Assistant Professor School of Physics, Astronomy and Computational Science Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study George Mason University 4400 University Drive MSN 2A1 Fairfax, VA 22030 Room: 110 Office: 703-993-9643 Lab: 703-993-9722 Fax: 703-993-4440 Email address: jcressma@gmu.edu

My research has focused on investigating dynamical structures in driven systems with a specific interest in their role in the functions of the brain. Transient but long-lived correlated dynamics underlie innumerable biological processes, from the lifecycle of an organism to conscious thought and social behavior. Transient dynamical structures are also the hallmark of a number of natural phenomena including tornados, hurricanes, gyres, and von Karman vortex streets, simple fluid systems that can support coherent structures.