Jude PJ Savarraj, PhD ( aca3jn@r.postjobfree.com, 318-***-****)

***** ********* ***** **, *******, TX 77379

OBJECTIVE: Seeking positions in Biomedical engineering field.

SUMMARY:

Background in Biomedical and Electrical engineering, signal processing.

Computer programming experience, hands-on experience on data acquisition hardware and

software, animal (brain) experimental procedures and cell culture techniques.

Supervised and mentored junior researchers, strong collaborative, communication and presentation

skills and urge to make a difference in medical field.

SKILLS:

Neural Engineering: .Neural data acquisition, slice recordings and neuronal culture, computational neuroscience

Brain-computer interface concepts (BCI), microelectrode arrays, connectome mapping.

Math: Calculus, linear algebra, numerical methods, nonlinear dynamics.

Electrical Engineering: Signal processing, fourier analysis, microcontrollers, circuit design, digital logic.

Computer science: C / C++ / VISUAL C++/ MATLAB / OOPS/ Data structures & algorithm design, familiar with

High-performance computing concepts (MPI, CUDA, openMP) .

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Research Assistant (Neural signals & Systems Laboratory) Feb 2007 to May 2013

Conceptualized, initiated, designed novel experimental protocols and collaborated in a cross-

disciplinary, multi-year project brain-computer interface project (using microelectrode arrays) and

determined the signal profile associated with tumor (glioma) spread in the brain.

Used MATLAB script (statistical and signal processing tool box) to study emergence of

spontaneous oscillations and synchrony in developing neuronal networks.

Developed computational models of hippocampal regions (CA3, CA1 and DG) to study network

oscillations and synchrony in MATLAB and NEURON platform.

Electrophysiology Intern (Tulane University) May 2009 - July 2009

Trained under the supervision of electrophysiologists in various electrophysiology protocols and

techniques including rig setup, microscopy techniques and pipette preparation.

Research Assistant (Center for Biomedical Engineering and Rehabilitation) May 2004 - Feb 2005

Performed psychophysical experiments to detect threshold to short perturbations.

Compared threshold detection of normal with neuropathic patients.

Senior Design Project and related experience Nov 2002 - April 2003

(Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Madras)

Co-developed a cost-effective DSP based audiometer for psychophysically assessing degree of

auditory impairment in patients using ADSP 2181 DSP fixed point processor.

Proposed a piezoelectric based cochlear implant model that could be potentially used as an

auditory prosthetic.

EDUCATION

Sep 2007 – May 2013

PhD Biomedical engineering (Louisiana Tech University).

Feb 2004 – Jan 2007

M.S. Biomedical engineering (Louisiana Tech University)

Sep 1999 – May2003

B.S. Electrical & Electronics engineering (University of Madras)

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