Experience

Ceribell │ Point-of-Care EEG

• United States
• Medical Equipment Manufacturing
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Senior Data Scientist

  • Jun 2019 - Present



Element Science, Inc.

• San Francisco Bay Area

• DSP Engineer

  • Sep 2017 - May 2019

  Developed tools and algorithms to identify critical heart conditions. Validated algorithms for efficacy and detection performance. Developed tools and algorithms to identify critical heart conditions. Validated algorithms for efficacy and detection performance.



The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth Houston)

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Postdoctoral Research Fellow

  • Feb 2015 - Jun 2017

  - Designed strategies for neuromodulation to effectively alter brain networks and decrease seizures. - Conceived novel methods to analyze human electrophysiological signals and identify individual-specific epilepsy networks. - Designed network models utilizing signal processing (maximizing signal-to-noise), machine learning algorithms (feature extraction, regressions), anatomy, and graph theory in MATLAB, R, and SPSS. - Validated findings with clinical gold standard by effectively collaborating in a cross-functional team and documented the methods and results in a peer-reviewed journal. - Investigated the mechanisms of memory impairment in disease states. Show less



Drexel University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• • Nov 2009 - Nov 2014

  - Discovered predictive neural changes preceding seizures in an animal model of epilepsy using computational analyses and statistical analyses (Karunakaran et al, 2016). - Developed novel signal processing algorithms to identify electrophysiological rhythms. - Designed and constructed microelectrodes and implanted them using stereotactic neurosurgery. - Tested and troubleshot electrophysiology (wired and wireless) recording and stimulation hardware. - Assisted in implementing closed-loop neurostimulation for detecting and preventing seizures.- Documented and presented research at multiple conferences (Society for Neuroscience, 2011–2016, American Epilepsy Society, 2015–16), published peer-reviewed journals and submitted grant proposals. Show less

• • Sep 2009 - Jun 2014

  Assisted in teaching, grading and coordinating interdisciplinary projects for Biomedical Senior Design



Drexel University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Teaching Assistant

  • Mar 2009 - Jun 2009

  Instructed and graded physics laboratory sessions for groups of undergraduate students (20-30) Instructed and graded physics laboratory sessions for groups of undergraduate students (20-30)