Summary
Keiland Cooper is a neuroscience research associate and cognitive scientist based in the Los Angeles area with nine years of interdisciplinary experience bridging bench neuroscience, cognitive theory, and software development. He conducts research at UC Irvine's Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory while also serving as Vice President at ContinualAI, blending academic rigor with leadership in the AI community. A self-employed full-stack web developer since 2016, he brings practical engineering skills to experimental design, data pipelines, and reproducible research. Keiland holds an MBA from Quantic and pursued PhD-level neuroscience training at UC Irvine after a BS in Cognitive Science from Indiana University, enabling him to translate complex neurocognitive findings into deployable tools and products. Known for a pragmatic ethos—“knowledge, like potential energy, is more useful when applied”—he often sits at the intersection of research, product, and open collaboration.
9 years of coding experience
Master of Business Administration - MBA, Master of Business Administration - MBA at Quantic School of Business and Technology
4.0, 4.0 at Trine University
Bachelor of Science - BS, Cognitive Science, Bachelor of Science - BS, Cognitive Science at Indiana University Bloomington
4.0, 4.0 at Ivy Tech Community College
University of California, Irvine
High School Diploma with Honors, High School Diploma with Honors at Tri-West Senior High School