David Barker
Assistant Professor at Rutgers University
New Jersey, United States
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Top SchoolDavid Barker is an Assistant Professor and systems neuroscientist with 11 years of research experience studying the neural circuits that underlie learning, motivation, and drug addiction. He earned his Ph.D. in Behavioral Neuroscience from Rutgers University and progressed from graduate researcher and teaching assistant roles to a postdoctoral fellowship at NIDA before returning to Rutgers as faculty. His work focuses on how positive and negative emotional processing drives drug-seeking behavior, bridging behavioral experiments with circuit-level neurobiology. He brings hands-on expertise in experimental design, data analysis (SPSS/PASW), and mentoring students in rigorous research methods. Based in New Jersey, he combines deep academic training with translational insight into addiction mechanisms that inform both basic science and potential interventions. An often overlooked strength is his sustained continuity at Rutgers, giving him a rare longitudinal perspective on training, research, and institutional collaboration.
11 years of coding experience
Diploma, Diploma at Mountain Pointe High SchoolB.S., Psychology, B.S., Psychology at Arizona State UniversityPh.D., Psychology, Ph.D., Psychology at Rutgers University
Github Skills (3)
template-matching7
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pytorch3
Github contributions (3)
djamesbarker/USV_AutoDetection
Aug 2014 - May 2017
Contributions:1 release, 25 commits, 2 pushes in 2 years 9 months
pytorchvocalizationstemplate-matchingmatchingultrasonic
djamesbarker/FiberPhotometry
Feb 2019 - Jul 2020
Contributions:1 release, 2 commits, 1 push in 1 year 4 months
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