Jonathan P. Newman

Jonathan P. Newman received the B.S. degree in bioengineering from SUNY Binghamton, Binghamton, NY, USA, in 2007, and the Ph.D. degree in bioengineering from Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA, USA, in 2013. In his Ph.D. dissertation, he developed tools and methods for closed-loop optogenetic control of neural circuits in order to resolve the mechanistic basis for a form of homeostatic plasticity known as synaptic scaling. He is currently a Research Scientist working the Laboratory of Dr. Matthew Wilson, MIT. His research is focused on elucidating how the brain consolidates memory during sleep. He serves as a Lead-Engineer and a Board-Member of Open Ephys, a non-profit organization dedicated to developing high-performance open-source tools for brain research. In this capacity, he has developed and disturbed numerous open-source scientific tools which are now in active use in hundreds of labs around the world.