Niklas Brake
Postdoctoral Researcher at McGill University
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Top SchoolNiklas Brake is an NSERC-funded postdoctoral researcher at McGill University with 11 years of experience at the intersection of quantitative life sciences, applied mathematics, and neuroscience. He holds a PhD in Quantitative Life Sciences and a First Class Honours BSc in Applied Mathematics, and has transitioned academic training into data-driven research roles at McGill and the Montreal Neurological Institute, plus industry experience as a data science intern. His work blends mathematical modeling and computational analysis to probe neural systems, bringing rigorous quantitative tools to experimental physiology. Based in Montreal, he pairs deep theoretical grounding with practical data-science experience, often translating complex models into testable biological insights.
11 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Quantitative Life Sciences, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Quantitative Life Sciences at McGill University
French, German, English
Github Skills (3)
image-analysis6
imaging6
jupyter-notebook2
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
RuthazerLab/Stimulus-Presentation-and-Analysis
Nov 2016 - Jan 2018
Image analysis from calcium imaging: identifies ROIs and extracts profile. Stimulus presentation with ThorSync trigger.
Contributions:26 commits, 25 PRs in 1 year 2 months
image-analysisimaging
niklasbrake/Stimulus-Presentation-and-Analysis
Nov 2016 - Mar 2022
Contributions:1 PR, 30 pushes, 1 comment in 5 years 3 months
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