eric

Welcome to my home page!

I'm a data scientist and neuroscientist with a PhD in neuroscience (and MA in philosophy) from UC San Diego. My initial research focused on sensory processing in multiple model systems (from the leech to the rat). I have spent the past few years writing code to analyze data in systems and behavioral neuroscience. At Duke I worked on the multi-camera array microscope (MCAM) project, our best attempt at recreating the fly's compound eye using silicon. After that, I worked as a data scientist for multiple neuroscience labs, building open-source pipelines to analyze neural and behavioral data.

These days, I mostly do freelance data science and software development. If you want help analyzing neural or behavioral data, learning to code in Python, or building AI-powered applications, feel free to reach out (my email is below). I am especially proud of my ongoing work with Code the Dream, a Durham, NC nonprofit focused on teaching code to people from under-represented communities.

I continue to maintain an interest in philosophy of neuroscience: philosophy and neuroscience still have a lot to teach each other, as recent arguments about AI consciousness have made clear. I am a member of the Society for Philosophy and Neuroscience, which aims to foster collaborations between neuroscientists and philosophers.

I'm married to Julia Kulla-Mader. We moved to Durham, NC from San Diego thinking we'd live here for about three years before moving back to a "real" city. However, it turns out Durham is really nice, and we seem to have settled here.

I update this site about twice a year.

Email address: thomson [dot] eric [gmail].

Site last updated: June 2025