I'm hoping this page will serve as an assemblage of young scientists who would be happy to talk about their experiences in cocosci and in all other fields! I'm currently in the process of asking friends if they would be willing to be included on this page; if you'd be kind enough to be included, please shoot me an email with your name, email address, undergrad, and optionally grad institution at (vaelgates[at]gmail[dot]com)!
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Neuroscience / Cognitive Science / Computer Science
- Vael Gates (website owner): vaelgates[at]gmail[dot]com. Thanks for visiting! I'm a PhD student in Neuroscience at Berkeley, and I'm happy to answer questions relating to undergrad, masters, or grad school life, being a woman in science, or starting out in cocosci. Additionally, please contact me if you have an update to this website, want to write for this website, or have a topic that hasn't been covered. Besides advice, I'm glad to to look over CVs and emails and discuss ideas! Undergrad: Neuroscience, Wellesley College / MIT, Masters: Experimental Psychology, University of Cambridge (UK), PhD: Neuroscience, Berkeley. Website, Current Blog, Undergraduate Blog. (Updated July 2016)
- Rachel Lee: rachelstephlee[at]gmail[dot]com. I am currently a PhD student at Princeton Neuroscience Institute. I graduated from Stanford University with a degree in Mathematical and Computational Science with Honors in Computational Neuroscience. I'm happy to chat about research opportunities for undergraduates, look over CV's, and discuss how one can learn computational skills for research. I've worked with Prof. Jay McClelland (Stanford) and Prof. Sam Gershman (Harvard). Undergrad: Stanford (Research at MIT). (Updated July 2018)
- Lucy Lai: lucy.lai[at]rice[dot]edu. I'm a junior at Rice University majoring in Cognitive Science with minors in Neuroscience and Statistics. I'd love to talk about undergraduate neuroscience resources and opportunities, REUs/application process, and building a skill set in preparation for graduate school! Always willing to help someone out in this rather specific field. Undergrad: Rice U, Summers: Baylor College of Medicine, MIT REU. Website. (Updated July 2016)
- Diederique “Dee” van der Knaap: dvanderknaap[at]me[dot]com. I am an undergraduate at Wellesley College studying Cognitive and Linguistic Sciences with concentrations in psychology and computer science. I’m happy to chat about interdisciplinary majors, entering science from an alternative high school background, a love for data, the liberal arts college experience, and anything related to undergraduate education! (Updated July 2016)
- Valerie Zhao: vzhao[at]wellesley[dot]edu. I'm currently an undergrad at Wellesley College, majoring in Neuroscience and Computer Science. I can help with questions about those two majors at Wellesley, Wellesley in general, undergrad research and experiences, and/or issues like impostor syndrome :). (Updated July 2016)
- Dr. Elizabeth Michael: em639[at]cam[dot]ac[dot]uk. Following my undergraduate degree in Psychology and Physiology, I continued for a MSc in Neuroscience and DPhil in Experimental Psychology at the University of Oxford. I joined the Adaptive Brain Lab in September 2015 as a Post-doctoral Research Associate. (Updated July 2016)
- Isabelle Rosenthal: irosenth[at]wellesley[dot]edu. I'm a recent Wellesley College grad (Neuroscience, '16) and currently a lab manager at the NIH. I study the neuroscience of color vision using MEG, MRI, and electrophysiology in humans and macaque monkeys. I also have experience with machine learning, social cognition, and autism studies. I'm happy to answer any questions people may have about any of these fields! (Updated Oct 2016)
- Sean Aubin: saubin[at]uwaterloo[dot]ca. I'm a Master's student in Systems Design Engineering at University of Waterloo, Master's of Applied Science, in the domain of Theoretical Neuroscience and Computational Modelling. My focus is on building biologically plausible, but behaving models of the brain. I came to neuroscience and psychology through Electrical and Computer engineering. I'm happy to answer any questions about computational modelling and navigating the concepts of cognitive sciences. I'm an avid participant at cogsci.stackexchange.com where I've asked and answered over 200 questions on this topic, so don't be shy! Website (Updated May 2017)
- Paige Miranda: paige[at]miranda@yale[dot]edu. I am a Wellesley College alum (Neuroscience, Class of '14) and have been working for the past 2 years at Yale University with Dr. Elizabeth Jonas. I have just finished the graduate school application process and would love to talk about anything related to applying: CVs, personal statements, interviews etc. I can also help with how to get research experience during and post undergrad. Undergrad: Neuroscience, Wellesley College, Research: MIT, Wellesley, Yale. PhD: TBD (Updated Mar 2017)
- Jenna Krizan: Krizanj[at]wustl[dot]edu. Undergrad: Psychology, Neuroscience, The College of New Jersey. PhD: Neuroscience, Washington University in St. Louis. (Updated July 2016)
- Aida Nematzadeh: nematzadeh[at]berkeley[dot]edu. My research interests are in the areas of cognitive modeling of language and computational semantics. Undergrad: Computer Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology, Iran. MSc in Computer Science, University of Toronto, Canada. PhD in Computer Science, University of Toronto, Canada. Webpage (Updated July 2016)
- Li Guo: lguo15[at]jhu[dot]edu. Undergrad: Psychology, Lafayette College. PhD: Cognitive Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins. (Updated July 2016)
- Nuno Goncalves: nrg30[at]cam[dot]ac[dot]uk. PhD candidate (computational neuroscience / experimental psychology) at University of Cambridge. Undergrad: Biomedical Engineering, Polytechnic Institute of Porto, Portugal. LinkedIn (Updated Oct 2016)
Biology and Chemistry
- Lindsey Backman: lbackman[at]mit[dot]edu. Undergrad: Biochemistry, University of Florida. PhD: Chemistry, MIT. Webpage (Updated July 2016)
- Alicia Viridiana Zamudio: zamudiom[at]mit[dot]edu. Undergrad: Biology and Psychology, San Diego State University. PhD: Biology, MIT. (Updated July 2016)
- Michelle Brann: mbrann[at]wellesley[dot]edu. I'm currently a research associate at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Undergrad: Chemistry, Mathematics minor, Wellesley College. (Updated July 2016)
- Nadege Gitego. Undergrad: Biochemistry, Spelman College. LinkedIn. (Updated Aug 2016)
Engineering
- Ignacio Perez-Pozuelo: ignacio_perezpozuelo[at]berkeley[dot]edu. I'm happy to answer questions relating to undergrad, masters and grad school applications and life. Happy to advise international students in the process and regarding the transition to the US. Happy to entertain ideas about science related ventures and non profit projects. Undergrad: Engineering (Neuroengineering, Bioengineering and Neuroscience), Brown University. Masters: M.Sc. Neuroscience, Oxford University. PhD: Bioengineering and Medical Engineering jointly from UC Berkeley and UC San Francisco. (Updated July 2016)
- Candace Ross: ccross[at]mit[dot]edu. Undergrad: Computer Engineering, Howard University. PhD: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, MIT. (Updated July 2016)
- Stephanie La Hoz Theuer: SLaHozTheuer[at]cantab[dot]net. I'm an expert in climate change policy and will be happy to answer questions relating to academic/professional life and progression, being a woman in professional environments, or working in multilateral organizations. Also happy to chat with those interested in climate change and how to address it. Work: United Nations and Environmental Consultancies. Masters: Environmental Policy, University of Cambridge (UK). Undergrad: Production Engineering, Universidade de São Paulo (Brazil). (Updated Aug 2016)
- Hitesh Arora. Software Engineer at Microsoft. Undergrad: Computer Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology. LinkedIn. (Updated Aug 2016)
Others
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