Marcelo Mattar
Assistant Professor at New York University
New York, New York, United States
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Top SchoolMarcelo Mattar is an assistant professor and computational neuroscientist with 11 years of experience applying theoretical and empirical methods—spanning machine learning, statistics, and data analysis—to understand cognition and brain function. He holds a PhD in Cognitive Neuroscience and a master’s in Statistics from the University of Pennsylvania, and his career includes research and faculty roles at Princeton, UC San Diego, Cambridge (Newton Fellowship), and NYU. Marcelo blends rigorous mathematical training from an engineering undergraduate background with hands-on empirical work, translating models into testable experiments and data-driven insights. Known for bridging theory and experiment, he develops quantitative tools that illuminate neural computation and behaviour while mentoring the next generation of interdisciplinary researchers.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Visiting Student, Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Visiting Student, Brain and Cognitive Sciences at Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyBachelor's degree, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bachelor's degree, Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica - ITADoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Psychology (Cognitive Neuroscience), Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Psychology (Cognitive Neuroscience) at University of Pennsylvania
Github Skills (14)
stochastic-processes10
computational-neuroscience9
biomedical9
electrophysiology9
neuroscience9
machine-learning8
python7
reinforcement-learning6
matlab2
file-format2
obj2
deep-learning2
octave1
wavefront1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
marcelomattar/PrioritizedReplay
Mar 2018 - May 2018
Code accompanying the paper: Mattar, M. G., & Daw, N. D. (2018). Prioritized memory access explains planning and hippocampal replay. bioRxiv, 225664.
Contributions:9 commits, 1 push in 1 month
neurosciencereinforcement-learning
marcelomattar/marcelomattar.github.io
Jan 2017 - Jan 2017
Contributions:22 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
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