computational neuroscience

Hi, I'm Vibha 👋

I'm an engineer drawn to questions about motor control and the computational principles behind how the brain learns to move. My Master's at Brown was in neural signal processing, and somewhere in that work I realized the questions I actually wanted to ask were about circuit organization and learning, not just the signals themselves. That's the direction I've been moving toward since.

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I'm a biomedical engineer who took one too many neuroscience courses and never looked back. These days I think of myself as a computational neuroscientist in progress, interested in how the brain organizes and refines the things it learns to do. I like working at the level where theory and data have to talk to each other, and most of my questions, one way or another, find their way back to the motor system. How it learns, how it adapts, and how it does any of it at all.

My thesis at Brown focused on reconstructing SEEG signals corrupted by cortical stimulation artifacts, using a convolutional autoencoder paired with an LSTM to recover connectivity structure that would otherwise be lost. It was a different kind of problem, but it taught me how to build models that have to hold up under messy, real-world constraints, and that's not nothing. Outside of research, I follow Formula 1, love exploring unique food spots, and stay sane through running and cycling.

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Where I've worked

Jun 2025 – Jun 2026

R&D Engineer (Research Scholar)

Brown University · Providence, RI

Built a text-to-CAD platform using LLMs and RAG to generate parametric CAD models from natural language, cutting design iteration time by 70%. Programmed automated liquid-handling systems and prototyped lab instrumentation for synthetic-biology workflows.

LLMsSolidWorksRAGlab automation
Oct 2023 – Jun 2026

Graduate Researcher

Brown University · Providence, RI

Developed a CAE-LSTM model reconstructing SEEG signals corrupted by stimulation artifacts, improving fidelity by >40% while preserving phase and temporal dynamics. Processed 500+ hours of human SEEG and contributed to closed-loop pipelines for Class III neuromodulation systems.

SEEGdeep learningclosed-loop DBS
Nov 2021 – May 2023

Undergraduate Research Assistant

MSRIT & IISc · Bangalore, India

Fabricated PVDF piezoelectric motion sensors in an ISO-class cleanroom and integrated them into wearable fall-detection prototypes capturing joint kinematics and muscle activity. Bench-tested with 15+ subjects for neural-to-prosthetic interface applications.

PVDF sensorswearablesmicrofabrication
Jun 2022 – Mar 2023

Undergraduate Research Assistant

St. John's Research Institute · Bangalore, India

Prototyped a pediatric EEG headset, electrode layout, PCB routing, enclosure. Developed EEG preprocessing pipelines (ICA, artifact rejection) and ML models to detect electrophysiological markers of autism in large-scale pediatric datasets.

EEGPCB designautism biomarkers
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What I've studied

Sep 2023 – May 2025

ScM, Biomedical Engineering

Brown University · Providence, RI · GPA 3.9

Thesis: reconstructing SEEG recordings during cortical stimulation using a convolutional autoencoder–LSTM architecture.

Sep 2019 – May 2023

B.E., Medical Electronics

MSRIT · Bangalore, India · GPA 3.7

Thesis: multiple sclerosis lesion segmentation in 3D MRI.

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My Skills

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Things I've built

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Get in touch

Shoot me an email at vibha.c.rangappa@gmail.com.