Todd
B. Alder
Dr. Alder holds a Ph.D. in biology from the
University of Utah, is a registered patent attorney, and is a member of
the Utah State Bar. Dr. Alder’s graduate work focused on neuronal
mechanisms underlying temporal processing in the auditory
midbrain. His work has been published by numerous sources,
including peer-reviewed journals such as Nature Neuroscience and the
Journal of Comparative Physiology, as well as the Smithsonian
Institution Press. Dr. Alder has presented his work at
numerous national and international scientific meetings, including
meetings of the Society for Neuroscience and the International Society
for Neuroethology.
Dr.
Alder has a very broad scientific and technical background.
His graduate coursework consisted of genetics, biochemistry, and
molecular biology. This experience, combined with various
laboratory rotations, gave Dr. Alder a solid understanding of the
concepts and techniques involved in the fields of biochemistry and
molecular biology. Following this initial coursework he
entered the lab of Dr. Gary Rose in the Department of Biology, where
the rigorous requirements of auditory neuroscience gave Dr. Alder an
extensive background in acoustics, noise suppression, auditory
neurobiology, neuroethology, animal neurosurgery, neural processing,
and various histological procedures.
A
major part of Dr. Alder’s work consisted of the design and integration
of software with acoustic hardware to generate complex auditory
signals. As a result, he has programming experience in
several computer and script languages, as well as extensive experience
building PC computers. He also has experience building
audiometric rooms, amplifiers, electronic data manipulation devices,
filtering devices, and complex acoustic signal generation
systems. Additionally, Dr. Alder has experience with analog
to digital conversion and filtering devices, as well as their
integration with data manipulation and analysis systems such as Signal
and Spike2.
Subsequent
to his scientific work, Dr. Alder graduated from the S.J. Quinney
College of Law, at the University of Utah. Dr. Alder’s legal
practice focuses primarily on the preparation and prosecution of United
States and foreign patents in the chemical, pharmaceutical, medical,
and biological fields. Dr. Alder also has experience with
nutraceuticals, semiconductors, superabrasive tools, diamond coatings,
explosives, anti-counterfeiting, ink-jet inks, and print media
technologies, as well as drug formulations for oral, transmucosal,
ocular and transdermal delivery. Dr. Alder’s practice also
encompasses freedom to operate, validity, and patentability opinions,
as well as trademark and copyright related matters.
