Lucy Owen
Assistant Professor at University of Montana
Greater Boston United States
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Top SchoolLucy Owen is an Assistant Professor and cognitive neuroscience researcher with nine years of experience bridging computational methods and memory-focused brain modeling. Currently leading the brAIn_lab at the University of Montana after postdoctoral work at Brown and a PhD from Dartmouth, she combines rigorous experimental neuroscience with hands-on data science and visualization skills. Her open-source contributions to ContextLab’s hypertools—particularly enhancing animated plotting and dataframe handling—reflect a knack for making high-dimensional neural data interpretable. Based in Greater Boston, she brings interdisciplinary training from studio art to chemistry and education, which informs a creative, visual approach to neural network dynamics. Colleagues know her for translating complex network behavior into intuitive, reproducible tools that advance both theory and practice.
9 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Studio art and Chemistry, Bachelor's degree, Studio art and Chemistry at Davidson CollegeDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Cognitive Neuroscience, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Cognitive Neuroscience at Dartmouth CollegeMaster of Science - MS, Neuroscience and education, Master of Science - MS, Neuroscience and education at Teachers College, Columbia University
Github Skills (7)
data-visualizations10
pandas10
data-visualization10
data-visualisation10
python10
numpy10
data-wrangling9
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
ContextLab/hypertools
Jan 2017 - Jan 2017
A Python toolbox for gaining geometric insights into high-dimensional data
Role in this project:
Data Scientist
Data ScientistContributions:6 commits in 1 day
Contributions summary:Lucy primarily contributed to the animation functionalities within the `hypertools` library. Their work focused on enhancing the `animated_plot` function by incorporating features like 'chem_trails' and modifying frame handling. Further, the user made changes to data validation and formatting procedures within the library, suggesting a focus on data visualization and manipulation techniques. They also added functionality to manage dataframes.
high-dimensional-datapythontoolboxdimensionalpython-toolbox
lucywowen/lucywowen.github.io
Sep 2018 - Jun 2024
Contributions:58 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 10 months
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