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Washington, Dc, Us

● Modernized navigation bars, search filter panels, and search bar for a site redesign using Bootstrap and Sass, streamlining search● Retooled a reports summary’s date picker, safeguarding it against bugs for invalid dates and an infinitely updating end date● Collaborated on a team of 9, adhering to agile methodologies through weekly sprints and daily stand-ups

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

● Implemented a four-week longitudinal in-person study on language learning● Managed a timely transition to remote work due to COVID-19 by rebuilding the experiment into an online study (JavaScript). Expanded recruitment procedures● Developed and ran additional experiments, including a study of memory for location, visual search, as well as follow ups● Analyzed experiments in R, created visualizations with ggplot, and taught lab members how to do the same● Reviewed academic papers for journals, gave and received constructive feedback on peers’ work

Champaign, Illinois, United States

● Designed, programmed and ran experiments for over 1000 participants, both in lab using Matlab, and online using JavaScript to study working memory, the testing effect, and other topics● Analyzed experiments using conventional statistics, Bayesian analysis, and nonparametric techniques such as bootstrapping● Developed a novel nonparametric test, and created 100MB+ simulated data sets to evaluate its reliability● Presented findings at professional meetings and Psychonomics, a cognitive psychology conference

Champaign, Illinois, United States

For five semesters, taught introductory psychology to undergraduates ● Prepared and gave lectures for two sections of undergraduates taking Psychology 100● Led discussions for team exercise days when students worked in small groups to solve more complex, applied problems ● Developed exam questions and topics for writing assignments. Graded writing, quizzes, and exams

Champaign, Illinois, United States

● Prepared short lectures and practice problems on the basics of loops, conditional logic, reading/writing files, and displaying images to the screen. Graded homework assignments. ● Worked with students on writing and debugging their programs in Matlab

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

● Created ERP and behavioral experiments with E-prime; generated input files for each using Matlab● Co-wrote and revised research papers for Professor Lynne Reder and others on ERP and behavioral studies● Prepared ERP data for analysis (removed eye blink artifacts and applied high/low pass filters), and analyzed ERP and behavioral data in Matlab and SPSS

Computer Software Engineering

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Cognitive Psychology

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Psychology