Communication
Oral
- Research seminars and talks (9 invited seminars and 9 conference talks)
- Interview on my twin research with Dr Jack Lewis, for the documentary ‘Secrets of the Brain’, in an episode all about twins. (Clip 1 & Clip 2)
- Conference Posters (20 international conferences)
- Presentation game
Written
- Academic Papers (8 first author)
- Editing (journal reviewing; colleagues’ & students’ papers & presentations)
- Grant support and review (UQ R&I research admin officer 2013)
- BrainVoyager guide
- Ethics applications
Management
- Research Manager, Ipsos Australia
- UCL Postdoc, managing PhD and Masters student projects
- OSU Postdoc, managing undergraduate student projects
- UQ Skeptics Student Organisation, President (2013) and Secretary (2012)
Teaching
- Guest lecturer for UCL Neuroscience Masters course: “Depth Perception and Attention”
- University tutor in statistics (PSYC3010), methodology (PSYC3020), and cognitive neuroscience (PSYC2020)
- Received Department of Psychology tutor award (2013)
- Developed and taught a MATLAB methods course to postgrad and undergrad students in Golomb Lab and Schwarzkopf Lab
- Mentoring
- 2 PhD students from OSU, 2 PhD students from UCL, 1 masters student from UCL, 3 PhD students from UQ, and many more undergraduate students
Coding
I am proficient in MATLAB, R, SPSS, JASP, Python, as well as several custom fMRI analysis and modelling software packages. Have a look here for code examples, data, and some of my pet projects!
Statistical Analysis
- Basic NHST (t-tests, ANOVAs, regressions)
- Bayesian Statistics
- Modelling (pRF mapping)
- Machine Learning (Linear Regression, SVM, MVPA)
Event Coordination
- Cambridge two-day workshop (2016)
- “What have Vision Scientists learnt in the last five years?”
- 20 attendees
- £1500 funds raised
- Week-long Scottish writing retreat (2017)
- Lab skip trip to Perfect North Slopes (2015)
- Lab olympics (2014)
Raising funding
- CCBBI pilot research grants (US$10k)
- Assisted PI winning NIH R01 grant (US$1.8M)
- Travel grants (AU$3k)
- PhD Scholarship (AU$84k over 3.5 years)
Assorted others
- BUCNI MRI technician & trainer
- Office (Excel, Powerpoint, Word, etc)
- Website design (personal & lab group websites with WordPress)
- First Aid
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