Steve Ryan

Steve Ryan has a diverse work experience in various fields. Steve started their career as a student in Biomedical Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology from 2003 to 2007. Following that, they pursued their graduate studies at Emory University, where they worked as a Neuroscience Graduate Student in the Rainnie Neurophysiology lab. In this role, they focused on studying the development of limbic circuits and their impact on affective behavior. Continuing their work at Emory University, Steve became a Postdoctoral Fellow, where they designed and implemented experiments related to local neural circuitry in the basolateral amygdala. Steve'sresearch involved studying models of psychiatric disease in young animals and analyzing various data modalities including electrophysiological data, neuronal structure, and animal behavior.

In 2006, Steve also started their own music production company as a self-employed Sound Engineer and Producer. Steve provided tracking, editing, mixing, and live sound services to clients specializing in vocal music, particularly a cappella.

Currently, Steve is working at Q-State Biosciences. Steve joined the company in 2017 as a Computational Neuroscientist, responsible for building and maintaining analytics software related to high-throughput electrophysiological measurements. Steve'srole combines various disciplines including data science, computational neuroscience, software engineering, machine learning, bioinformatics, digital signal processing, and statistics. At Q-State, Steve also collaborates with external partners to drive data-supported decisions about experimental plans and project direction. In 2019, they were promoted to the position of Senior Data Scientist and then subsequently became the Lead Data Scientist for Computational Neuroscience in 2021. Currently, Steve serves as the Interim Director and Head of Analytics, leading the analytical aspects of the company's operations.

Steve Ryan earned a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree in Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology from 2003 to 2007. Steve continued their education at Emory University, where they obtained a Ph.D. in Neuroscience from 2007 to 2014. In addition, Steve Ryan holds a certification in Duolingo German Fluency: Elementary (Estimated) from Duolingo, obtained in February 2016.