I am really curious about how this is the case!!
I am a neuroscientist and engineer studying how the brain learns new skills and adapts to novel sensorimotor mappings. I earned my PhD at the University of Washington in the Orsborn Lab where I used brain computer interfaces and sensorimotor perturbations to investigate the neural computations underlying motor learning.
My work focuses on how neural populations solve challenges such as credit assignment, redundancy and learning across timescales when controlling brain computer interfaces or learning new motor skills.
I am now a Young Investigator at the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence where I work to expand AI tools for neuroscience discovery.
If you use phrases like 'brain is wonderfully mysterious' ,'neuroengineering is a successful marriage of engineering and neuroscience' , you invited yourself into hour long conversations with me.
Brain Computer Interfaces | Neural adaptation | Learning | Credit assignment | Skill consolidation
Focus Area: Brain Computer Interfaces, Motor Learning, Credit Assignment
Focus Area: Bioinstrumentation and Medical Imaging