Micaela Chan
Research Scientist at The University of Texas at Dallas
Dallas, Texas, United States
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Top SchoolMicaela Chan is a Research Scientist with 11 years of experience designing and leading longitudinal neuroimaging studies that integrate multimodal data from brain scans to actigraphy and ecological momentary assessment. She builds and maintains reproducible data pipelines and databases (SQL/REDCap, Linux servers, GitLab), and applies graph theory and multivariate methods to link large-scale brain networks with behavior, aging, depression, and socioeconomic factors. Proficient in R, MATLAB, and Python, she oversees data quality control and mentors students while publishing in top-tier journals. Based in Dallas, she combines deep technical rigor with practical study operations—an uncommon mix that enables both high-quality science and scalable data infrastructure.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Cognition and Neuroscience, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Cognition and Neuroscience at The University of Texas at DallasHigh School, High School at Christian Alliance International SchoolBachelor of Science - BS, PSYCHOLOGY, Bachelor of Science - BS, PSYCHOLOGY at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
English, Chinese, Chinese
Github Skills (37)
matlab9
correlation8
nifti8
open-science8
network-tools8
r8
r-package8
neuroscience7
bookdown6
linear-models6
mixed-models6
react5
nodejs5
heatmap5
statistical-inference5
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
mychan24/git_github_bookdown
Sep 2019 - Oct 2021
Git & Github tutorial ebook (bookdown)
Contributions:1 release, 90 commits, 123 pushes in 2 years 2 months
bookdown
mychan24/Chan_RSFC_Nodes
Oct 2018 - Mar 2026
Resting-state Functional Correlation (RSFC) node set (Chan et al. 2014 PNAS)
Contributions:2 PRs, 22 pushes, 3 branches in 7 years 6 months
correlationchanresting-state
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