Brian Barbarits Email & Phone Number

Herndon, Virginia

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Founded a small company to continue my interest in the advancement of electrophysiology by supporting neuroscientists with useful tools and instruments

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• My work at Janelia is primarily focused on advancing the state-of-the-art in extracellular electrophysiology, both through my development of the WHISPER Silicon Probe Extracellular Recording System and testing and.
• Performed basic bench tests, made the basic test setup work in real neuroscience experiments, and acted as the first line of support.
• Trained in the use of the technology and traveled to sites to demo and setup recording capability in the field, enabling rapid deployment and adoption.
• This allowed scientific data to be taken in the field ultimately resulting in a Nature publication and mainstream news coverageDeveloped the HHMI Silicon Probe Extracellular Recording System (WHISPER) resulting in a.
• Used by over 15 labs worldwide to collect data published in over 10 scientific journals
• The technology is currently being offered as a licensing opportunity through the Janelia Open Science

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Advised as a full-time, on-site engineering consultant at the Janelia Research Campus (HHMI)
• Developed custom low-noise instrumentation and data acquisition systems for neural recording.
• Contributed to the development of high-channel count neural probe sensors by working on the interface and packaging problem
• Cultivated new project opportunities that diversified the company portfolio and increased revenue.Developed many small projects and performed a wide range of jobs including
• Circuit design
• PCB layout and testing

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Buffalo/Niagara, New York Area

Contributed to the development of a surveillance satellite camera by designing and building a custom temperature controlled vacuum test chamber with a heating/cooling plate and a fixture to test the fatigue of a rubber diaphragm for lens focusing.

Meng, Electrical & Computer Engineering

M.S., Biomedical Engineering

B.S., Biomedical Engineering