Anna Tarasenko
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Experience
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BrainPatch
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United Kingdom
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Wellness and Fitness Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Chief Neuroscientist
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May 2019 - Present
Conduct literature analysis as well as user research; identify avenues for further development of the device, in particular its potential to increase concentration or help with relaxation; Devise and implement experiments required for the demonstration of the potential of the product; Writing grant applications for a variety of funding schemes;As a part of the team designed and presented a poster for the Society of Neuroscience Conference 2019 in Chicago Conduct literature analysis as well as user research; identify avenues for further development of the device, in particular its potential to increase concentration or help with relaxation; Devise and implement experiments required for the demonstration of the potential of the product; Writing grant applications for a variety of funding schemes;As a part of the team designed and presented a poster for the Society of Neuroscience Conference 2019 in Chicago
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UCL
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United Kingdom
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Research Services
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700 & Above Employee
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Research Assistant
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Jul 2019 - Sep 2019
• Updated and extended a computational model of influence of transcranial direct current stimulation on decision making;• Verified the published results from the model; • Became proficient with the usage of Brian library (Python) for the design of spiking network simulations. • Updated and extended a computational model of influence of transcranial direct current stimulation on decision making;• Verified the published results from the model; • Became proficient with the usage of Brian library (Python) for the design of spiking network simulations.
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UCL SciCon
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United Kingdom
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Research
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1 - 100 Employee
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President
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Oct 2018 - Sep 2019
• Co-founder of the biggest science outreach student led society at UCL; together with a team devised an outreach strategy • Recruited and managed a team of 10 people to work on organizing monthly events aimed at science communication and establishment of connection between students and academics across UCL; • Organized two internship fairs attended by more than 150 students; arranged visits to laboratories within and outside the university; secured funding from the university for the societal and event management.
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Maynooth University
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Ireland
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Undergraduate Research Assistant
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Jul 2018 - Sep 2018
• Conducted literature review on the subject of Synaesthesia; based on the results of the review designed a project proposal to obtain funding and ethical approval from the Ethics Committee at university; designed and implemented a psychological survey in Qualtrics, produced debriefing and informed consent forms; • Distributed the survey across a range of social media platforms; data was collected from 300+ participants worldwide; • Helped with the collection and pre-processing (denoising, filtering, averaging) of EEG data from the 15 members of elderly population for the research aimed at early diagnosis of dementia.
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UCL
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United Kingdom
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Research Services
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700 & Above Employee
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Transition Mentor
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Oct 2016 - May 2017
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Education
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UCL
Master's degree, Natural Sciences (Neuroscience and Organic Chemistry) -
Università di Bologna
Summer Course, Italian Language and Literature