Samantha Santacruz

assistant professor, biomedical engineering @ The University of Texas at Austin

About

Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering Department at The University of Texas at Austin

Country

City

Industry

biotechnology

Skill

matlab, signal processing, algorithms, c, machine learning, digital signal processors, wireless, latex, mimo, information theory, neuron, computational neuroscience, communication theory, image processing, simulations, python, research, programming, statistics, mathematical modeling, labview, data analysis

Experience

assistant professor, biomedical engineering

the university of texas at austin

2018-10 - Present · 8 yrs

visiting graduate student researcher

university of virginia

2011-9 - 2011-12 · 4 mos

summer co-op

texas instruments

2011-5 - 2011-8 · 4 mos

Intern in the Communications and Medical Systems Lab within the System and Applications R&D Center.

visiting graduate student researcher

university of oulu

2008-6 - 2008-7 · 2 mos

postdoctoral fellow, electrical engineering and neuroscience

uc berkeley

2014-6 - 2018-10 · 4 yrs 5 mos

Post-doctoral researcher in the lab of Jose Carmena. My research focused on developing a new model for stress/anxiety, electrical stimulation-based interventions, and neurotechnologies to deliver neurotherapeutic treatments.

graduate student researcher

rice university

2008-1 - 2014-5 · 6 yrs 5 mos

Designing and performing experiments on the 6-OHDA hemi-parkinsonian rat model. This includes: microdrive design and construction, rat training, rat surgeries, behavior experiment design, behavioral analysis, neural recording using NSpike software, and administering deep brain stimulation (STN and GPi).