The world of life and sensory sciences has always been home base for me.
I began my life sciences arc in sensory experiences, working on analytical flavour systems and synthetic data for CPG and pharmaceutical companies. Now, I'm exploring how we can digitize the sensory experience for applications in diagnostics, treatment, consumer and patient simulation, and, of course, consumer down the road.
Adjacent to this is how we can integrate emerging technologies into the brain, whether it be for research and encodement (understanding/visualizing the brain) or to push human capacities beyond what is currently possible (making humans superhuman). Beyond AI/ML, this looks like AR/VR/XR.
And of course, because my earliest roots are grounded in health policy and governance, I'm exploring what the world of regulation and best practices looks for novel tech in biology.
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Key questions and areas of exploration:
Multimodal sensory integration - mapping and encoding sensory modalities, with special interest (and challenges) in the olfactory and gustatory cortices. For application in neurological disease detection and treatment, BCIs, and wearables. Great potential for applications in CPG innovation/product development and UX/UI.
Developing a digital twin of the human brain - inspired by the work done by the Human Connectome Project, building a virtual brain as an in silico testing environment for drug and test trials with reduced human risk.
P.S. I run a digital (soon to be hybrid) community of 150+ computational neuroscience/biology hackers globally. Message me with a line of what you're working on and I'll send you an invite.
an apple dedicated to Isaac Newton, because of a love of discovery, science, and apple pie.
an apple dedicated to Isaac Newton, because of a love of discovery, science, and apple pie.
Building brains, but better.
I began my neuroscience arc in sensory science, trying to understand neurological causes of perceptive differences, encoding for sensory modalities, and analytical flavour systems and synthetic data for CPG and pharmaceutical companies. Now, I'm exploring simulations of the brain more broadly. The applications are endless, but key use cases include:
in silico testing environments to understand neurological disease progression, development, and treatment
personalized medicine based on individually unique neural architecture and genetic makeup
enhancing and mapping cognitive functions, memory, and learning
multimodal sensory integration - for medical, defense, and perhaps consumer use
And of course, because my roots are grounded in health policy, regulatory affairs, and governance, I'm exploring what the world of regulation and best practices looks for novel tech in biology.
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People and projects I particularly admire:
the Human Connectome Project
the Enigma Project
Google DeepMind/Google BRAIN
Oxford's MRC Brain Network Dynamics Unit
UCL's Gatsby Computational Neuroscience Unit
P.S. I run a digital (soon to be hybrid) community of 150+ computational neuroscience/biology hackers globally. Message me with a line of what you're working on and I'll send you an invite.
