Skills

R

Python

MATLAB

HPC

Neuroimaging

Image Processing

Experience

 
 
 
 
 

Research Computing Associate

University of Virginia

Sep 2017 – Present Charlottesville, VA

I collaborate with faculty to accelerate their research and teach programming basics to the UVa community.

Responsibilities include:

  • Developing MATLAB apps for performing quick analyses

  • Creating predictive models for emergency triage

  • Writing workshop material for teaching Python and MATLAB programming

 
 
 
 
 

Research Specialist

UVa Functional Neuroradiology Lab

Jul 2015 – Aug 2017 Charlottesville, VA

I researched mild traumatic brain injury and neurodegenerative disorders.

Responsibilities included:

  • Writing MATLAB and R scripts to analyze brain imaging data

  • Writing bash scripts for running analyses on the UVa HPC system.

  • Learning to use new tools and programming languages to meet the needs of the lab

 
 
 
 
 

Associate in Research

Center for Cognitive Neuroscience at Duke University

Sep 2013 – Jul 2015 Durham, NC

I worked as a computer programmer and lab manager in various neuroscience labs.

Responsibilities included:

  • Programming experiments with MATLAB and Psychtoolbox

  • Developing experiments for Amazon MTurk with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript

  • Analyzing behavioral data in MATLAB and Excel

Projects

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Automated Emergency Triage

Using TensorFlow to determine triage level in the emergency department

Functional Changes in mTBI Patients

Determining functional connectivity changes in patients who suffered a mild traumatic brain injury

Functional Connectome Fingerprinting

Investigating the durability of individuals’ unique functional connectomes

MATLAB Apps for Calcium Analysis

Developing MATLAB apps for analyzing calcium oscillatory events in the mouse adrenal gland

Online Programming Workshops

Creating programming workshops for the classroom and the self-learner

Predicting Injury Severity in Older Adults

Determining accuracy of predicting injury in older adults after a motor vehicle collision

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