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Hello! My name is Joelle, a first-generation Californian figure skater and aspiring scientist.
I am interested in understanding what makes humans so special: their brain. I'm curious to dive into the mechanisms behind the mind through computational techniques. What contributes to thought and perception? And how can we use these discoveries to advance human technology and algorithms? How can we further this cycle of progress between the mind, cognition, and technology?
Joelle Faybishenko
Joelle Faybishenko
STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS @ UCSD
STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS @ UCSD
Triton NeuroTech - Co-President
At the intersection of neuroscience and technology lies Triton NeuroTech. We are the two-time, internationally second ranked NeuroTechX affiliated university club in neurotechnology. Our aim to provide access and support to undergraduates interested in this field through hosting workshops, talks, projects, education, and community. And we've been doing so! When I joined the club, there were 2 projects with 20 members. Now we have 200 students signing up for over 10 projects! We've introduced a new education division, and even got to co-host a neurotech conference.
Figure Skating @ UCSD - Team Captain, President
After figure skating my whole life, I was inclined to join UCSD's figure skating club and competition team. There exists a hardworking and supportive community of student athletes who depict discpline and perseverance in all aspects of their lives, from acquiring funding for each competition, to the variety of majors that represent the team's body.
In 2022-2023 season, our team qualified to represent the Pacific Northwestern Conference for the National Intercollegiate Finals.
CURRENT PROJECTS
CURRENT PROJECTS
1 --- LINE-1 Expression in Alzheimer's Disease
How do we quantify transposable elements (TE) in the RNA-Seq data and is there a correlation between high TE expression and neurodegenerative diseases?
2 ---- Hybrid BCI to Play Word Games
Using OpenBCI's Cyton board and EEG cap, we are building a hybrid BCI to play New York Time's Spelling Bee game via classification of visual cortex signals. Can we integrate non-linear prediction models for high accuracy classification?
3 --- Low-Cost EEG Systems
How do we get the best signal quality for cost? Comparing custom-made concentric ring and disc electrodes to research grade electrodes, we intend to benchmark the resolution of our low-cost electrodes.
PUBLICATIONS, PRESENTATIONS, AND PRESS RELEASE
PUBLICATIONS, PRESENTATIONS, AND PRESS RELEASE
de Sa Lab
Development and Characterization of Zinc Dry Electrodes for Wearable Electrophysiology.
CRISP-HR Therapeutics
Methods and techniques enabling multi-kilobase long-range genomic rewrite/replace editing
https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.08.05.551844
The Gage Lab
Salk Science at the Seaside 2023
The Knight Lab
Summer Research Conference 2022 -- Slides
ERSP Conference 2022
Undergraduate Research Symposium 2022
Triton NeuroTech
AeroMus Competition Video 2023
Oz-Speller Competition Video 2022
NeuroTech Conference: Your Brain on DALL-E 2023
NeuroTech Conference: Oz-Speller 2023
NeuroTech Cup: Dynamic Stopping P300 Speller with Variational Bayesian Neural Network 2021
Media
Daily Bruin: "Inaugural California Neurotechnology Conference connects professionals, students" 2023
UCSD Jacobs School of Engineering: "THIS STUDENT ORGANIZATION BUILDS NEUROTECHNOLOGY DEVICES" 2023
Scot Scoop News: "Joelle Faybishenko balances figure skating with the demands of high school" 2020
FAVORITE COURSES @ UCSD
FAVORITE COURSES @ UCSD
COGS 189: Introduction to Brain Computer Interfaces - I might be biased but this was lots of fun! Making a BCI is super exciting and even more so during class-time.
CSE 181: Molecular Sequence Analysis - Challenging class with difficult assignments but Prof. Pevnzer is an amazing teacher and it completely changed the way I see and implement graph algorithms.
COGS 107a: Neuroanatomy and Physiology - This class taught me that I really enjoy teaching :)
COGS 107c: Cognitive Neuroscience - I enjoyed learning the connections between cognition and neural systems.
AWARDS
AWARDS
Revelle College Provost Honors, 2021-2023
Halıcıoğlu Data Science Institute Undergraduate Scholarship, 2023
NSF REU for exploring BCI technologies, 2023
International NeuroTechX Student Club Competition 2nd Place, 2023
Early Research Scholar, 2021-2022
Ledell Family Scholarship for Science and Engineering, 2022
International NeuroTechX Student Club Competition 2nd Place, 2022
International NeuroTech Cup Second Place, 2021
TOOLS + WORKSHOPS
TOOLS + WORKSHOPS
Triton NeuroTech Summer Neural Data Workshop 2022
COGS 107A: Neuroanatomy and Physiology Instructional Assistant and Tutor -
Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023
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