I turn my problems into programs. Neuroscience PhD. MRI pipelines, longitudinal data, reproducible science.
15+ years extracting signal from complex biomedical and neuroimaging datasets — as principal neuroimaging analyst on three NIH-funded longitudinal cohorts, postdoctoral fellow in neurotrauma, and now as a neurotechnology adviser and AI domain expert. I build the infrastructure that makes analyses reproducible, not just the analyses.
11 peer-reviewed publications · 385+ citations · h-index: 10
Multimodal MRI Analysis → fMRI · DTI · MRS · Volumetric
Pipeline Development → Containerized · HPC · BIDS-compliant
Longitudinal Modeling → Mixed-effects · MLM · Brain-behavior
AI & Neurotechnology → Model evaluation · Neurofeedback · Protocol design
| Project | Description | Stack |
|---|---|---|
| dwiforge | ML-enhanced DTI processing pipeline with checkpointing, structured logging, and automated QC | Shell · Python |
| fsglean | BIDS-aware extraction of FreeSurfer stats into tidy, longitudinal tables | Python |
| BIDS_convert | DICOM-to-BIDS converter across all major modalities with parallel processing and provenance archival | Shell |
| NERVES | Normalized Entropy Representation of Voxelwise Eigenvalue Spectra for microstructural diffusion mapping | Python |
| neuromediate | Mediation analysis framework for MRI data | Python |
| NeuroRig | Assess your system's ability to run common MRI processing software | Python |
| Project | Status | Description |
|---|---|---|
| kinetispect | 🚧 Active | fMRS simulator for functional magnetic resonance spectroscopy |
| QSI-extract | 🧪 Beta | Quantitative metric extraction from q-space imaging data |
Beckwith TJ, Dietrich KN, Wright JP, Altaye M, Cecil KM. (2021). Criminal arrests associated with reduced regional brain volumes in an adult population with documented childhood lead exposure. Environmental Research, 201: 111559.
Beckwith T, Cecil K, Altaye M, et al. (2020). Reduced gray matter volume and cortical thickness associated with traffic-related air pollution in a longitudinally studied pediatric cohort. PLOS ONE, 15(1): e0228092.
Beckwith TJ, Dietrich KN, Wright JP, Altaye M, Cecil KM. (2018). Reduced regional volumes associated with total psychopathy scores in an adult population with childhood lead exposure. Neurotoxicology, 67: 1–26.
Neuroimaging: FSL · AFNI · FreeSurfer · fMRIPrep · SPM · MRtrix3 · ANTs · dipy
Programming: Python · R · MATLAB · Bash · SQL (learning)
Infrastructure: Docker · Singularity · HPC/SLURM · BIDS · Git
Statistics: Mixed-effects models · GLM · Mediation · Multivariate methods · Longitudinal trajectory analysis
English — Native / fluent · Spanish — Basic
- 🧬 Neurotechnology Adviser @ MetaBrain Labs — Pilot study design and neuroscience integration for an AI-powered cognitive performance platform
- 🤖 Subject Matter Expert (Oracle) @ Outlier — Neuroscience and biomedical AI model training and evaluation
- 🔭 Building open-source neuroimaging infrastructure
Open to research scientist and imaging scientist roles at the intersection of rigorous science and real decisions.
