Tom Woelders Email & Phone Number

Amersfoort, Utrecht, Netherlands

Manchester Area, United Kingdom

Classifying visual neurons from electrophysiology data (512 Hz recordings), using dynamic time warping and K-means clustering.Implemented a nonlinear optimization algorithm to optimize visual stimuli for vision experiments, as well written the code for stimulus presentation (PyOpenGL, PyQt5). Now the default algorithm used in our lab.Implemented nonlinear optimization algorithm to efficiently characterize spectral sensitivity profiles of unknown photopigments. Now the standard… Show more Classifying visual neurons from electrophysiology data (512 Hz recordings), using dynamic time warping and K-means clustering.Implemented a nonlinear optimization algorithm to optimize visual stimuli for vision experiments, as well written the code for stimulus presentation (PyOpenGL, PyQt5). Now the default algorithm used in our lab.Implemented nonlinear optimization algorithm to efficiently characterize spectral sensitivity profiles of unknown photopigments. Now the standard in our lab. Show less

Groningen, Netherlands

Constructed a partial least squares model to determine human biological clock time from metabolomics, as a replacement for expensive and time-consuming protocols. Also explored RF and SVM.Employed a time-series decomposition algorithm to disentangle homeostatic and circadian components contributing to human cognition and physiology.

Groningen, Netherlands

Collaborated in Philips Lighting (Netherlands) – University of Groningen consortium “On Time” to unravel how light impacts our biological clocks.Constructed a KNN model to predict solar angle from spectral measurements of daylight (sampled over a year at a 1-minute interval), assuming photopigments found in the human eye (to debunk a century-old untested “truth” that the colour of the sky is a more reliable time cue than intensity. NB: it was not true).Combined computational… Show more Collaborated in Philips Lighting (Netherlands) – University of Groningen consortium “On Time” to unravel how light impacts our biological clocks.Constructed a KNN model to predict solar angle from spectral measurements of daylight (sampled over a year at a 1-minute interval), assuming photopigments found in the human eye (to debunk a century-old untested “truth” that the colour of the sky is a more reliable time cue than intensity. NB: it was not true).Combined computational modelling (limit-cycle oscillator) with analysis of wearable data to estimate fundamental characteristics of an individual’s biological clock.Mentoring undergraduate student's thesis. Show less

Groningen, Netherlands

Teaching assistant 'Human Ethology' 2011

Master, Behavioural And Cognitive Neuroscience, 1St Degree Honors

Activities and Societies: Member of the BCN course committee 2010-2011

Bachelor, Psychology

Focus on behavioural and cognitive neuroscience