Education

PhD in Computational Nuclear Physics, Iowa State University (2012)
BS Physics (Cum Laude), Tulane University (2006)

Academic Appointments

Assistant Professor, Division of Surgical Research, Department of Surgery, The Larner College of Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT (2018-Present)

Other Professional Appointments

Instructor, Department of Surgery, University of Chicago (2017-July 2018)
Research Professional 1, Department of Surgery, University of Chicago (2012-2016)
Research Assistant, Iowa State University (2008-2012)

Awards and Honors

Research Computing Center Mind Bytes Award for Performance and Scalability – Mind Bytes Research Computing Expo and Symposium (2017)
Best Paper – Computational Approaches for Cancer Workshop at Supercomputing 2016 (2016)
Research Computing Center Mind Bytes Award for Performance and Scalability – Mind Bytes Research Computing Expo and Symposium (2014)
Best Paper in Track Award – SpringSim (2013)
American Physical Society Graduate Student Travel Grant – APS April Meeting (2011) 

Publications

Cockrell, C., and An, G., “Using genetic algorithms to discover effective treatments for sepsis in an agent-based model.” PLoS Computational Biology. Under Review

Cockrell, C., and An, G., “Sepsis Reconsidered: Identifying novel metrics for behavioral landscape characterization with a high-performance computing implementation of an agent-based model.” Journal of Theoretical Biology. 430 (2017)

McIntosh, M., Baldwin, J., Collins, B., Wolf, P., Martinez, K., Shen, W., Chuang, C., Zhong, W., Cooney, P., Cockrell, C., Chang, E., Gaskins, H., “A Polyphenol-Rich Fraction Obtained from Table Grapes Decreases Adiposity, Insulin Resistance, and Markers of Inflammation and Impacts Gut Microbiota in High-Fat Fed Mice.” Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry 31 (2016)

McIntosh, M., Baldwin, J., Collins, B., Wolf, P., Martinez, K., Shen, W., Chuang, C., Zhong, W., Cooney, P., Cockrell, C., Chang, E., Gaskins, H., “California table grape consumption reduces adiposity and markers of hepatic lipogenesis and alters gut microbiota in butter fat-fed mice.” Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry 27 (2016)

Cockrell, C., Christley, S., & An, G. “Anatomic scale tissue modeling with a Spatially Explicit General-Purpose Model of Enteric Tissue (SEGMEnT_HPC)." PLoS One. 10, no. 3 (2015)

Christley, S., Cockrell, C., and An, G.  "Computational  Studies  of  the  Intestinal  Host-Microbiota Interactome." Computation 3, no. 1 (2015): 2-28.

Cockrell, C., Christley, S., & An, G. "Investigation of inflammation and tissue patterning in the gut using a Spatially Explicit General-Purpose Model of Enteric Tissue (SEGMEnT)." PLoS Computational Biology 10, no. 3 (2014): e1003507.

Cockrell, C. "Ab initio nuclear structure calculations for light nuclei." PhD diss., Iowa State University, 2012.

Cockrell, C., Vary, J. P., & Maris, P. (2012). Lithium isotopes within the ab initio no-core full configuration approach. Physical Review C, 86(3), 034325.

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