Katherine Perdue

Katherine Perdue has a diverse work experience in neuroscience research and engineering. Katherine started their career as a Research Assistant at Massachusetts General Hospital in 2005, where they conducted studies on sensorimotor recovery from stroke using structural, diffusion, and functional MRI. Katherine also worked on MATLAB programming and motion sensor testing.

In 2008, Katherine joined Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth as a PhD student, specializing in computational modeling and algorithm development for diffuse optical tomography applications. Katherine focused on quantifying variability in imaging modality sensitivity and developing segmentation algorithms for making anatomical models of the head.

Following their PhD, Katherine worked at Boston Children's Hospital as a Research Fellow, where they developed noninvasive brain imaging methods for studying the healthy growth and development of children. Katherine specialized in optical imaging methods and their applications to early autism detection. Katherine also developed algorithms in MATLAB for the analysis of physiological signals.

At Kernel, Katherine took on various roles. As the Director of Applied Neuroscience, they led the Neurotech team and formulated the Applied Neuroscience strategy. Katherine served as a Principal Investigator for multiple simultaneous IRB-approved studies. Prior to this role, they were the Team lead of the Neurotech team, which focused on bridging neuroscience and technology development by collecting and analyzing data to guide hardware design and providing human neuroscience study design and execution.

Throughout their career, Katherine has demonstrated expertise in neuroimaging research, algorithm development, data analysis, and scientific interpretation. Katherine has mentored junior researchers and has had academic affiliations with Harvard Medical School.

Katherine Perdue's education history includes a Bachelor of Science degree in Physics from Harvey Mudd College. Katherine pursued further studies in Biomedical Engineering at Boston University, although the specific degree earned is not mentioned. Currently, Katherine is continuing their academic journey at the Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth, working towards a PhD in Biomedical Engineering.