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Research

2018–            Allen Institute for Brain Science. Scientist III, EM Connectomics with Nuno da Costa

  • Building tools for analysis of densely segmented connectomics data in massive EM volumes

  • Discovering the logic of mammalian cortical connectivity

2012–2018    Janelia Research Campus. Bioinformatics specialist; lab of Albert Cardona

2010–2012    Institute of Neuroinformatics, ETH Zürich and University of Zürich. Postdoctoral associate with Albert Cardona

  • Reconstruction of Drosophila larval nervous system connectome

  • Helped develop CATMAID software for EM reconstruction

  • Quantitative analysis of connectivity networks

  • Quantitative analysis of neuroanatomy

2004–2010    University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

  • Analysis and simulation of stochastic processes on networks

  • Analysis and simulation of cell motility

Education

2004-2010    University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

        Ph.D. in Physics under Leonard Sander

        Thesis: “Simple Processes in Complex Places”

2000-2004    University of Washington, Seattle

        B.S. in Mathematics & Physics (with honors), magna cum laude

Invited Talks/Conferences/Schools

Nov 2021 Society for Neuroscience (planned, virtual poster)

Jun 2021 Japan Neuroscience Society (talk)

Nov 2019   Society for Neuroscience, Chicago, IL. (poster)

Sep 2019   Summer Workshop on the Dynamic Brain, Friday Harbor, WA. (teaching)

Apr 2019    Max Planck/HHMI Connectomics Conference. Berlin, Germany (talk)

Jul 2018 Super 3DEM: A NeuroNex Workshop on Creating a 3DEM Discovery Environment. Austin, TX (talk)

Jan 2018 Flatiron Institute, New York, NY. (talk)

Sep 2017   Neurobiology of Drosophila, Cold Spring Harbor, New York

Jul 2017    Kavli Workshop on Neural Circuits and Behavior in Drosophila, Kolymbari, Greece (talk)

Jun 2017 SPiNES seminar, Dept. of Neuroscience, New York University, NY, NY (talk)

Apr 2017    Max Planck/HHMI Connectomics Meeting, Berlin, Germany (poster)

Oct 2016    Action Selection Across the Animal Kingdom, Janelia Research Campus, VA. (talk)

Sep 2016    Champalimaud Neuroscience Symposium, Lisbon, Portugal. (talk)

Feb 2016    Cosyne 2016 (poster)

Oct 2015     Center for Brain Science, Harvard University (invited talk)

Feb 2015    Complex Systems Seminar, Dept. of Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania (invited talk)

Nov 2014    MiniBrains, ESF/EMBO. San Feliu, Spain

Oct 2014    Max Planck/HHMI Connectomics Conference. Berlin, Germany

Mar 2014    Behavioral Neurogenetics of Drosophila Larva. Atami, Japan.

Oct 2013    CSHL Meeting on Drosophila Neurobiology, Cold Spring Harbor, NY.

Jun 2012    CSHL Course on Drosophila Neurobiology, Cold Spring Harbor, NY

Sep 2012    Behavioral Neurogenetics of Drosophila Larva, Janelia Research Campus, VA

Jan 2009     Neural Coding in Sensory Systems (FENS-IBRO-Hertie Winter School). Obergurgl, Austria.

Mar 2009     American Physical Society March Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA

Jul 2008     Workshop on Growth and Control of Tumors: Theory and Experiment. Fields Institute, University of Toronto, Canada.

May 2008     Quantitative Approaches to Cell Motility and Chemotaxis. IMA, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.

Aug 2006     The Physics of Cellular Objects (I2CAM Summer School). Cargèse, France.

Teaching

2004–2010    University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. TA for physics labs

2003–2004    University of Washington, Seattle. TA for Honors Advanced Calculus I with James Morrow