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Elulookirjeldus (CV)
1.Eesnimi Olav
2.Perekonnanimi Kongas
3.Töökoht TTÜ Küberneetika Instituut
4.Ametikoht vanemteadur
5.Sünniaeg 08.02.1967 (päev.kuu.aasta)
6.Haridus 1998 - loodusteaduste doktor, TTÜ
1993 - loodusteaduste magister, TTÜ
7.Teenistuskäik 2002 - TTÜ Küberneetika Instituudi vanemteadur
2000 - 2002 Free University Amsterdam, Füsioloogia osakond, järeldoktor
1999 - 2000 KBFI, Bioenergeetika Laboratoorium, järeldoktor
1998 - 1999 TTÜ Küberneetika Instituudi vanemteadur
1993 - 1998 TTÜ Küberneetika Instituudi teadur
1989 - 1993 TTÜ Kõrgtemperatuurse Ülijuhtivuse Labori assistent
8.Teaduskraad Loodusteaduste Doktor
9.Teaduskraadi välja
andnud asutus, aasta
Tallinna Tehnikaülikool, 1998
10.Tunnustused
11.Teadusorganisatsiooniline
ja –administratiivne
tegevus
12.Juhendamisel kaitstud
väitekirjad
13.Teadustöö põhisuunad Mittelineaarne dünaamika, bioenergeetika.
14.Jooksvad grandid
15.Teaduspublikatsioonid

O. Kongas, M. J. Wagner, F. ter Veld, K. Nicolay, J. H. G. M. van Beek, and K. Krab. Mitochondrial outer membrane is not a major diffusion barrier for ADP in mouse heart skinned fiber bundles. Pflugers Arch. - Eur. J. Physiol., 447(6):840-844, 2004.

O. Kongas and J. H. G. M. van Beek. Diffusion barriers for ADP in cardiac cell. Mol. Biol. Rep., 29(1-2):141-144, 2002.

O. Kongas, T. L. Yuen, M. J. Wagner, J. H. G. M. van Beek, and K. Krab. High apparent Km of oxidative phosphorylation for ADP in skinned fibers: where does it stem from? Am. J. Physiol., 283:C743-C751, 2002.

O. Kongas and J. H. G. M. van Beek. Creatine kinase in energy metabolic signaling in muscle. In Proc. 2nd Int. Conf. Systems Biology (ICSB 2001), pages 198-207. Omnipress, 2001. http://www.icsb2001.org/Papers/08_Kongas_Paper.pdf

M. Vendelin, O. Kongas, and V. Saks. Regulation of mitochondrial respiration in heart cells analyzed by reaction-diffusion model of energy transfer. Am. J. Physiol., 278(4):C747-C764, Apr 2000.

V. A. Saks, O. Kongas, M. Vendelin, and L. Kay. Role of the creatine/phosphocreatine system in the regulation of mitochondrial respiration. Acta. Physiol. Scand., 168(4):635-641, Apr 2000.

V. Saks, M. Vendelin, O. Kongas, and L. Kay. Creatine-phosphocreatine pathway in the intracellular networks of energy transfer and signal transduction in muscle cells. In R. Paoletti, A. Poli, and A. S. Jackson, editors, Creatine: From Basic Science to Clinical Applications, pages 1-9. Kluwer, Dordrecht, 2000.

J. Engelbrecht, M. Vendelin, O. Kongas, and R. von Hertzen. Cardiac dynamics involving arrhythmias and continuum mechanics. In B. T. Maruszewski, W. Muschik, and A. Radowicz, editors, Proc. Symp. Trends in Continuum Physics, pages 113-118, Singapore, 1999. World Scientific.

O. Kongas and M. Vendelin. Mathematical modeling of cardiac phenomena: Arrhythmias, cell energetics, and contraction. Proc. Estonian Acad. Sci., 48(3/4):278-287, 1999.

O. Kongas, M. Vendelin, and V. Saks. Modeling of intracellular compartmentalized energy and metabolic fluxes in the heart. Med. Biol. Eng. Comput., 37:27-32, 1999.

O. Kongas, R. von Hertzen, and J. Engelbrecht. Bifurcation structure of a periodically driven nerve pulse equation modelling cardiac conduction. Chaos, Solitons & Fractals, 10(1):119-136, 1999.

O. Kongas. Stability and torsion in period doubling cascade. Phys. Lett., 241A(3):163-167, 1998.

V. Saks, M. Aliev, P. Dos Santos, M. Vendelin, and O. Kongas. Mathematical model of energy transfer in hearts with inhibited or ablated creatine kinase system. Magn. Res. Med., 6:124-125, 1998.

J. Engelbrecht, R. von Hertzen, and O. Kongas. Driven nonlinear oscillators for modeling cardiac phenomena. In F. C. Moon, editor, Applications of Nonlinear and Chaotic Dynamics in Mechanics, Solid Mechanics and Its Applications, pages 333-342, Dordrecht, 1997. Kluwer.

O. Kongas and R. von Hertzen. Nonlinear dynamics and cardiac arrhythmias. Med. Biol. Engng. Comp., 34:373-374, 1996.

R. von Hertzen and O. Kongas. Nonlinear dynamics of cardiac action potential oscillations. In L. Pust and F. Peterka, editors, Proceedings of the 2nd European Nonlinear Oscillations Conference, volume 1, pages 23-32, Prague, Sep 9-13 1996.

J. Engelbrecht and O. Kongas. Driven oscillators in modelling of heart dynamics. Applicable Anal., 57:119-144, 1995.

O. Kongas and J. Engelbrecht. Bifurcation diagram of the driven asymmetric van der Pol equation. Proc. Estonian Acad. Sci. Phys. Math., 43(2):123-126, 1994.

J. Engelbrecht and O. Kongas. Mathematical modelling of the heartbeat. Proc. Estonian Acad. Sci. Phys. Math., 42(1):124-127, 1993.

viimati muudetud: 24.10.2004

Curriculum Vitae (CV)
1.First Name Olav
2.Surname Kongas
3.Institution Tallinn Techical University, Institute of Cybernetics
4.Position senior researcher
5.Date of birth 08.02.1967 (day.month.year)
6.Education 1998 - PhD in Natural Sciences, Tallinn Technical University
1993 - MSc in Natural Sciences, Tallinn Technical University
7.Research and
professional experience
2002- Senior researcher, Institute of Cybernetics at Tallinn Technical University
2000 - 2002 Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Physiology, Free University Amsterdam, the Netherlands
1999 - 2000 Postdoc, Laboratory of Bioenergetics, Institute
of Chemical Physics and Biophysics, Tallinn, Estonia
1998--1999 Senior researcher, Institute of Cybernetics at Tallinn Technical University
1993--1998 Researcher, Institute of Cybernetics at Tallinn Technical University
1989--1993 Assistant of the High Temperature Superconductivity Laboratory of Tallinn Technical University
8.Academic degree PhD in natural sciences
9.Dates and sites of
earning the degrees
Tallinna Technical University, Estonia, 1998
10.Honours/awards
11.Research-administrative
experience
12.Supervised dissertations
13.Current research program Nonlinear dynamics, bioenergetics
14.Current grant funding
15.List of most important publications

O. Kongas, M. J. Wagner, F. ter Veld, K. Nicolay, J. H. G. M. van Beek, and K. Krab. Mitochondrial outer membrane is not a major diffusion barrier for ADP in mouse heart skinned fiber bundles. Pflugers Arch. - Eur. J. Physiol., 447(6):840-844, 2004.

O. Kongas and J. H. G. M. van Beek. Diffusion barriers for ADP in cardiac cell. Mol. Biol. Rep., 29(1-2):141-144, 2002.

O. Kongas, T. L. Yuen, M. J. Wagner, J. H. G. M. van Beek, and K. Krab. High apparent Km of oxidative phosphorylation for ADP in skinned fibers: where does it stem from? Am. J. Physiol., 283:C743-C751, 2002.

O. Kongas and J. H. G. M. van Beek. Creatine kinase in energy metabolic signaling in muscle. In Proc. 2nd Int. Conf. Systems Biology (ICSB 2001), pages 198-207. Omnipress, 2001. http://www.icsb2001.org/Papers/08_Kongas_Paper.pdf

M. Vendelin, O. Kongas, and V. Saks. Regulation of mitochondrial respiration in heart cells analyzed by reaction-diffusion model of energy transfer. Am. J. Physiol., 278(4):C747-C764, Apr 2000.

V. A. Saks, O. Kongas, M. Vendelin, and L. Kay. Role of the creatine/phosphocreatine system in the regulation of mitochondrial respiration. Acta. Physiol. Scand., 168(4):635-641, Apr 2000.

V. Saks, M. Vendelin, O. Kongas, and L. Kay. Creatine-phosphocreatine pathway in the intracellular networks of energy transfer and signal transduction in muscle cells. In R. Paoletti, A. Poli, and A. S. Jackson, editors, Creatine: From Basic Science to Clinical Applications, pages 1-9. Kluwer, Dordrecht, 2000.

J. Engelbrecht, M. Vendelin, O. Kongas, and R. von Hertzen. Cardiac dynamics involving arrhythmias and continuum mechanics. In B. T. Maruszewski, W. Muschik, and A. Radowicz, editors, Proc. Symp. Trends in Continuum Physics, pages 113-118, Singapore, 1999. World Scientific.

O. Kongas and M. Vendelin. Mathematical modeling of cardiac phenomena: Arrhythmias, cell energetics, and contraction. Proc. Estonian Acad. Sci., 48(3/4):278-287, 1999.

O. Kongas, M. Vendelin, and V. Saks. Modeling of intracellular compartmentalized energy and metabolic fluxes in the heart. Med. Biol. Eng. Comput., 37:27-32, 1999.

O. Kongas, R. von Hertzen, and J. Engelbrecht. Bifurcation structure of a periodically driven nerve pulse equation modelling cardiac conduction. Chaos, Solitons & Fractals, 10(1):119-136, 1999.

O. Kongas. Stability and torsion in period doubling cascade. Phys. Lett., 241A(3):163-167, 1998.

V. Saks, M. Aliev, P. Dos Santos, M. Vendelin, and O. Kongas. Mathematical model of energy transfer in hearts with inhibited or ablated creatine kinase system. Magn. Res. Med., 6:124-125, 1998.

J. Engelbrecht, R. von Hertzen, and O. Kongas. Driven nonlinear oscillators for modeling cardiac phenomena. In F. C. Moon, editor, Applications of Nonlinear and Chaotic Dynamics in Mechanics, Solid Mechanics and Its Applications, pages 333-342, Dordrecht, 1997. Kluwer.

O. Kongas and R. von Hertzen. Nonlinear dynamics and cardiac arrhythmias. Med. Biol. Engng. Comp., 34:373-374, 1996.

R. von Hertzen and O. Kongas. Nonlinear dynamics of cardiac action potential oscillations. In L. Pust and F. Peterka, editors, Proceedings of the 2nd European Nonlinear Oscillations Conference, volume 1, pages 23-32, Prague, Sep 9-13 1996.

J. Engelbrecht and O. Kongas. Driven oscillators in modelling of heart dynamics. Applicable Anal., 57:119-144, 1995.

O. Kongas and J. Engelbrecht. Bifurcation diagram of the driven asymmetric van der Pol equation. Proc. Estonian Acad. Sci. Phys. Math., 43(2):123-126, 1994.

J. Engelbrecht and O. Kongas. Mathematical modelling of the heartbeat. Proc. Estonian Acad. Sci. Phys. Math., 42(1):124-127, 1993.

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