Javier Castillo
Senior Associate Scientist
Virginia, United States
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Top SchoolJavier Castillo is a Senior Associate Scientist with over 20 years of cross-disciplinary experience at the intersection of fMRI, cognitive neuroscience, and AI, currently leading research at NIMH on resting-state dynamics and whole-brain connectivity. Trained originally as an electrical engineer and early-career developer at Hewlett-Packard, he blends strong programming and project-management habits with rigorous neuroscience methods and tools like Python, MATLAB and AFNI. He has authored 70+ peer-reviewed papers including first-author work in PNAS and Neuron, and mentors early-career scientists who have gone on to top graduate programs. Beyond experiments and analysis, he actively improves lab infrastructure to promote reproducible, collaborative science and data sharing. He also maintains academic ties internationally as an affiliated researcher at BCBL and a volunteer professor, reflecting a commitment to translating technical advances into broader scientific impact.
11 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Ph.D., Biomedical/Medical Engineering, Ph.D., Biomedical/Medical Engineering at Purdue UniversityBachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Telecommunications Engineering, Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Telecommunications Engineering at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
English, Spanish, French, Spanish
Github Skills (19)
echo10
signal-processing10
connectivity10
neuroimaging10
brain-imaging9
python9
bids9
mri8
statistical-inference8
statistics7
visualization5
holoviews2
react2
holoviz2
idris2
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
javiergcas/javiergcas.github.io
Sep 2019 - Feb 2023
Contributions:277 commits, 277 pushes, 3 branches in 3 years 5 months
nimh-sfim/hcp7t_fv_sleep
Aug 2021 - Jan 2023
Contributions:1 release, 136 pushes, 3 tags in 1 year 5 months
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