i like science. specifically, i like the application of computers in the environmental sciences. i'm interested in modeling, sensor development, and general dev for environmental problems.
i'm currently working at WHOI's MARS lab under the elusive Dr. Zitterbart. mostly, i'm building a codebase that allows for flexible, autonomous, and accurate signal detection for RHF transmitters that we stick on penguins in antartica.
with the guidance of the incredible Dr. Mueller, I investigated and corrected the effects of environmental parameters on particulate matter by low-cost air quality sensors. during this project, I wrote a python repo to collect, display, and apply a variety of ML correction models to relevant environemntal data.
under the wonderful PI Dr. Keenan, i was introduced to research through the use of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) for brain mapping. here, i assisted on a variety of projects around central themes of perspective taking, Theory of Mind, object recognition and neuroaesthetics.
Citation: Murray E, Brenya J, Chavarria K, Kelly KJ, Fierst A, Ahmad N, Anton C, Shaffer L, Kapila K, Driever L, Weaver K., Dial C, Crawford M, Hartman I, Infantino T, Butler F, Straus A, Walker SL, Balugas B, Pardillo M, Goncalves B, Keenan JP. Corticospinal Excitability during a Perspective Taking Task as Measured by TMS-Induced Motor Evoked Potentials. Brain Sciences. 2021; 11(4):513. https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci11040513
Citation: Brenya, J., Vieira, S., Chavarria, K., Weaver K., Savitska, L., Dial, C., & Keenan, J. P. (Under Review-Accepted with Revisions). The Effects of Uniforms and their implied Status on Attractiveness. Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences
Citation: Weaver K., Soder, H., Yasin, S., McDermott, W., Bismal, K., Rougebec, A., Goldsteen, G., & Keenan, J. P. (2020). Freewill and Awareness: A Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Study, 125th Annual Eastern Psychological Association, Boston, MA, 33.