Curriculum Vitae
CV
A record of the work in data engineering, computational neuroscience, and art. A fuller PDF is available on request.
Experience
Positions
Present
Data Engineer
Crary Laboratory, Dept. of Pathology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Managing a large repository of whole-slide brain images; developing machine-learning models for the neuropathology of neurodegenerative disease.
Present
Founder, Lead Developer & Designer
Recursia, LLC
Product design, automation software engineering, data analysis, and generative art systems.
2018 – Present
Research Assistant, EEG Lab
The Nonduality Institute, Lake Hill, NY
Neurophysiology of cognition and meditation; EEG/ECoG setup; custom analysis software and lab GUIs. Supervisor: Zoran Josipovic, Ph.D.
2017 – 2018
Clinical Research Coordinator
Comprehensive Epilepsy Center, NYU Langone
Clinical trial data management (including CBD for childhood seizures). Supervisor: Orrin Devinsky, M.D.
2017 – 2018
Clinical Research Coordinator
Cognition & Epilepsy Lab, U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs
Cognitive-decline investigation via EEG and eye-tracking. Supervisor: Beth Leeman-Markowski, M.D.
2016 – 2017
Research Intern
Cognitive Neurophysiology Lab, NYU Langone
Neural correlates of visual consciousness from intracranial recordings. Supervisor: Lucia Melloni, Ph.D.
2015 – 2019
Research Intern
Fox Lab, Center for Neural Science, NYU
Visual attention; data collection and preprocessing. Supervisor: Pascal Wallisch, Ph.D.
Collaborations
Selected collaborations
2019 – 2021
Researcher & Artist — visual illusions
with Pascal Wallisch, Ph.D.
Discovered and published the Scintillating Starburst; created the first deliberately ambiguous color illusions (Crocs & Socks).
2018 – 2019
Collaborating Researcher & Data Analyst
Comprehensive Epilepsy Center
SUDEP epidemiology; two Neurology® papers, one a cover feature. Collaborator: Esma Cihan, M.D.
Education
Education
2011 – 2015
B.S., Neuroscience — Minor in Philosophy
Union College, Schenectady, NY
Advisor: Christopher Chabris, Ph.D. Multidisciplinary liberal arts.
Skills
Capabilities
Programming
PythonRMATLABJavaScriptSQLHTML/CSS
Concepts
Algorithm designMemory optimizationObject-oriented designGPU computingParallel processingData visualizationWeb scrapingUX design
Data & research
Statistical analysisMachine learningNeural networksDigital signal processingImage analysisMonte-Carlo methodsSupercomputingPeer-reviewed publishing
Web & infrastructure
AWSRESTful APIsJSON schemasAnalyticsSSH / VPN / FTP / VNC
Creative software
IllustratorPhotoshopPremiereAuditionDimension
Talks
Presentations
The Roots of Disagreement
Lorcaserin Therapy for Severe Epilepsy of Childhood Onset: A Case Series
Mindfulness: Self-Report and Endogenous / Exogenous Resource Regulation
Recognition
Recognition
Altmetric
Top 5% of all research outputs ever tracked.
Illusion of the Year
Finalist, 2020 international contest.
Neurology® Cover
Cover of Neurology®, June 2020.
Publications. The full cited list, with DOIs, is on the Research page.