biblatex formatting

Question

I'm preparing my CV in latex using a slightly modified template with respect to the one found here http://robjhyndman.com/research/cv.sty. I like it very much, in particular the fact that bibliography can be splitter in several type of contribution. I've have also applied the trick described here Underline my name in the bibliography by Andrzej. The problem is that the first author in the bibliography is formatted differently from the others, as Surname, Initial, SecondAuthorInitial Surname. So that the trick applied to underline my name do not applied to all the entries where I'm the first author. I would like to change the way the first author appear in order to be compliant with the other. So in this way I think that the trick for the underlying should work.

As asked I post the code relating to the bibliography setting

\documentclass[a4paper,11pt]{article}
\usepackage[sorting=ynt,bibstyle=authoryear-comp,labelyear=false,labelyear=false,defernumbers=true,maxnames=100,uniquename=init,backend=bibtex8,dashed=false,arxiv=abs]{biblatex}
\DeclareFieldFormat{url}{\url{#1}}
\DeclareFieldFormat[article]{pages}{#1}
\DeclareFieldFormat[inproceedings]{pages}{\lowercase{pp.}#1}
\DeclareFieldFormat[incollection]{pages}{\lowercase{pp.}#1}
\DeclareFieldFormat[article]{volume}{\textbf{#1}}
\DeclareFieldFormat[article]{number}{(#1)}
\DeclareFieldFormat[article]{title}{\MakeCapital{#1}}
\DeclareFieldFormat[inproceedings]{title}{#1}
\DeclareFieldFormat{shorthandwidth}{#1}
\DeclareBibliographyDriver{article}{%
\usebibmacro{bibindex}%
\usebibmacro{begentry}%
\usebibmacro{author/editor}%
\setunit{\labelnamepunct}\newblock
\MakeSentenceCase{\usebibmacro{title}}%
\newunit
\printlist{language}%
\newunit\newblock
\usebibmacro{byauthor}%
\newunit\newblock
\usebibmacro{byeditor+others}%
\newunit\newblock
\printfield{version}%
\newunit\newblock
%  \usebibmacro{in:}%
\usebibmacro{journal+issuetitle}%
\newunit\newblock
\printfield{note}%
\setunit{\bibpagespunct}%
\printfield{pages}
\newunit\newblock
\printfield{issn}%
\newunit\newblock
\printfield{doi}%
\newunit\newblock
\usebibmacro{eprint}
%\newunit\newblock
%\usebibmacro{url+urldate}%
\newunit\newblock
\printfield{addendum}%
\newunit\newblock
\usebibmacro{pageref}%
\usebibmacro{finentry}}

% Remove dot between volume and number in journal articles.
\renewbibmacro*{journal+issuetitle}{%
\usebibmacro{journal}%
\setunit*{\addspace}%
\iffieldundef{series}
{}
{\newunit
 \printfield{series}%
 \setunit{\addspace}}%
 \printfield{volume}%
 %\setunit*{\adddot}%
 \printfield{number}%
 \setunit{\addcomma\space}%
 \printfield{eid}%
 \setunit{\addspace}%
 \usebibmacro{issue+date}%
 \newunit\newblock
 \usebibmacro{issue}%
 \newunit}


 %added a trick to underline my surname
\renewbibmacro*{name:first-last}[4]{%
\usebibmacro{name:delim}{#2#3#1}%
\usebibmacro{name:hook}{#2#3#1}%
\ifthenelse{\equal{#1}{Vianello}}% matches last name against YourLastName
{
  \uline{% wrapped with \uline
  \ifblank{#2}{}{\mkbibnamefirst{#2}\isdot\bibnamedelimd}%
  \ifblank{#3}{}{%
    \mkbibnameprefix{#3}\isdot%
    \ifpunctmark{'}%
      {}%
      {\ifuseprefix{\bibnamedelimc}{\bibnamedelimd}}}%
  \mkbibnamelast{#1}\isdot%
  \ifblank{#4}{}{\bibnamedelimd\mkbibnameaffix{#4}\isdot}}}%
{% original
  \ifblank{#2}{}{\mkbibnamefirst{#2}\isdot\bibnamedelimd}%
  \ifblank{#3}{}{%
    \mkbibnameprefix{#3}\isdot%
    \ifpunctmark{'}%
      {}%
      {\ifuseprefix{\bibnamedelimc}{\bibnamedelimd}}}%
  \mkbibnamelast{#1}\isdot%
  \ifblank{#4}{}{\bibnamedelimd\mkbibnameaffix{#4}\isdot}}}
  \usepackage{filecontents}

  \begin{filecontents}{biblio.bib}
   @article{PhysRevLett.106.125002,
   author = {Vianello, Nicola and Naulin, V and Schrittwieser, R and M uller, H. W. and    Zuin, M and Ionita, C and Rasmussen, J J and Mehlmann, F and Rohde, V and Cavazzana, R and Maraschek, M},
   title = {{Direct Observation of Current in Type-I Edge-Localized-Mode Filaments on the     ASDEX Upgrade Tokamak}},
   journal = {Physical Review Letters},
   year = {2011},
   volume = {106},
   number = {12},
   pages = {125002},
   month = mar
   }
  \end{filecontents}

  \addbibresource{biblio.bib}
  \begin{document}
  \nocite{*}
  \printbibliography
  \end{document}

Now I think the example should work once one provide a biblio.bib file (any bibliographic file you have should work. The only trick is the surname you chose, mine being Vianello) I apologize for the problems in the example provide

Answer 1

To manipulate the output of the names you have to set sortname in the correct way.

\DeclareNameAlias{sortname}{last-first}

In this case the first name beside the first author is printed as initial.

To modify this you have to define your own formatting directives via \DeclareNameFormat.

A simple example is given by the definition of last-first (see biblatex.def):

\DeclareNameFormat{last-first}{%
  \iffirstinits
    {\usebibmacro{name:last-first}{#1}{#4}{#5}{#7}}
    {\usebibmacro{name:last-first}{#1}{#3}{#5}{#7}}%
  \usebibmacro{name:andothers}}

The arguments have the following meaning:

% #1 = last name
% #2 = last name (initials)
% #3 = first name
% #4 = first name (initials)
% #5 = name prefix, a.k.a. 'von part'
% #6 = name prefix (initials)
% #7 = name affix, a.k.a. 'junior part'
% #8 = name affix (initials)

In this case you can format the name lists.

If you want to handle the first author in a special way you can use the test

\ifnumequal{\value{listcount}}{1}
  {ONLY FIRST AUHTOR}
  {ALL OTHER AUTHORS}

For example If you want to underline the first author of the list and the name list is formated as last name, first name (initials) you can do:

\usepackage[normalem]{ulem}

\DeclareFieldFormat{FirstAuthor}{\uline{#1}}

\DeclareNameFormat{last-first-underline}{%
    \ifnumequal{\value{listcount}}{1}
      {
       {\printtext[FirstAuthor]{\usebibmacro{name:last-first}{#1}{#4}{#5}{#7}}}
      }%
      {
       {\usebibmacro{name:last-first}{#1}{#4}{#5}{#7}}
      }%
      \usebibmacro{name:andothers}}

Answer 2

As far as I remember the behaviour how names show up in the bibliography can be modified with

\DeclareNameFormat{labelname}{%
   \ifuseprefix
     {\usebibmacro{name:last-first}{#1}{#4}{#5}{#8}}
     {\usebibmacro{name:last-first}{#1}{#4}{#6}{#8}}%
   \usebibmacro{name:andothers}}

This should always output Lastname Inital (last name= #1. initial= #4)