💡 I'm a research software engineer for the Otis Lab at the Medical University of South Carolina. I build random projects.
💻 Current project(s):
- Phoxel Workbench - the umbrella platform for the REACHER Suite, an integrated toolset for behavioral neuroscience experiments in head-fixed mice
- reacher - Python backend & serial protocol kernel for hardware control (FastAPI + WebSocket)
- labrynth - cross-platform desktop app shell that packages reacher into standalone installers
- roigbiv - automated ROI detection & longitudinal tracking pipeline for two-photon microscopy
- axplorer - exploratory data analysis dashboard for aligned neural & behavioral data
- pynapse - core data engine for loading, aligning, and preprocessing neural/behavioral recordings
📝 Publications:
- Drug Self-administration in Head-fixed Mice - Doncheck, E.M. et al Nature Protocols (2026) (...view the meta-repository here...)
- A Model of Enthanol Self-administration in Head-fixed Mice - Ward, A.L. et al Alcohol: Clinical and Experimental Research (2025)
✍️ Outside of code, I’m into:
- Dates with my wife
- Playing with my daughter
- Hiking scenic trails
- Disc golfing
- Cities: Skylines II builds
- Traveling to new places
- Finding the best local coffee spots
💬 Unapologetically, pineapple belongs on pizza, and the only correct way to drink coffee is black.
"The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims His handiwork." - Psalm 19:1