Melissa Smith Email & Phone Number

Seattle, Washington, United States

• Innovation consultant.
• Invent, develop prototypes, and conduct proof-of-concept studies.
• Perform extensive analysis of new and emerging technologies.

Seattle, WA

• Design and conduct research studies for a virtual rehabilitation system.
• Assist in patient recruitment.
• Collate system feedback to developers.
• Manage Institutional Review Board (IRB) application and protocols.

Seattle

• Perform market research and identify new market opportunities.
• Deployment of a customer database and capture market data.

Seattle, WA

• Designed, executed, and analyzed experiments targeted at detecting control signals for brain-computer interfaces non-invasively.
• Recorded neural data using EEG and MRI recording techniques.
• Analyzed data using MATLAB software and signal processing techniques.
• Participated in neuroscience and neural engineering outreach programs.

Seattle, WA

• Assessed new technologies and performed market research for UW innovations.
• Identified intellectual property.
• Worked with technology managers to clarify the investigator’s commercialization goals and identify potential paths to achieve them.

Seattle, WA

• Designed, executed, and analyzed experiments targeted at developing models of hypothalamic obesity from hypothalamic lesions, as well as researching oxidant stresses in causes of preterm birth.
• An active contributor to the Center for Developmental Therapeutic’s strategic planning process as a member of the Strategic Planning Committee.
• Served as Chair of the Research Staff Development Committee's Seminar Series.
• Contributing author to the Seattle Children's Interaction Research News.
• Lead technician for the Center's Luminex Core Facility.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Neuroscience

Bs, Celluar Biology