Curriculum Vitae
Mara Ellison Voss · Postdoctoral Researcher
Appointments
Postdoctoral Researcher
Institute for Theoretical Neuroscience, ETH Zürich · Zürich, CH
Modelling uncertainty representation in cortical circuits; mentoring two doctoral students.
- Led the population-geometry project across two labs (5 people).
- Secured an SNSF Spark grant for uncertainty benchmarking.
Research Intern
DeepMind · London, UK
Structured latent models for scientific time-series data.
Education
PhD, Computational Neuroscience
Gatsby Unit, University College London · London, UK
Thesis: Latent variable models for large-scale neural population activity. Advised by Prof. J. Hartwell.
MSc, Machine Learning
University of Edinburgh · Edinburgh, UK
Distinction. Dissertation on variational inference for time series.
BSc, Physics
University of Bristol · Bristol, UK
First-class honours.
Publications
Awards
SNSF Postdoc.Mobility Fellowship
Swiss National Science Foundation
Outstanding Thesis Award
UCL Faculty of Life Sciences
Cosyne Presenter Travel Award
Computational and Systems Neuroscience
Teaching
Co-lecturer — Probabilistic Machine Learning
ETH Zürich (MSc)
Teaching Assistant — Statistical Inference
UCL (MSc)
Skills
Python · TypeScript · Julia · C++ · R · MATLAB
JAX · PyTorch · NumPy / SciPy · React · scikit-learn
Variational inference · Dynamical systems · GLMs · Dimensionality reduction · Bayesian modelling
Languages
English — native · German — B2 · French — B1