Michael Ambrose
Postdoctoral Scholar at UC Irvine
Irvine, California, United States
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Top SchoolMichael Ambrose is a postdoctoral scholar in spatial neuroscience at UC Irvine with nine years of experience probing how humans learn, remember, and navigate using virtual reality, electrophysiology, and advanced data analysis. Trained in psychology (BA, MA, PhD) and seasoned as a lab manager and graduate researcher, he combines nuts-and-bolts technical skills—programming, VR hacking, fMRI/EEG/TMS—with theory-driven questions about component cognitive processes. His work shifted from working memory and attention to human spatial cognition after being inspired by discoveries of place and grid cells, and he now focuses on building a research program that connects neural mechanisms to flexible behavior. Born in Green Bay and shaped by collaborative stints at UW–Madison, UC Davis, and UA, he brings both meticulous experimental craftsmanship and big-picture curiosity to interdisciplinary neuroscience.
9 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
The University of ArizonaMaster of Arts - MA, Psychology, Master of Arts - MA, Psychology at University of California, DavisBachelor of Arts (BA), Psychology, Bachelor of Arts (BA), Psychology at University of Wisconsin-Madisonhigh school, General Studies, high school, General Studies at Green Bay Southwest High School
Spanish, English
Github Skills (7)
unity3d10
spatial10
navmesh10
openxr10
bids1
controlled1
datasets1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
mjstarrett/Landmarks
Sep 2018 - Nov 2022
Open source spatial navigation experiment framework for Unity3d
Contributions:3 releases, 299 commits, 23 PRs in 4 years 2 months
spatial-navigationspatialnavmeshopenxrunity
jdstokes/mappit
May 2017 - Sep 2018
Contributions:5 pushes, 2 branches in 1 year 4 months
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