Robert Cannon is responsible for the modeling, software and web site. He studied mathematics at Oxford and then did a PhD in astrophysics at the Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge (1992) He continued in astronomical research at Cambridge, Monash University, Melbourne, and the Observatories of Paris and Lyon.

In 1995, he began working in computational neuroscience, and developping graphical interface tools in java for exploring mathematical models of biological systems. Some of this work appears on the CD-ROM which accompanies the book "Computational Neuroscience - Realistic Modelling for Experimentalists", ed: Erik de Schutter, CRC Press.

In 2000 he moved to INMED, the Institut de Neurobiologie de la Méditéranee, in Marseille to start up Ratrouge Research, and to create Spatch in association with Constance Hammond.

Constance Hammond is responsible for the educational content and user-friendliness of Spatch. She studied biology at the Ecole Normale Superieure in Paris, and then did a PhD in neurobiology at the Institut Marey (1983). She taught neuroscience at the University of Paris VI and V until 1992 when she became a full time researcher at the Institut Nationale de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale.

Her main research interests are in the mechanisms of oscillations in neuronal networks and non-neuronal cells. Her team works on the physiological and pathological oscillations in basal ganglia.

She has written two textbooks on basic neurobiology. The most recent one is Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology, (Academic Press) (second edition: 2001). She moved to INMED in 1999.

Last update - Thursday October 25 2001