Walter Piper, Ph.D. Email & Phone Number

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

• Data science bootcamp with 1:1 industry expert mentor oversight and in-depth portfolio projects. Mastered skills in Python, SQL, and machine learning.
• Capstone #1: Biological signal processing with wearable devices to extract autonomic nervous system activity during meditation and social stress. Utilized random forest and support vector classifiers to identify recent.
• Capstone #2: Designed custom brain computer interface software to work with Muse EEG headbands.https://github.com/WalterPiTheScienceGuy/Capstone_3_EEG

Ledoux Lab, Center For Neural Science

Dissertation Title: Temporal Dynamics of Amygdalar Norepinephrine During Pavlovian Threat ConditioningI combined novel biotechnologies to record a kind of stress response in the brain that facilitates learning and long-term changes in behavior. Along the way, I leveraged Python and Arduino for control of lab equipment and Python for data analysis and.

Teaching Assistant and Lab Section Instructor for Brain and Behavior undergraduate course.

Sarina Rodrigues Saturn Lab, School Of Psychological Science

Masters Thesis Title: Central and Peripheral Nervous System Underpinnings of Moral ElevationI researched prosocial emotions in the autonomic nervous system.The physiological recording methods I used are now commonplace in the emerging field of consumer neurotech and other wearables.

Teaching the lab portion of a psychology research methods class and helping to manage research projects of individual students. Assisting professors teaching Intro to Psychology courses and routinely gave guest lectures.

Helped to set up a psychophysiology lab to measure autonomic and prefrontal cortex responses in humans. I would later take on lab management duties when I became a Masters student in the same lab.

Andrew Buermeyer Lab, Department Of Environmental And Molecular Toxicolgy

Cell culture lab with mammalian fibroblasts. Toxicology Research. Bioassay development to measure DNA mismatch repair.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Phd), Neural Science

Dissertation research focused on norepinephrine's role in stress and implicit threat learning. Classes in cellular, systems, behavioral.

Data Science

500-hour project-based curriculum with mentorship in data science.

Master Of Arts (Ma), Interdisciplinary - Psychology & Human Development/Family Science

M.A. in interdisciplinary studies with areas of focus: biopsychology, abnormal psychology, and human development/family science

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Biochemistry And Biophysics

Majored in Biochemistry/biophysics and Minored in Psychology