Ritwika Mukherjee
Neurobiologist & Data Scientist
I'm a neurobiologist and a data scientist, with a fondness for insects. I enjoy applying my diverse skills to find solutions to complex technical problems.
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Besides graduating this May from Tufts University, I participated in Insight Data Science in Boston where I built an app to predict duration of service interruption of the commuter rails to save travel time for commuters.
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My PhD thesis was to understand the neural and mechanical control of natural behavior in caterpillars. Their biological design helps us understand control of soft robots that have implications in prosthetics, agriculture, and medicine.
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When I am not in the lab or coding, I enjoy dancing, taking long walks, or discovering music!
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Publications
The control of nocifensive movements in the caterpillar Manduca sexta.
Journal of Experimental Biology. Under review
Mukherjee, R., Caron, D., Edson, T., & Trimmer, B. (2020)
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Stepping pattern changes in the caterpillar: the effects of orientation and substrate.
Journal of Experimental Biology
Metallo C., Mukherjee R.,Trimmer B. (2020)
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Local and generalized sensitization of thermally evoked defensive behavior
Journal of Comparative Neurology
Mukherjee, R., Trimmer, B. (2019)
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Design and Manufacturing of Tendon-Driven Soft Foam Robots
Robotica
Kastor, N., Mukherjee R., Cohen, E., Vikas, V., Trimmer, B., & White, R. (2019)
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The neuromechanics of proleg grip release
Journal of Experimental Biology
Mukherjee, R., Vaughn S., Trimmer, B. (2018)
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Locomotion of a Simple Foam Robot
Adaptive Motion of Animals and Machines
Kastor, N., Mukherjee R., Cohen, E., Vikas, V., Trimmer, B., & White, R. D. (2017)
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What makes eyespots intimidating-the importance of pairedness
BMC Evolutionary Biology
Mukherjee, R. and Kodandaramaiah, U. (2015)
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Nanoporous rice husk derived carbon for gas storage and high performance electrochemical energy storage
Journal of Porous Materials
Ganesan, A., Mukherjee R., Jyothish Raj, Shaijumon, M. M. (2014)
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Finding hidden females in a crowd: Mate recognition in fig wasps
Acta Oecological
Krishnan, A., Joshi, K. A., Abraham, A., Ayyub, S., Lahiry, M., Mukherjee R. , Javadekar, S. M., Narayan, V. & Borges, R. M. (2014)
Check out some of my data science projects here!
Please contact me to ask about the project I am currently up to!
Skills
Python
pandas, numpy, scikit-learn, seaborn, matplotlib, nltk, tensorflow
Neurobiology
electrophysiology, neural signals (EMGs & EEGs), neuroethology, high-speed video analysis in MATLAB, behavior
Data Science & Machine Learning
data cleaning, web scraping, classification and regression models, cross-validation, survey data, NLP
Robotics
3D printing, sensor development and communication, machining
Data Visualization
Tableau, Kibana
Communication
science writing, public speaking, cross-functional communicator
