Stephen Van Hooser
Owner at Brandeis University
Waltham, Massachusetts, United States
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Top SchoolStephen Van Hooser is an interdisciplinary scientist and entrepreneur with over a decade of experience at the intersection of neuroscience, data analysis, and software. As Associate Professor of Biology at Brandeis University and owner of Waltham Data Science LLC, he blends academic research in electrophysiology and 2-photon microscopy with practical data-driven solutions for complex experimental datasets. Trained at Caltech (BS), Brandeis (PhD), and Duke (postdoc), he brings rigorous quantitative skills and computer programming to study neural circuits. His work emphasizes statistical rigor and reproducible analysis pipelines, translating specialized neurotechniques into robust computational workflows. Colleagues note his ability to move seamlessly between hands-on microscopy experiments and custom software development, making him a rare hybrid of experimentalist and data scientist. Based in Waltham, MA, he leverages this hybrid expertise to support both academic research and applied data science projects.
10 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
PhD, Neuroscience, PhD, Neuroscience at Brandeis UniversityOttawa Hills High SchoolBS, Engineering and Applied Science, BS, Engineering and Applied Science at California Institute of TechnologyPostdoc, Neurobiology, Postdoc, Neurobiology at Duke University Medical Center
Github Skills (85)
ontology10
semantic-web10
connectivity10
octave10
bids10
transcriptomics10
owl10
genomics10
electrophysiology10
matlab10
semantics10
open-science10
ndi10
neuroscience10
meta-analysis10
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
VH-Lab/vhlab-library-matlab
Jan 2017 - Mar 2024
Contributions:85 pushes, 1 branch, 1 issue in 7 years 3 months
VH-Lab/NDI-matlab
Jan 2017 - Jan 2023
NDI (Neuroscience Data Interface) is a cross-platform interface standard for reading neuroscience data and storing the results of analyses
Contributions:4 releases, 25 reviews, 982 commits in 6 years
connectivityneuroscienceneuroimaginganalysesstoring
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