Awarded in 2012
Home Department: Bioengineering
Faculty Advisors: Karl Deisseroth (Bioengineering, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences) and Gordon Wetzstein (Electrical Engineering)

Research Title: Light field imaging for high speed volumetric calcium activity recording in the larval zebrafish

Research Description: When the human heart is damaged, valves, pace-making cells, or even the entire heart can be replaced or augmented with artificial components. When the brain becomes damaged, there is no artificial cerebellum or other synthetic part to repair the harm. As a preliminary step to designing neural implants that can restore function to the brain, Noah plans to use optical stimulation and optical imaging techniques to study how ever-larger networks of neurons interact, compute, and adapt. Standing at the intersection of neuroscience, electrical engineering, and bioengineering, this research may also lead to energy-efficient electronics, better prostheses, and more intelligent machines.

WHERE IS HE NOW?

Noah is a senior machine learning engineer at IndustrialNext.