Jake Westerberg
Coordinator
Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
Summary
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Top SchoolJake Westerberg is a cognitive neuroscientist and neurotechnology researcher with 11 years of experience translating basic science into interdisciplinary programs and community initiatives across the US and Netherlands. Holding a Ph.D. from Vanderbilt and a BA from St. Olaf, he currently combines senior research at the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience with coordinating roles at NeuroTech-NL and Art of Neuroscience while maintaining an adjunct appointment at Vanderbilt. His work sits at the intersection of cognition and applied neurotech, blending hands-on postdoctoral research with program building and outreach. An American researcher based in Amsterdam, he brings both academic rigor and practical coordination experience to foster collaborations across labs, industry and public-facing neuroscience efforts.
11 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Psychology - Neuroscience, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Psychology - Neuroscience at Vanderbilt UniversityBachelor of Arts - BA, Cognitive Neuroscience, Bachelor of Arts - BA, Cognitive Neuroscience at St. Olaf College
English, Dutch
Github Skills (7)
sequence7
twine5
code-generation4
tuple4
ssa4
nwb2
matlab1
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
jakewesterberg/intan2nwb
Oct 2022 - Feb 2023
Contributions:38 commits, 16 pushes in 4 months
jakewesterberg/westerberg-toolkit
Mar 2023 - Mar 2026
Contributions:8 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years
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