Luna Kettlewell
Entering Class - 2019
Pronouns: They/Them
PhD Thesis: 2025
PhD Thesis:
Stereotyped spontaneous activity in neonatal visual cortex
E-MAIL: [email protected]
Undergraduate Institution and Major:
University of Missouri - Kansas City, B.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2019
Graduate Research Interests:
I am interested broadly in computational and mathematical modeling. I would like to apply this to psychiatric disorders or decision modeling.
Graduate Advisor:
Gordon Smith, Ph.D., Department of Neuroscience
Graduate Publications:
Stereotyped spatiotemporal dynamics of spontaneous activity in visual cortex prior to eye-opening. bioRxiv [Preprint]. 2024 Jun 29:2024.06.25.600611.
Oral Presentations:
"Spatiotemporal Propagation in Spontaneous Activity of Neonatal Visual Cortex " 2023 Neuroscience Colloquium
Professional Memberships:
- Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
- Biomedical Engineering Society
- Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society
Rotations:
- Alik Widge
- Ben Hayden and Jan Zimmerman
Research Categories:
- Behavioral and Cognitive Neurosciences
- Computational Neuroscience
- Neuroengineering
- Neuropsychiatric Disease
What Got You Interested in Research?
I just never wanted a normal job. I wanted to design really complicated things or solve previously unsolvable problems.
Why did you choose the University of Minnesota?
I really enjoyed talking to the professors here, and there are a lot of neuroscience faculty that do "engineering" things.
Favorite Itasca Memories:
(1) Sam's yoga class on the lake. (2) Biking to the fire tower.
