivity and consensus of honeybees foraging in dynamic environments. R Soc Open Sci. 2019 Dec; 6(12):191681. PMID: 31903216.
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    26. Barendregt NW, Josic K, Kilpatrick ZP. Analyzing dynamic decision-making models using Chapman-Kolmogorov equations. J Comput Neurosci. 2019 12; 47(2-3):205-222. PMID: 31734803.
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    27. Radillo AE, Veliz-Cuba A, Josic K, Kilpatrick ZP. Performance of normative and approximate evidence accumulation on the dynamic clicks task. Neuron Behav Data Anal Theory. 2019; 3(1). PMID: 32309818.
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    28. Kilpatrick ZP, Holmes WR, Eissa TL, Josic K. Optimal models of decision-making in dynamic environments. Curr Opin Neurobiol. 2019 10; 58:54-60. PMID: 31326724.
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    29. Kilpatrick ZP, Gjorgjieva J, Rosenbaum R. Special Issue from the 2017 International Conference on Mathematical Neuroscience. J Math Neurosci. 2019 Jan 07; 9(1):1. PMID: 30617922.
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    30. Nguyen KP, Josic K, Kilpatrick ZP. Optimizing sequential decisions in the drift-diffusion model. J Math Psychol. 2019 Feb; 88:32-47. PMID: 31564753.
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    31. Kilpatrick ZP. Synaptic mechanisms of interference in working memory. Sci Rep. 2018 05 18; 8(1):7879. PMID: 29777113.
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    32. Krishnan N, Poll DB, Kilpatrick ZP. Synaptic efficacy shapes resource limitations in working memory. J Comput Neurosci. 2018 06; 44(3):273-295. PMID: 29546529.
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    33. Kilpatrick ZP, Poll DB. Neural field model of memory-guided search. Phys Rev E. 2017 Dec; 96(6-1):062411. PMID: 29347320.
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    34. Radillo AE, Veliz-Cuba A, Josic K, Kilpatrick ZP. Evidence Accumulation and Change Rate Inference in Dynamic Environments. Neural Comput. 2017 06; 29(6):1561-1610. PMID: 28333591.
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    35. Jacot-Guillarmod A, Wang Y, Pedroza C, Ogmen H, Kilpatrick Z, Josic K. Extending Levelt's Propositions to perceptual multistability involving interocular grouping. Vision Res. 2017 04; 133:37-46. PMID: 28185858.
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    36. McCleney ZT, Kilpatrick ZP. Entrainment in up and down states of neural populations: non-smooth and stochastic models. J Math Biol. 2016 11; 73(5):1131-1160. PMID: 26972459.
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    37. Poll DB, Nguyen K, Kilpatrick ZP. Sensory feedback in a bump attractor model of path integration. J Comput Neurosci. 2016 Apr; 40(2):137-55. PMID: 26754972.
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    38. Veliz-Cuba A, Shouval HZ, Josic K, Kilpatrick ZP. Networks that learn the precise timing of event sequences. J Comput Neurosci. 2015 Dec; 39(3):235-54. PMID: 26334992.
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    39. Kilpatrick ZP. Stochastic synchronization of neural activity waves. Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys. 2015 Apr; 91(4):040701. PMID: 25974427.
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    40. Kim JK, Kilpatrick ZP, Bennett MR, Josic K. Molecular mechanisms that regulate the coupled period of the mammalian circadian clock. Biophys J. 2014 May 06; 106(9):2071-81. PMID: 24806939.
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    41. Kilpatrick ZP. Coupling layers regularizes wave propagation in stochastic neural fields. Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys. 2014 Feb; 89(2):022706. PMID: 25353508.
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    42. Kilpatrick ZP, Ermentrout B, Doiron B. Optimizing working memory with heterogeneity of recurrent cortical excitation. J Neurosci. 2013 Nov 27; 33(48):18999-9011. PMID: 24285904.
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    43. Carroll S, Josic K, Kilpatrick ZP. Encoding certainty in bump attractors. J Comput Neurosci. 2014 Aug; 37(1):29-48. PMID: 24271061.
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    44. Kilpatrick ZP. Short term synaptic depression improves information transfer in perceptual multistability. Front Comput Neurosci. 2013; 7:85. PMID: 23847523.
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    45. Kilpatrick ZP. Interareal coupling reduces encoding variability in multi-area models of spatial working memory. Front Comput Neurosci. 2013; 7:82. PMID: 23898260.
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    46. Jayasuriya S, Kilpatrick ZP. Effects of time-dependent stimuli in a competitive neural network model of perceptual rivalry. Bull Math Biol. 2012 Jun; 74(6):1396-1426. PMID: 22314546.
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    47. Kilpatrick ZP, Ermentrout B. Response of traveling waves to transient inputs in neural fields. Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys. 2012 Feb; 85(2 Pt 1):021910. PMID: 22463247.
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    48. Kilpatrick ZP, Ermentrout B. Sparse gamma rhythms arising through clustering in adapting neuronal networks. PLoS Comput Biol. 2011 Nov; 7(11):e1002281. PMID: 22125486.
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    49. Kilpatrick ZP, Bard Ermentrout G. Hallucinogen persisting perception disorder in neuronal networks with adaptation. J Comput Neurosci. 2012 Feb; 32(1):25-53. PMID: 21671074.
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    50. Kilpatrick ZP, Bressloff PC. Spatially structured oscillations in a two-dimensional excitatory neuronal network with synaptic depression. J Comput Neurosci. 2010 Apr; 28(2):193-209. PMID: 19866351.
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    51. Bressloff PC, Kilpatrick ZP. Nonlocal Ginzburg-Landau equation for cortical pattern formation. Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys. 2008 Oct; 78(4 Pt 1):041916. PMID: 18999464.
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