Petr Janata
CEO at Meamer
Davis, California, United States
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Top SchoolPetr Janata is a cognitive neuroscientist and research-driven entrepreneur with over 20 years in academia and 12 years of broad professional experience, serving as Professor at UC Davis and CEO of Meamer, a startup building products that connect people through music and memories. His work uses music as a model system to probe auditory attention, imagery, memory, action, and emotion, with particular emphasis on music-evoked autobiographical remembering and the phenomenology of being "in the groove." He combines computational modeling of music neuroimaging with experimental behavioral work to map individual differences in musical experience. Based in Davis, California, he leverages deep academic training (PhD in Neuroscience, University of Oregon) to translate basic research insights into consumer-facing products that foster social connection. An unexpected throughline in his career is the rare pairing of rigorous neuroimaging methods with product leadership, making him adept at turning complex cognitive science into usable, memory-focused technology.
12 years of coding experience
Ph.D., Neuroscience, Ph.D., Neuroscience at University of OregonReed College
Github Skills (23)
experimental-design10
jspsych10
sbml10
experiment10
science10
psychology10
novel9
javascript9
visual9
browser9
django8
python8
renpy8
spotify-api8
engine8
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
janatalab/GEM
Mar 2022 - Feb 2025
This is the NAKFI Groove Enhancement Machine (GEM) project
Contributions:43 PRs, 39 pushes, 31 branches in 2 years 11 months
gemgrooveenhancement
janatalab/jsPsych
Apr 2020 - Aug 2024
A JavaScript library for creating and running behavioral experiments in a web browser
Contributions:1 review, 25 PRs, 27 pushes in 4 years 4 months
javascript-librarybrowserjavascriptweb-browserbehavioral
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