Profile Details

Create Project

★★★★★

☆☆☆☆☆

USD 50 /hr

★★★★★

☆☆☆☆☆

Hire Dr. Katherine P.

United States

USD 50 /hr

Neuroscience PhD | Data Scientist | Quantitative Biomedical Researcher

Profile Summary

I'm a data scientist with a neuroscience Ph.D. and 10+ years of experience extracting insights from complex biological datasets. I earned a Ph.D. in Neuroscience from the University of California, Davis, and spent six years as a postdoc and senior research associate in the Farris lab at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute. My unique background combines strong Python programming skills, experience with machine learning and statistical modeling, and deep domain expertise in neuroscience. I'm passionate about translating complex biological data into clinically relevant insights that can improve patient outcomes.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ★ Neurobiology
• ★ Data Analysis
• ★ Python
• ☆ Computational Biology
• ☆ Biostatistics
• ☆ Neuroscience
• ☆ Microscopy
• ☆ Electron Microscopy
• ☆ Fluorescence Microscopy
• ☆ Image Processing
• ☆ Data Exploration
• ☆ Data Visualization
• ☆ Machine Learning
• ☆ SQL

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Consulting
• Data & AI

Writing Technical Writing, Creative Writing, General Proofreading & Editing

Research Scientific and Technical Research, Systematic Literature Review, Secondary Data Collection

Consulting Scientific and Technical Consulting

Data & AI Predictive Modeling, Statistical Analysis, Image Processing, Image Analysis, Algorithm Design-Non ML, Algorithm Design-ML, Data Visualization, Data Cleaning, Data Processing, Data Insights

Work Experience

Post Doctoral Associate

Virginia Tech

February 2019 - Present

Senior Research Associate

Fralin Biomed Research Inst. at Virginia Tech Carillion

February 2023 - January 2025

Postdoctoral Researcher

Fralin Biomed Research Inst. at Virginia Tech Carillion

February 2019 - January 2023

Graduate Researcher

University of California Davis

August 2011 - December 2018

Education

Ph.D. (Neuroscience)

University of California Davis

September 2011 - December 2018

Bachelors of Science (Neuroscience, Physiology and Behavior)

University of California Davis

September 2009 - June 2011

Certifications

• Certification details not provided.

Publications

PREPRINT

Mayd Alsalman, Lucy Turner, Katy Pannoni, Renesa Tarannum, Rutvi Desai, Sharon A. Swanger, Shannon Farris (2025). Hippocampal cell- and circuit-specific differences in mitochondrial form and function .

Katy E. Pannoni, Quentin S. Fischer, Renesa Tarannum, Mikel L. Cawley, Mayd M. Alsalman, Nicole Acosta, Chisom Ezigbo, Daniela V. Gil, Logan A. Campbell, Shannon Farris (2023). MCU-enriched dendritic mitochondria regulate plasticity in distinct hippocampal circuits .

Katy E Pannoni and Daniela Gil and Logan Campbell and Shannon Farris(2021). The mitochondrial calcium uniporter regulates mitochondrial mass and dendritic localization in distinct hippocampal circuits . BioRxiv. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Katy Pannoni, Daniela Gil, Mikel Cawley, Logan Campbell, Shannon Farris (2021). Layer-specific mitochondrial diversity across hippocampal CA2 dendrites .

(2020). Visualizing subcellular structures in neuronal tissue with expansion microscopy . BioRxiv.

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Katy E. Pannoni, Daniela Gil, Mikel L. Cawley, Mayd M. Alsalman, Logan A. Campbell, Shannon Farris (2023). Layer‐specific mitochondrial diversity across hippocampal CA2 dendrites . Hippocampus.

Katy Pannoni(2022). LEC to CA2: A circuit to remember . Neuron. 110. (9). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 1443--1445. Elsevier {BV}

Logan A. Campbell and Katy E. Pannoni and Niesha A. Savory and Dinesh Lal and Shannon Farris(2021). Protein-retention expansion microscopy for visualizing subcellular organelles in fixed brain tissue . Journal of Neuroscience Methods. 361. Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 109285. Elsevier {BV}

(2020). Toric Spines at a Site of Learning . eNeuro.

(2014). Input clustering and the microscale structure of local circuits . Frontiers in neural circuits.