Simon O'connor
Visiting Research Fellow at University of Hertfordshire
Ely, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolSimon O'connor is a Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Hertfordshire who bridges 18 years of industrial fragrance expertise with advanced computational neuroscience research into olfaction. He built a detailed biophysical model of olfactory bulb mitral cells from reconstructed morphologies and experimental recordings and is re-implementing a cortical olfactory model to integrate bulb output into systems-level simulations. His background leading malodor control and fragrance technology at Bush Boake Allen informs a pragmatic, application-driven approach to modelling sensory processing. He convenes the UK Semiochemistry Network workshop, connecting academic and industry researchers, and collaborates internationally with labs in San Antonio, Lübeck and Hertfordshire. An agricultural-science-trained scientist turned computational modeller, he combines hands-on experimental insight with rigorous simulation to illuminate how smells are represented in the brain.
13 years of coding experience
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Computational Neuroscience, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Computational Neuroscience at Cardiff University / Prifysgol CaerdyddB.Sc., Agricultural Science (crops), B.Sc., Agricultural Science (crops) at University of Leeds
French
Github Skills (8)
simulate6
qgis5
python5
neuroml5
translate4
validate4
command-line-tool3
java3
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
Simon-at-Ely/qgis-midvatten-plugin
Feb 2018 - Oct 2018
Midvatten plugin for QGIS
Contributions:225 pushes, 9 branches in 7 months
pythonqgis
Simon-at-Ely/OlfactoryBulbMitralCell
Feb 2013 - Mar 2015
Contributions:15 commits, 6 pushes, 4 comments in 2 years 1 month
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