For an updated list of publications, check my Google Scholar page

Forthcoming and in preparation

J.C. Ferguson. “DAGGER: Gradient-free construction of transiently amplifying networks under hard connectivity constraints”. Under review.
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I. Bulygin, N. Condruz, J.C. Ferguson, and T.P. Vogels. “Synaptic neuromodulation permits accurate low-dimensional control over neural dynamics that is unattainable by somatic modulation”. Under review.

Published

F. Hardmeier, J.C. Ferguson, and A. Vieli. “Feedbacks and timescales in the modelled transient response of debris-covered glaciers”, The Cryosphere (2026)
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J.C. Ferguson and A. Vieli. “Modelling steady states and the transient response of debris-covered glaciers”, The Cryosphere (2021)
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N. Mölg, J. Ferguson, T. Bolch, and A. Vieli. “On the influence of debris cover on glacier morphology: How high-relief structures evolve from smooth surfaces”, Geomorphology (2020)
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Earlier work

J. Ferguson, B. Khouider, and M. Namazi. “Two-way interactions between equatorially-trapped waves and the barotropic flow”, Chinese Annals of Mathematics (2009)
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J. Ferguson. “A brief survey of the history of the calculus of variations and its applications”, arXiv (2004)
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Ph.D. thesis

“Modelling the dynamics and evolution of debris-covered glaciers”, University of Zürich
Supervisor: Andreas Vieli. Committee: Tobias Bolch, Ross Purves, Martin Truffer.
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M.Sc. thesis

“A numerical solution for the barotropic vorticity equation forced by an equatorially trapped wave”, University of Victoria
Supervisor: Boualem Khouider. Committee: Reinhard Illner, William Merryfield, Jane Ye.
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