Thomas S. Binns Email & Phone Number

London, Gb

Berlin, Germany

• Investigating functional connectivity in invasive recordings from Parkinson's disease patients to identify biomarkers for use in adaptive deep brain stimulation-based treatment, under the supervision of Prof. Wolf-Julian Neumann.• Further developing my signal analysis and Python programming skills; gaining an in-depth understanding of movement disorders.

Berlin, Germany

• Bringing advanced signal processing measures to open-source packages under the supervision of Dr. Stefan Haufe.• Further developing my signal analysis and Python programming skills.

Berlin, Germany

• Began work for the development of a 3D-printed head phantom for improving our understanding of forward models of brain activity, and the effects of non-invasive stimulation on brain activity, in the group of Prof. Surjo Soekadar.• Improved my understanding of the technical aspects of electrophysiological research, 3D printing, and electrical engineering.

Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom

• Investigated the regulation of striatal activity through computational modelling as part of my Honours project under the supervision of Dr. Antonio Gonzalez.• Conducted literature reviews; collected and analysed simulated electrophysiological data using Python and NEURON; wrote scientific reports as part of my thesis.

Berlin, Germany

• Investigated choice-predictive brain signals and movement initiation using EEG-based brain-computer interface methods and machine learning-based decoding in the laboratory of Prof. John-Dylan Haynes, under the supervision of Dr. Matthias Schultze-Kraft.• Co-author of a research article published in eNeuro.• My participation in this project was funded by a €5,000 Erasmus+ Traineeship grant.• Conducted literature reviews; designed EEG and behavioural experiments; wrote ethics applications; collected and analysed EEG and behavioural data using MATLAB, Python, and SPSS; wrote scientific reports.• Developed an in depth understanding of brain-computer interfaces, machine learning techniques, and signal analysis. Furthered my understanding of core mathematical concepts, including linear algebra and calculus, as well as statistics.

Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom

• Investigated choice-predictive brain signals in the context of consequential and inconsequential decisions under the supervision of Dr. Rama Chakravarthi.• My participation in this project was funded by a £2,000 Wellcome Trust Biomedical Vacation Scholarship.• Wrote ethics applications; collected and analysed EEG and behavioural data using MATLAB, Excel, and SPSS.

Ph.D. Computational Neuroscience Fellow, Movement Disorders, Neurotechnology, Computational Neuroscience

Working towards my scholarship-funded Ph.D. on functional connectivity in invasive recordings from Parkinson's disease patients.

M.Sci. (Hons) Neuroscience With Psychology With Industrial Placement, Neuroscience, Psychology, Biomedical Sciences, First-Class Honours

Activities and Societies: Drummer for the Jazz Society, Class Representative Industrial Placement (Master's) thesis: "Investigating neural.

Industrial Placement, Computational Neuroscience, First-Class

A twelve-month long placement in the laboratory of Prof. John-Dylan Haynes, under the supervision of Dr. Matthias Schultze-Kraft.