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<h2>Principal Investigator:</h2>
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  image="https://dibs-web01.vm.duke.edu/pearson/assets/images/website/john.png"
  site="http://jmxpearson.com" github="https://github.com/jmxpearson"
  email="john.pearson@duke.edu"
  linkedin="https://www.linkedin.com/in/jmxpearson" name="John Pearson"
  desc="John earned his bachelor's degree in physics and math from the
  University of Kentucky and his PhD in physics from Princeton. He became a
  neuroscientist at Duke, where he did his postdoctoral training with Michael
  Platt, working on the neurobiology of reward and decision-making. From 2015 to
  2018, he was an Assistant Research Professor in the Duke Institute for Brain
  Sciences. In 2018, he moved back to the School of Medicine as an Assistant
  Professor in the Department of Biostatistics & Bioinformatics, and in 2022, he moved to the
  Department of Neurobiology. In addition, he maintains secondary
  appointments in the departments of Biostatics & Bioinformatics, Psychology & Neuroscience, and Electrical
  and Computer Engineering. (<a href='https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/o05n1v0skl5el9w938oca/john_pearson_cv.pdf?rlkey=wickra8h33u8hfsr40l0jdhxf&st=8buq1yz2&dl=0'>cv</a>)<br /><br /><br /><br />" %}
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<h2>Postdocs:</h2>
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  person.html image="images/seth.jpg" github="https://github.com/thewart"
  email="sm378@duke.edu" name="Seth Madlon-Kay" desc="After earning a BA in
  psychology and economics from New York University, Seth completed his PhD in
  Neuroscience at the University of Pennsylvania where he used computational
  methods to glean new insights into the social behavior of non-human primates.
  His research interests include reproducible research practices and the
  application of probabilistic machine learning to understanding complex
  behavior, and he currently works on models for evidence integration in
  subjective legal judgements. His non-scientific activities include biking,
  reading Victorian novels with his wife, and attempting to appreciate jazz.
  <br /><br /><br /><br />" %}
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<h2>Graduate Students:</h2>
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  include person.html image="images/Daniela.jpg"
  github="https://github.com/dannyfa" email="dfd4@duke.edu"
  name="Daniela de Albuquerque" title="MD-PhD student" desc="Daniela is a
  student at Duke's MD-PhD program. She received her B.S. in Neuroscience from
  Duke and wrote a senior thesis on the mechanisms of attention and
  working memory while working under Dr. Marty Woldorff. Before coming back
  to Duke, she was a post-baccalaureate research fellow at the NIMH, where she
  worked on developing computational screening methods for genomic and imaging
  biomarkers of working memory deficits in schizophrenia. As a first year ECE
  graduate student at Duke, she is interested in applying statistical machine-learning
  methods to model brain imaging data. When not in front of a computer, she loves to surf,
  read and hike. <br /><br /><br /><br />" %}
  {%
  include person.html image="https://dibs-web01.vm.duke.edu/pearson/assets/images/website/Trevor.jpg"
  github="https://github.com/Trevorules" email="trevor.alston@duke.edu"
  linkedin="www.linkedin.com/in/trevor-alston" name="Trevor Alston" desc="Trevor is a sixth-year Neurobiology graduate student at Duke University.
  He holds two Biomedical Engineering Degrees; he received his BS degree from Rutgers University and his MS degree from Northwestern University.
  His research interest is in Neuroengineering and brain-related technologies. Outside of the lab he likes hanging out with friends, playing games, and watching TV.
  <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />" %} 
  {%
  include person.html image="images/miles.jpg"
  github="https://github.com/mdmarti" email="miles.martinez@duke.edu"
  linkedin="https://www.linkedin.com/in/miles-martinez-00a496123/"
  name="Miles Martinez" title="Electrical and Computer Engineering PhD Candidate" desc="Miles is a fifth-year graduate student in Electrical and Computer Engineering.
  He entered Duke through the CNAP program. He currently develops and applies computational methods to
  understand the neural bases of natural learning. When not doing
  research, he loves getting outside and hiking or rock climbing - unless it's
  too cold, in which case you can find him indoors cooking or playing games.
  <br /><br /><br /><br />" %}
  {%
  include person.html image="images/liz.png"
  site="https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=9y-kRQcAAAAJ&hl=en"
  github="https://github.com/eaogorman" email="eao21@duke.edu"
  linkedin="https://www.linkedin.com/in/elizabeth-liz-o-gorman-7a382ba7/"
  name="Liz O'Gorman" title="Neurobiology Ph.D. Candidate" desc="Liz is a sixth-year Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of Neurobiology. She is a recipient of the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship (NSF GRF). She is also working toward a concurrent M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering concentrating in Data Analytics and Machine Learning. She received her B.S. in Neuroscience and Behavioral Biology with a minor in Ethics from Oxford College and Emory College of Emory University where she worked with Dr. Donald (Tig) Rainnie and Dr. Gordon Berman. At Duke, she previously worked with Dr. Kafui Dzirasa and Dr. David Carlson. She is interested in applying computational and quantitative methods to study adaptive behaviors. Outside of lab, she builds and fixes bikes.
  <br /><br /><br /><br />" %}
  {%
  include person.html image="images/gong.png"
  site="https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=zOKHGPgAAAAJ"
  github="https://github.com/gongziyida" email="ziyi.gong@duke.edu"
  name="Ziyi Gong" title="Neurobiology Graduate Student" desc="Ziyi is a fourth-year PhD candidate in Neurobiology. He received his B.S. in Computer Science with minors in Mathematics and Neuroscience from the University of Pittsburgh. He is interested in building mathematical models to summarize, explain, and predict phenomena observed in brains. Currently, he is developing models to explain how songbirds learn to sing. He previously worked with Dr. Nicolas Brunel on the roles of inhibition and inhibitory plasticity in the learning and memory of sequences. Outside of the lab he loves cooking and exercising, and occasionally plays the xiao (Chinese flute).
  <br /><br /><br /><br />" %}
  {%
  include person.html image="https://scholars.duke.edu/file/i6468953/image_6468953.JPG"
  site="https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=Bc4NeD0AAAAJ"
  github="https://github.com/DavidStA95" email="david.st-amand@duke.edu"
  name="David St-Amand" title="Neurobiology Graduate Student" desc="David is a third-year graduate student in Neurobiology. He graduated from McGill University, where he received his BS in Psychology and his MS in Neuroscience. His research investigates how efficient coding models can help us understand how information is computed in the retina. Outside the lab, he likes to work out and play games.   
  <br /><br /><br /><br />" %}
  {%
  include person.html image="https://dibs-web01.vm.duke.edu/pearson/assets/images/website/shiyang.jpg"
  github="https://github.com/WaAaaAterfall" email="shiyang.pan@duke.edu"
  linkedin="https://www.linkedin.com/in/shiyangpan"
  site="https://waaaaaterfall.github.io"
  name="Shiyang Pan" title="Electrical and Computer Engineering PhD Student" desc=" Shiyang is a graduate student in Electrical & Computer Engineering at Duke. 
  She received her Bsc in Applied Mathematics from University of Liverpool and Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University.
  Her research focuses on developing computational models and real-time methods to understand the activity of large-scale neural populations. 
  When not doing research she enjoys music, reading, and creative writing.
  <br /><br /><br /><br />" %}
  {%
  include person.html image="images/caitlin.jpg"
  github="https://github.com/clewis7" email="caitlin.lewis@duke.edu"
  linkedin="https://www.linkedin.com/in/caitlinllewis/"
  name="Caitlin Lewis"
  title="Electrical & Computer Engineering PhD Student"
  desc="Caitlin is a first-year graduate student in Electrical & Computer Engineering at Duke. She received her B.S. in Computer Science and Statistics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
  Her research focuses on developing computational models and open source software tools for real time analysis and visualization of large-scale neural populations.
  Outside of the lab, she enjoys reading and playing pickleball with friends.
  <br /><br /><br /><br />" %}

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<h2>Undergraduate Students:</h2>
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<h2>Former members</h2>
<h3>Postdocs:</h3>
<ul>
  <li>
    <a href="http://www.jeffmacinnes.com/">Jeff MacInnes</a> (2017; joint with
    <a href="https://executiveeducation.wharton.upenn.edu/faculty/FD3421A1AADB47C6BB1E9CBCF4DE0BAD/elizabeth-johnson">Elizabeth Johnson</a>)
     &#8594; University of Washington (postdoc)
  </li>
  <li>
    <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/ozachintan/">Chintan Oza</a>
    (2015-2016; joint with
    <a href="https://bme.duke.edu/faculty/warren-grill">Warren Grill</a>)
    &#8594; Consulting (L.E.K.)
  </li>
  <li>
    <a href="https://draelos.github.io">Anne Draelos</a>
    (2018-2022)
    &#8594; Assistant Professor, University of Michigan
  </li>
  <li>
    <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/scott-smyre-phd/">Scott Smyre</a>
    (2023-2024)
    &#8594; Research Scientist, Wake Forest University
  </li>
</ul>
<h3>Graduate Students:</h3>
<ul>
  <li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/kelsey-mcdonald-phd-84a1077a/">Kelsey McDonald</a> (2016-2021) &#8594; Data Scientist, Labcorp Drug Development</li>
  <li><a href="https://www.massgeneral.org/neurosurgery/doctors/current-residents">Robert Gramer</a> (2016-2017; 3rd year medical student) &#8594; Neurosurgical Resident, Massachusetts General Hospital</li>
  <li><a href="https://achintzeus1994.github.io">Achint Kumar</a> (2021-2022) </li>
  <li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/nayoungjun/">Na Young Jun</a> (2017-2022) &#8594; Meta Reality Labs</li>
</ul>
<h3>Research Associates:</h3>
<ul>
  <li>
    <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/lun-sam-yin/">Lun (Sam) Yin</a>
    (2017-2020) &#8594; Emory Biostatistics (PhD program)
  </li>
  <li>
    <a href="https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=-oXW2RYAAAAJ&hl=en">Jack Goffinet</a>
    (2018-2020) &#8594; Duke Computer Science (PhD program)
  </li>
  <li>
    Qian Kuang
    (2017-2018)
  </li>
  <li>
    <a href="https://shariqiqbal2810.github.io">Shariq Iqbal</a> (2015-2017)
    &#8594; USC Computer Science (PhD) &#8594; Deepmind
  </li>
  <li>
    <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/cindyxinchen">Xin (Cindy) Chen</a>
    (2016-2017) &#8594; Data Engineer (Citadel)
  </li>
  <li>
    <a href="https://abhishekupadhyaya.github.io/"
      >Abhishek Upadhyaya Ghimire</a
    >
    (2016-2017) &#8594; Cloud Security Engineer (Cisco)
  </li>
  <li>
    <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/athelia-paulli-83153489/">Athelia Rosa Paulli</a>
    (2016-2017) &#8594; UCLA &#8594; Children's National Hospital
  </li>
</ul>
<h3>Undergraduates:</h3>
<ul>
  <li>
    <a href="https://dominictanzillo.github.io/">Dominic Tanzillo</a>
     (2020-2021) &#8594; Tietronix Medical
  </li>
  <li>
    <a href="https://linkedin.com/in/daniel-sprague-yutaka">Daniel Sprague</a>
     (2020-2021) &#8594; Bain & Co.
  </li>
  <li>
    <a href="https://github.com/chaichontat/">Chaichontat Sriworarat (Richard)</a>
     (2019-2021) &#8594; Janelia Joint Graduate Program
  </li>
  <li>
    <a href="https://www.sujalmanohar.com/">Sujal Manojar</a>
     (2020) &#8594; <a href="https://hart.sanford.duke.edu/programs/hfp/">Hart Leadership Fellow</a> &#8594; Baylor College of Medicine
  </li>
  <li>Raymond Chen (2019, Huang Fellow)</li>
  <li>
    <a href="http://thomasli.me/">Thomas Li</a>
     (2018) &#8594; Vanderbilt Medical School
  </li>
  <li>
    <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-bartuska-649917121" >Andrew Bartuska</a>
     (2015-2016; Senior Thesis) &#8594; Harvard Medical School
  </li>
</ul>