Meeko Oishi

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Meeko Mitsuko Karen Oishi is an American engineer and control theorist. She is Gardner Zemke Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of New Mexico.[1]

Research[edit]

Oishi's research focuses on the safety of human-in-the-loop systems for transportation, assistive technology, and robotics, using methods based on stochastic control.[1][2] She has also studied motor control in Parkinson's disease patients,[3] and the effects of intelligent lighting on circadian rhythms.[4][5]

She participated with Joan Roughgarden on a controversial paper in Science applying cooperative game theory to sexual selection,[6][7] later expanded into a book by Roughgarden.[8]

Education and career[edit]

Oishi is originally from Albuquerque, New Mexico. She majored in mechanical engineering at Princeton University, graduating in 1998. She went to Stanford University for graduate study in mechanical engineering, where she earned a master's degree in 2000[1] and completed her Ph.D. in 2004, under the supervision of Claire J. Tomlin.[1][9]

She was a postdoctoral researcher at the National Ecological Observational Network and Sandia National Laboratories.[1] She became a faculty member at the University of British Columbia from 2006 to 2011 before moving to her present position at the University of New Mexico in 2011.[10] At the University of New Mexico, she was named Regents' Lecturer for 2015–2018.[11] She was promoted to full professor in 2020,[12] and named Gardner Zemke Professor for 2020–2022.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f Meeko Oishi, University of New Mexico, retrieved 2022-07-19
  2. ^ Van Der Werff, Brittney (October 18, 2019), "How Meeko Oishi is Making the World a Better Place", New Mexico EPSCoR, retrieved 2022-07-19
  3. ^ "Motor Control in Parkinson's Disease", Hybrid Systems & Control Lab, University of New Mexico, retrieved 2022-07-19
  4. ^ "UNM Creates Hospital Room to Study Effects of Light on Sleep, Overall Health", Sleep Review, January 26, 2016, retrieved 2022-07-19
  5. ^ "Using light therapy to improve quality of sleep", Albuquerque Journal, October 15, 2019
  6. ^ Dall, S. R. X.; McNamara, J. M.; Wedell, N.; Hosken, D. J. (May 5, 2006), "Debating sexual selection and mating strategies" (PDF), Science, 312 (5774): 689b–697b, doi:10.1126/science.312.5774.689b, PMID 16675684, S2CID 10887773, retrieved 2021-06-14
  7. ^ Atkinson, Nick (May 4, 2006), "Sexual selection alternative slammed: Biologists write to Science to defend the theory of sexual selection", The Scientist, archived from the original on 2007-09-29, retrieved 2007-05-15
  8. ^ Roughgarden, J. (2009), The Genial Gene: Deconstructing Darwinian Selfishness, University of California Press; Oishi's contributions mentioned throughout.
  9. ^ Meeko Oishi at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  10. ^ "Meeko Oishi", ORCiD, retrieved 2022-07-19
  11. ^ "Meeko Oishi is New Regents' Lecturer", Electrical & Computer Engineering News, University of New Mexico, December 15, 2015, retrieved 2022-07-19
  12. ^ "STEM Shoutout: Dr. Meeko Oishi", Advance at UNM, University of New Mexico, August 14, 2020, retrieved 2022-07-19

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