• B.Sc. (1996) Chemistry, Murdoch University.
• B.Sc. (1998) Physics with Honours, Univ. of Sydney.
• Ph.D. (2005) Physics, Univ. of Western Australia.


• Professional Training:
  
  • 2002 Casual Lecturer, School of Physics, Univ. of Western Australia.
  • 2005-2008 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, School of Physics, Univ. of Sydney.
  • 2009 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, CNLS, Los Alamos National Laboratory.

Research Interests:

• Condensed Matter Physics
• Computational Neuroscience of Vision
• Solitons
• Exactly Solvable Models

Selected Recent Publications:

1. P. N. Loxley and P. A. Robinson, Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 258701 (2009): "Soliton Model of Competitive Neural Dynamics during Binocular Rivalry".
2. P. N. Loxley, Phys. Rev. B 77, 144424 (2008): "Rate of magnetization reversal due to nucleation of soliton-antisoliton pairs at point-like defects".
3. P. N. Loxley and P. A. Robinson, Phys. Rev. E 76, 046224 (2007): "Energy approach to rivalry dynamics, soliton stability, and pattern formation in neuronal networks".
4. P. N. Loxley and P. A. Robinson, Biol. Cybern. 97, 113 (2007): "Spike-rate adaptation and neuronal bursting in a mean-field model of brain activity".
5. P. N. Loxley and R. L. Stamps, Phys. Rev. B 73, 024420 (2006): "Theory for nucleation at an interface and magnetization reversal of a two-layer nanowire".