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Education
Ph.D., Psychology, Neuroscience
at Indiana University Bloomington (Bloomington, IN),
Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Program in Neuroscience
at Indiana University Bloomington (Bloomington, IN),
Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Program in Neuroscience
6 / 2015 to 6 / 2021
B.S., Biology
at North Carolina State University (Raleigh, NC),
Department of Biological Sciences
Minor(s): Math, Genetics
at North Carolina State University (Raleigh, NC),
Department of Biological Sciences
Minor(s): Math, Genetics
8 / 2005 to 5 / 2006, &
8 / 2012 to 5 / 2015
8 / 2012 to 5 / 2015
Graduate Program, Philosophy
at University of Cincinnati (Cincinnati, OH),
Department of Philosophy
at University of Cincinnati (Cincinnati, OH),
Department of Philosophy
8 / 2009 to 5 / 2011
B.A., Psychology, Philosophy
at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, NC),
Department of Psychology and Neuroscience
Minor(s): Cognitive Science
at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, NC),
Department of Psychology and Neuroscience
Minor(s): Cognitive Science
8 / 2006 to 5 / 2009
Experience
Primary Science & Engineering Technical Advisor (SETA) overseeing a portfolio of ARPA-H (80M lifetime budget). Provide technical guidance to performer teams and ARPA-H staff, engage internal and external stakeholders, review incoming proposals, and track milestone progress. Scope and design new ARPA-H programs — developed the initial structure and vision for the Systematic Targeting Of MicroPlastics (STOMP) program and served as primary architect of the major technical requirements (TA-2) for the Imaging Data Exchange (INDEX) program.
AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellow in NSF's Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure (OAC), supporting open-science and cyberinfrastructure policy. Contributed to the Pathways to Open Source Ecosystems (POSE) program (panels, program-description revision, triage) and to NSF Public Access efforts; member of the NSF team coordinating the multi-agency National AI Research Resource (NAIRR) Pilot, developing data-related practices and policies. For the OSTP Subcommittee on Open Science's Open Science Infrastructure (OSI) Working Group, analyzed openly available federal-agency data and authored the findings in a report on agency investments in open-science infrastructure.
Postdoctoral researcher in computational neuroanatomy developing automated segmentation methods for the brain's major white-matter tracts from tractography, using cross-species and literature-based anatomy. Visualized tractography and segmentation results, quantified tract properties, and developed, documented, and maintained code repositories for replicability. Resulting tools enabled cross-referencing of non-humanprimate 'ground-truth' connectivity against imaging-based human connectivity, and served as anatomy models supporting development of deep brain stimulation (DBS) techniques and technologies.
Application developer for the brainlife.io platform, producing and maintaining containerized brain-data processing applications that drastically simplified use of advanced processing and analysis techniques. Contributed testing, monitoring, and feedback on service deployment and coordination; created novel data-processing and visualization code and adapted existing resources. Led scoping, creation, and maintenance of specific data formats/standards.
Graduate researcher in computational neuroanatomy developing and implementing automated segmentation methods for major white-matter tracts from tractography, enabling personalized models of brain anatomy and connectivity. Visualized segmentation results and quantified tract properties. Developed tractography quality-assurance methods.