Polly Barr
Postdoctoral Researcher at University of Bristol
Bristol, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolPolly Barr is a postdoctoral researcher with nine years' experience specializing in quantitative analysis of language production and cognitive control across clinical and nonclinical populations. With a First-Class BSc, an MSc with Distinction in Clinical Neuropsychology, and a submitted PhD in Cognitive Science, she designs and runs behavioral and imaging experiments, manages clinical and intervention trials, and builds complex databases for large-scale analyses. Polly is highly proficient in SPSS and R, routinely conducting multilevel statistical modeling and translating complex results into concise written and oral reports. She has a strong track record of independent project leadership—securing and managing grants, ethical approvals, and budgets—while also supervising undergraduate and graduate researchers. Colleagues value her ability to spot gaps in the literature and craft pragmatic experimental methods to answer them, a skill reflected in cross-disciplinary work from EEG studies with children to perceptual bottleneck imaging at leading universities.
9 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (MSc), Clinical Neurospychology, Distinction, Master of Science (MSc), Clinical Neurospychology, Distinction at Bangor UniversityDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Cognitve Science, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Cognitve Science at Macquarie University
EnglishGithub contributions (5)
polly-B/hello-world
Apr 2017 - Apr 2017
Contributions:6 PRs, 6 pushes, 5 branches in 1 day
polly-B/Easter-weekend
Apr 2017 - Apr 2017
Contributions:2 PRs, 8 pushes, 3 branches in 4 days
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