engineer (verb):
Design, build, test
Answering sophisticated biological questions requires engineering sophisticated tools.
When I decided to go back to community college in 2010, I was torn between neuroscience and mechanical engineering. My main inspiration for going to school was the work on neurally interfaced prosthetics from researchers at John’s Hopkins. At the end of the day, I chose Mechanical Engineering because I love building systems, developing tools, and overcoming technical challenges. While my current work as a Neurobio Postdoc isn’t entirely focused on engineering, I continue to apply my engineering skills every day as I develop novel approaches to answer biological questions. Unfortunately the realities of postdoc life means limited resources for publishing techniques, but there is still value in sharing that information with the world.
This site is a work in progress. More coming soon. In the meantime:
original website
Undergrad and Graduate Work
I launched engineeringjoy.com in 2012 as a way of showcasing my undergraduate engineering projects as I was applying for PhD programs.
code share
Data analysis tools
For nearly all of my various research projects I write custom code to automate as much of the analysis process as possible as part of my commitment to research rigor and reproducibility.