Nelson Roque
Assistant Professor at Penn State University
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, United States
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Top SchoolNelson Roque is an Assistant Professor of Human Development and Family Studies at Penn State with 11 years of experience studying cognitive aging, environmental exposures, and everyday brain health. He blends ecological momentary assessment, mobile cognitive testing, and multimodal passive sensing—including air quality monitoring, GPS lifespace, and naturalistic driving data—to reveal within-person dynamics of cognition across contexts and time. His interdisciplinary program bridges cognitive psychology, public health, and human development with applied goals for healthy aging, digital resilience, and reducing functional risks like medication errors. Nelson also develops open-source R and Python tools, APIs, and web apps to enable reproducible, scalable research, reflecting a commitment to transparent science that extends the impact of his funded work on dementia and environmental health.
11 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Cognitive Psychology, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Cognitive Psychology at Florida State University
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Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
nelsonroque/m2c2R
Mar 2022 - Mar 2025
Contributions:2 releases, 6 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years
nelsonroque/tsfeaturex
Feb 2019 - Apr 2020
Extract many time series features. Inspired by https://github.com/blue-yonder/tsfresh
Contributions:4 releases, 98 commits, 2 PRs in 1 year 2 months
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