Abby Russo-mendoza
Research Scientist at Meta
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAbby Russo-Mendoza is a research scientist and neuroscientist based in San Francisco with nine years of experience applying machine learning, dynamical systems, and large-scale data analysis to motor control, learning, and decision-making. She bridges rigorous academic research—from a Columbia PhD and a Princeton postdoc—to industry R&D at Meta and CTRL-labs, building multi-network RNNs and end-to-end data pipelines that support complex neural recordings. Skilled in MATLAB, Python, TensorFlow, DataJoint, SQL and Tableau, she combines quantitative modeling with an artistic aesthetic for compelling data visualization and science communication. Abby has led interdisciplinary teams and product-minded projects, shrinking wearable medical-device footprints through energy- and algorithmic-optimization while coordinating engineers and scientists. Her work frequently blends hypothesis-driven neuroscience with practical ML tooling, revealing how population dynamics map onto behavior and hardware constraints—an approach that informs both fundamental science and deployable neurotechnology.
9 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Summer Course Methods in Computational Neuroscience, Summer Course Methods in Computational Neuroscience at Woods Hole Oceanographic InstitutionArtificial Intelligence Professional Program, Artificial Intelligence Professional Program at Stanford University School of EngineeringDoctor of Philosophy - PhD Neuroscience, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Neuroscience at Columbia UniversityBachelor of Science (BS) Psychology, Bachelor of Science (BS) Psychology at Brandeis University
Github Skills (13)
pipeline5
quantile4
prediction-model3
gnuplot3
histogram3
consumption2
power-management2
opcodes2
data-pipeline2
hpc-applications2
electrical-engineering2
signal2
python2
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
aarusso/trajectory-tangling
May 2019 - Apr 2020
Contributions:17 commits, 16 pushes, 1 branch in 11 months
aarusso/U19-pipeline-matlab
Jun 2020 - Apr 2021
Data pipeline for U19 projects
Contributions:6 PRs, 4 pushes in 10 months
data-pipelinepipeline
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