Chris Brozdowski Email & Phone Number

Chicago, Il, Us

San Francisco, California, Us

- Leading development of Spyglass, a data management, analysis, and visualization platform, to improve research efficiency and reproducibility.- Introduced professional software management strategies to shared data infrastructure to improve efficiency and add features to underlying framework, including selective SQL database export, pipeline versioning mechanisms, and centralizing code with class inheritance.- Coordinated with outside stakeholders to develop a cloud‑based demonstration of the pipeline to improve user experience and adoption.- Hosted regular workshops to train lab members in software‑ and pipeline‑development, improving productivity and code maintainability.

Houston, Texas, Us

- Developed data management, analysis, and visualization pipelines using Python, GitHub, MySQL, Docker, and Plotly for multi-site neurobiology research to improve efficiency through RDS automation. Led development of a pipeline for managing machine-learning pose-estimation models.- Worked with clients to build custom data infrastructure, including API import/export mechanisms, to automate open source pipelines.- Parameterized pytest integration testing, and developed mkdocs documentation using gh-actions to improve open-source contributor experience.- Led the development of communication strategies for YouTube content and conference sales-lead cultivation. Conducted UX interviews to improve tool utility and leveraged interview format into into social media content to promote product offerings.- Developed company graphic design assets using Adobe Suite to improve brand cohesion across social media, documentation, and presentations.- Reformed internal Slack communication standards and GitHub project management practices to promote cross-team collaboration and efficiency.

Nashville, Tennessee, Us

- Implemented experimental and data management procedures using Shell and Excel to ensure reliable testing and open-science transparency.- Analyzed open-source datasets using Shell, MATLAB, and R to contribute to scientific literature on the neural correlates of reading skill.- Mentored undergraduate and masters students in the development of key research skills, including data integrity and standardization best practices.

Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, De

- Developed novel experiments using Optitrack motion capture technology and MATLAB to explore fine-motor control among signers.- Collaborated with acoustics and virtual reality teams to contribute to the scientific literature on naturalism-perception effects in virtual reality.- Taught and co-taught undergraduate and masters courses related to statistics, psychology, and linguistics across local and partner universities.

- Adapted psycholinguistic behavioral and fMRI paradigms for sign language research, including spatial cognition, co-thought gesture, and motor simulation. Organized and analyzed resulting data with Shell, Excel, R, ANCOVA, and linear mixed-effects models to contribute to scientific literature.- Automated key aspects of experimental design, including transcription, randomization, stimulus presentation, and publication formatting, using Shell, Python, ffmpeg, and \LaTeX.- Mentored a team of research assistants in statistical methods, transcription standardization, project management, and automation techniques.- Shared scientific findings via conference posters, verbal presentations and manuscripts for peer-reviewed publications.

Storrs, Ct, Us

Various Labs: Language Creation Lab, Sign Linguistics & Language Acquisition Lab, Lab for Cognitive Neuroscience of Language and Cognition.- Secured funding for personal projects focused on 1) abstract vs. concrete noun activation and 2) text presentation in Visual World Paradigm eye tracking studies. - Spearheaded project related to verb production among language-deprived homesigners. - Assisted electroencephalogram (EEG) research on syntax violations.- Participated in phonological coding (via Hamburg Notation System) of lexical elicitation videos with young ASL signers.- Participated in graduate-level courses and discussions on topics related to sign language.- Peer-tutored courses in Cognitive Science and Psycholinguistics.

New York, New York, Us

Participated in clerical work and record maintenance.

Language And Communicative Disorders Ph.D., Cognitive Psychology And Psycholinguistics Of Sign Language

Language And Communicative Disorders Ph.D., Cognitive Psychology And Psycholinguistics Of Sign Language

Cognitive Sciences And Linguistics & Psychology

High School Diploma