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Hire Dr. Nathan W.

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USD 150 /hr

Cognitive Neuroscientist | Software development, data analysis, and technical writing

Profile Summary

I am a postdoc at the MIT Media Lab. I have extensive experience with designing software and electronics for experiments and data analysis, as well as designing, conducting, analyzing, and reporting human subjects experiments.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ☆ Neuroscience
• ☆ Cognitive Neuroscience
• ☆ Neuropharmacology
• ☆ Neurobiology
• ☆ Systems Neuroscience
• ☆ Software Engineering
• ☆ Robot Programming
• ☆ Data Collection
• ☆ Python
• ☆ Matlab
• ☆ Excel
• ☆ Java
• ☆ Medical Devices
• ☆ Medical Device Development
• ☆ Wearable Technology
• ☆ Hypothesis
• ☆ Peer Review
• ☆ Research Methodology
• ☆ Technology Scouting
• ☆ Fact Checking
• ☆ Literature Search
• ☆ Technical & Scientific Writing
• ☆ Journal Selection
• ☆ Manuscript & Journal Article Writing
• ☆ Instructional Materials
• ☆ Release Notes
• ☆ Experimental Protocols
• ☆ SOP & Protocol Writing
• ☆ White Papers
• ☆ Science Communication

Services

• Writing

Writing Technical Writing

Work Experience

MIT Media Lab

- Present

Graduate Research Assistant

Northwestern University

August 2016 - September 2022

IRTA Fellow

National Institute on Aging

August 2014 - August 2016

Education

PhD in Neuroscience

Northwestern University

August 2016 - September 2022

B.A. in Cognitive Neuroscience and Computer Science

Hampshire College

September 2010 - June 2016

Certifications

• Certification details not provided.

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Nathan Whitmore(2022). Targeted memory reactivation of face-name learning depends on ample and undisturbed slow-wave sleep . npj Science of Learning. 7. (1). Springer Science and Business Media {LLC}

Nathan Whitmore(2022). Improving memory via automated targeted memory reactivation during sleep . Journal of Sleep Research. Wiley

Nathan W. Whitmore, Shih-Chieh Lin(2016). Unmasking local activity within local field potentials (LFPs) by removing distal electrical signals using independent component analysis . NeuroImage. 132. p. 79--92. Elsevier {BV}

PREPRINT

Nathan Whitmore(2022). Sleep Disruption Selectively Weakens Reactivated Memories . BioRxiv. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory