Gavin Cooper
Researcher at Edith Cowan University
Greater Newcastle Area United Kingdom
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Top SchoolGavin Cooper is a researcher and computational scientist with 11 years of experience applying mathematical and programming skills to cognitive neuroscience and clinical research. He holds a PhD in Mathematical Psychology and has built tools ranging from R packages for MCMC sampling to back-end web applications that make cognitive modeling accessible to clinicians. His career bridges academia and consulting, with roles at the University of Newcastle, Royal Holloway, and ongoing research appointments in the UK and Australia, reflecting a focus on MRI-based analysis and clinical populations such as schizophrenia. Gavin combines deep quantitative rigor with practical software development, often translating complex models into reproducible, user-friendly tools for non-specialists. An observer of cutting-edge math and tech, he consistently pursues methods that improve data acquisition and interpretability beyond standard pipelines.
11 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Mathematical Psychology, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Mathematical Psychology at University of NewcastleWauchope High School
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Github Skills (88)
notebook10
dataflow10
python10
experimental-design10
ipython10
bids10
brain-imaging10
electrophysiology10
experiment10
dataflow-programming10
trend10
linguistics10
neuroimaging10
psychology10
philosophy9
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
university-of-newcastle-research/pmwg_toolkit
Jun 2021 - Feb 2024
User contributed functions for the PMwG package
Contributions:3 PRs, 1 push, 2 comments in 2 years 8 months
gjcooper/dotfiles
Nov 2015 - Jul 2024
Contributions:133 pushes, 14 branches, 4 issues in 8 years 9 months
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