Daniel Leman
Early Career Policy Ambassador at Brandeis University
Waltham, Massachusetts, United States
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Top SchoolDaniel Leman is a neuroscientist and early-career policy ambassador with eight years of experience translating mechanistic lab work into actionable advocacy for neuroscience funding and policy. As a postdoc in Gina Turrigiano’s lab at Brandeis, he designs longitudinal behavioral and neurophysiology pipelines and applies advanced analyses to probe how homeostatic plasticity balances stability and learning. He mentors junior researchers, manages lab compliance, and brings hands-on expertise in calcium imaging and miniature miniscope development from prior work on songbird motor circuits. Based in Waltham, MA, he pairs rigorous experimental technique with Congressional engagement through the Society for Neuroscience to promote sustained biomedical research support. His GitHub persona “Neurobserver” reflects a blend of quantitative curiosity and a focus on reproducible neural data workflows.
8 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts - BA, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; Latin, Bachelor of Arts - BA, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; Latin at Boston UniversityDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Neuroscience, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Neuroscience at Brandeis University
Github Skills (16)
photon8
image-processing7
neuroscience7
python6
meta-analysis6
connectivity4
ndi4
electrophysiology3
open-science3
reproducible-research3
bids3
neuroimaging2
octave1
cross-platform1
matlab1
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
dpleman/dpleman.github.io
Nov 2018 - Nov 2018
Contributions:6 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
dpleman/FinchScope
Jul 2017 - Jul 2017
Contributions:1 push in 1 day
image-processingpythonneurosciencephoton
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