Research Profile
I'm a computer science major that has migrated over to computational neuroscience over the years. Currently, I research plasticity - structural, and synaptic, Hebbian, and homoeostatic - and associative memory.
Among other tools, I use the NEST neural simulator quite a bit. I prefer Python to Matlab, and Open source software to proprietary tools in general.
I am part of the team that builds and maintains NeuroFedora. Our goal is to provide a large set of neuroscience software to users in an easy, ready to use way---via the Fedora Linux distribution.
Ph.D. candidate at Herts
(2014 - present)
PhD candidate in computational neuroscience at the Biocomputation group at the University of Hertfordshire.
Supervisor: Dr. Volker Steuber
Masters by Research: UTS, Sydney
(2012 - 2014)
I completed my ME (by research) at the University of Technology, Sydney. I studied and modelled neuron sets that are related to navigation in the mammalian brain using the ROS robotic framework. I worked on head direction cells, place cells, grid cells, and boundary cells.
Supervisor: Dr. Jack Wang
Thesis: Bio inspired navigation in a mobile dynamic environment
Resume
My resume can be found here.
Publications
My publications can be seen on a separate page.
Achievements/Awards/Grants
- University of Hertfordshire post graduate research travel grant, 2016
- University of Hertfordshire Ph.D. studentship, 2015
- UTS Vice chancellor's research grant, 2014
- UTS FEIT research travel grant, 2014