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Dinesh Natesan 🔹

Postdoctoral researcher (Neuroscientist) @ UCSB
3 karmaJoined Working (6-15 years)
dineshnatesan.com/

Bio

I am a scientist with expertise in neuroscience, data science, and computational modelling. I have spent the last decade thinking about the neural circuits and the computation they before to produce animal behavior. I have led independent research to better understand neural circuits by using techniques from several disciplines, often by assembling collaborative multidisciplinary teams.

I recently have been disillusioned with academia and began a self-exploratory journey of improving my societal impact. Through 80,000 hrs and HIP's impact accelerator program, I came across the EA movement and its cause areas.

I want to use the skillsets I developed over the last decade to help bring in a safe and equitable world.

How others can help me

  • Help me connect to organizations/projects/volunteer positions where I can test out my skillsets. Any projects you want help with?
  • Help figure out areas where I need to upskill to make a successful career pivot.
  • Help me identify high-impact career paths and positions that suit my skillset, especially ones I might not have considered.

How I can help others

  • Multidisciplinary expertise across several engineering and life science disciplines.
  • Neuroscience perspective of ML/AI
  • A bunch of technical skills - hardware (electronics, optics, engineering design) and software - can help build prototypes.
  • Extracting insights from datasets by analyzing and visualizing data, building models, and validating ideas.
  • Connections and contacts in the academic neuroscience community