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DanielRivera1590SW111thAveRoom#405A�Miami,FL33174Phone:(787)245-0977�E-Mail:[email protected]
Profile
CommittedundergraduatestudentresearcheratFloridaInternationalUniversitycurrentlyworkingintheNeuronalMassDynamicsLabanalyzingandobtainingdatathroughperformingacutebrainsurgeryandtheuseofMATLABandMicroscopytoanalyzeneuronaldata.
Education
2014-Present Florida International University Miami, FL Bachelor of Science Biomedical Engineering GPA: 3.38
ResearchInterests
MyinterestssurroundthefieldofNeuroscienceinBiomedicalEngineering.Iwishtopursueaconcentrationinneurodegenerativebraindisorders.
Skills
• Performingcraniotomies,burrholes,andoverallacutebrainsurgeryonratstostudyneuronalactivity.• AnalysisofneurophysiologicaldatausingMATLABandothersoftware.• PresentingatNationalandIn-StateConferences• IntracranialRecordings• CurrentlygettingtrainedinEEGrecordings.
WorkExperience
• ResearchinDr.JorgeRiera’sLab(FIU)o InvolvesthestudyofCorticalSpreadingDepression,a
neurologicaleventthatcreatesaslowlypropagatingwaveofneuronalandglialdepolarizationleadingtoaninhibitionofneuronalactivity.
• ResearchResearchinDr.JohnKominoski’sLab(FIU)o InvolvesthestudyofCarbonfluxduetotherisingsealevelsand
howthisaffectsthefloraandfaunaofsurroundingecosystems.
2016-Present2015-2016
CommunityService
• VolunteerinaCenterforAbusedChildren 2012-2014• Tutorchildrenwithdisadvantagedbackgrounds.Mostlykidsthat 2014-2016 justcamefromothercountriesanddonotknowhowtospeakEnglish.
ExtracurricularActivities
• Memberofclubsincluding:QBIC(QuantifyingBiologyintheClassroom),BMES(BiomedicalEngineeringSociety),andtothePhiEtaSigmaHonorSociety.
• Occasionallyplayintramuralsports.• GiveSTEMandresearchtalksinmypreviousHighSchool,WeslyanAcademyinGuaynabo,PR.