Vijay Iyer
Neuroscience Community Liaison at MathWorks
Natick, Massachusetts, United States
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Top SchoolVijay Iyer is a neuroscience-focused software engineer and community liaison with 9+ years bridging advanced research and applied engineering at MathWorks, where he advocates for MATLAB and Simulink in neuroscience workflows. He previously founded Vidrio Technologies and led development of ScanImage while at HHMI/Janelia, building instrument control software for two-photon microscopy that enabled cellular-scale brain imaging. Trained as an electrical engineer with a PhD from Rice, he combines optics and laser expertise from postdoctoral roles with hands-on scientific programming and instrument integration. Known for translating complex experimental needs into robust open-source and commercial tools, he helps researchers accelerate discovery by making sophisticated imaging and analysis more accessible.
9 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Electrical and Computer Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Electrical and Computer Engineering at Rice University
English, Spanish, Portuguese
Github Skills (67)
connectivity10
octave10
matlab10
chronological10
meta-analysis10
time-frequency9
classify9
electrophysiology9
statistics9
mri9
nwb9
toolbox9
bids9
neuroimaging9
neuroscience9
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
matlab-deep-learning/Brain-MRI-Age-Classification-using-Deep-Learning
Apr 2020 - Jun 2021
MATLAB example using deep learning to classify chronological age from brain MRI images
Contributions:2 releases, 1 review, 6 commits in 1 year 2 months
brainneuroscienceageneuroimagingmatlab
MATLAB-Community-Toolboxes-at-INCF/Brain-Observatory-Toolbox
Feb 2019 - Sep 2022
A MATLAB toolbox for interacting with the Allen Brain Observatory
Contributions:7 releases, 7 reviews, 99 commits in 3 years 7 months
brainmatlab-toolboxmatlabobservatorytoolbox
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