CV
Academic Positions
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2025 - 2026 New Haven, CT
Visiting Scholar
Yale School of Medicine
Department of Neuroscience
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2021 - 2024 New Haven, CT
Associate Research Scientist
Yale School of Medicine
Department of Neuroscience, Advisor Dr. Jessica Cardin
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2015 - 2021 New Haven, CT
Postdoctoral Associate
Yale School of Medicine
Department of Neuroscience, Advisor Dr. Jessica Cardin
Education
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2009 - 2015 Toronto, Canada
PhD
University of Toronto
Physiology, Specialization in Neuroscience
- Thesis: Mathematical models provide insight into the role of interneurons in hippocampal CA1 network theta rhythm generation
- Advisor: Dr. Frances K. Skinner
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2007 - 2009 Waterloo, Canada
Master of Mathematics
University of Waterloo
Applied Mathematics
- Thesis: A model of CA1 hippocampal neurons with astrocytic input
- Advisor: Dr. Sue Ann Campbell
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2000 - 2006 Waterloo, Canada
B.Math. (Hons), Co-op Program
University of Waterloo
Applied Mathematics
- Minor in Psychology
Scientific Consulting
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2025 - 2026 Neuroscience Domain Expert (Consultant)
Mercor
Audited and validated “Deep Research” LLMs, evaluating reasoning on experimental design, causal inference, and data interpretation.
Grants and Fellowships
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2019-2023 K99 NIH Pathway to Independence Award
National Eye Institute (NEI) at National Institutes of Health (NIH)
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2018-2020 BBRF Young Investigator Grant
Brain & Behavior Research Foundation (formerly NARSAD)
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2016-2017 James Hudson Brown - Alexander B. Coxe Fellowship
Yale University School of Medicine
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2014-2015 Ontario Graduate Scholarship
Ontario Graduate Scholarship Program
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2013-2014 Ontario Graduate Scholarship
Ontario Graduate Scholarship Program
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2011-2013 Canada Graduate Scholarship
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)
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2009-2010 Ontario Graduate Scholarship in Science and Technology
University of Toronto
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2009-2010 University of Toronto Fellowship
University of Toronto
Honors and Awards
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2015 Marine Biological Laboratory, Neural Systems and Behavior Scholarship
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2015 University of Toronto Brain Platform Day Poster Award
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2014 Marine Biological Laboratory, Neurobiology Scholarship
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2011-2013 Organization for Computational Neurosciences Travel Award
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2013 Toronto Western Research Institute Research Day Oral Presentation Award
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2012 Office of Research Trainees Conference Travel Award
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2012 Toronto Western Research Institute Research Day Poster Award
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2012 Frontiers in Physiology Poster Award
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2011 School of Graduate Studies Conference Grant
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2011 Organization for Computational Neurosciences Poster Award
Invited Talks
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2024 Applied Mathematics Seminar Series
University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada
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2024 Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience Postdoc Seminar Series
Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany
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2024 University of Lisboa, Faculty of Medicine
Lisbon, Portugal
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2024 Krembil Computational Neuroscience Hub
Krembil Research Institute, Toronto, Canada
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2023 COSYNE Workshop
How do interneurons control neural computations and memory processes? Mont-Tremblant, Canada
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2022 Canadian Neuroscience Meeting
Toronto, Canada
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2020 Ernst Strüngmann Institute for Neuroscience Seminar
Max Planck Society, Frankfurt, Germany (Virtual)
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2020 Weill Cornell Psychiatry Department Seminar
New York City, NY (Virtual)
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2019 Simons Collaboration on the Global Brain NY-Area Postdoc Meeting
New York City, NY
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2017 Tools for acquisition and interpretation of whole brain functional data
Janelia Research Campus, Ashburn, VA (Short Talk)
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2015 Soltesz Laboratory Seminar
University of California Irvine School of Medicine
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2014 Workshop on Taking Advantage of Theory and Analyses in Neuroscience
Centre for Mathematical Medicine, The Fields Institute, Toronto
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2012 Computational Neuroscience Meeting (OCNS)
Decatur, GA
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2012 Focus program on mathematical modeling of neurological disease
The Fields Institute, Toronto
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2010 Society for Autonomous Neurodynamics Conference (SAND)
Toronto, Canada
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2010 Workshop on Normal and Diseased Neurological States
Computational Neuroscientists of Upper Canada, The Fields Institute, Toronto
Professional Development
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2019 Suite 2P Workshop
Janelia Research Campus (Three day course)
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2017 Summer Workshop on the Dynamic Brain
Allen Institute for Brain Science, Friday Harbor Laboratories (Two week course)
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2015 Neural Systems and Behavior
Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA (Eight week course)
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2014 Advances in Multineuronal Monitoring of Brain Activity
Society for Neuroscience Meeting Satellite Symposium
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2014 Neurobiology
Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA (Eight week course)
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2012 Using NEURON to model cells and networks
Society for Neuroscience Meeting Satellite Symposium
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2007 Computational Neuroscience Summer School
Centre for Neural Dynamics, University of Ottawa (Two week course)
Technical Skills
- Computing: 20+ years in MATLAB; 10+ years in Python (NumPy, SciPy, Pandas, scikit-learn, PyTorch, Matplotlib); R; Bash scripting, cluster computing (Slurm, PBS), git, Docker; Illustrator, Photoshop
- Data Analysis: Regression, multi-level modeling, time series analyses, state-space models, dimensionality reduction, manifold learning, machine learning (supervised/unsupervised), deep learning (CNNs, RNNs), Bayesian modeling, image processing
- Scientific: Two-photon Ca2+ imaging, electrophysiology (Neuropixels), real-time closed-loop optogenetics, mouse behavior, intersectional genetics, experimental design; surgical techniques (cranial windows, virus injections); immunohistochemistry, CRISPR; microscope optimization, microcontroller programming, hardware integration
- Theoretical Neuroscience: Biophysical point-process network models, mean-field models, multi-compartment modeling, dynamical systems
Service
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2013-present Peer Reviewer
COSYNE (2017-2020, 2022), Neural Networks (2021), Peer Community in Circuit Neuroscience (2020), AWM Proceedings (2018), eLife (2015, 2017), J. Comp. Neurosci. (2013)
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2016-2023 Women in Science at Yale (WISAY) Board Member
Organized campus-wide mentorship program for female-identifying postdocs in STEM
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2020-2023 Yale Neuroscience Postdoc Committee Board Member
Promoted professional development for postdocs
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2020-2021 Organizer, SCGB NY-Area Postdoc Meeting
Simons Collaboration on the Global Brain, New York City
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2019 Open Labs Video Series
Calcium Imaging Section, Science education for high school students, Yale University
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2018-2019 SYNAPSES Seminar Series Organizer
Seminars at Yale Neuroscience - Advanced PoStdoc Extramural Series
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2013 Graduate Student Representative
Task Force on Innovation and Transformation in Graduate Education, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto