Andrew Worthy — Data Scientist & Computational Neuroscientist
What I Bring
Statistical Modeling & Analysis
- 5+ years analyzing large-scale experimental datasets
- Hypothesis testing, regression, ANOVA, and bootstrap methods
- Exploratory data analysis, feature engineering, and cleaning
- Time-series analysis and signal processing pipelines
Software Development
- Production-ready desktop applications built with PyQt6
- Automated multi-channel data processing pipelines
- Clean, documented, version-controlled codebases
- Strong Git/GitHub workflow for collaborative projects
Predictive Modeling
- Supervised learning, clustering, and dimensionality reduction
- Model building and cross-validation with scikit-learn
- Computational modeling of complex biological systems
- Computer vision for behavioral tracking and analysis
Visualization & Presentation
- Publication-quality figures for technical and general audiences
- Interactive dashboards and data exploration tools
- Peer-reviewed technical writing and documentation
- Presenting complex findings to diverse stakeholders
Technical Skills
Selected Projects
Full-stack desktop application for processing, visualizing, and analyzing multi-channel electrophysiological recordings. Built from scratch to replace an entirely manual workflow.
- Handles 100+ GB datasets with efficient memory management
- Custom filtering, peak detection, and baseline correction algorithms
- Automated statistical reporting — reduced analysis time by ~80%
Companion application for automated generation of publication-quality figures with configurable styling, batch processing, and multi-format export.
- Export to PNG, SVG, and PDF in a single pass
- Modular configuration system for reproducible outputs
- Standardized visuals adopted across the research group
Contour-plotting toolkit for spinal cord cell density analysis. Served as the reproducible visualization pipeline for a peer-reviewed eLife publication.
- Spatial interpolation algorithms for smooth density maps
- Custom colormaps optimized for print and digital publication
- Automated figure generation from raw count data
Key Achievements
- Led a first-author eLife study (2024) from experimental design through publication — managed a multi-lab authorship team and delivered a reproducible, open-source contour visualization pipeline alongside the paper
- Engineered pipelines that have processed 1,000,000+ experimental recordings, automating workflows that previously required hours of manual effort per session
- Shipped 3 production software tools actively used by 5+ researchers — built, documented, tested, and maintained entirely from scratch; zero critical bugs reported since deployment
- Drove an ~80% reduction in per-session analysis time by replacing a manual Excel-based reporting workflow with a custom Python/PyQt6 desktop application
- Mentored 6 undergraduate researchers in histology, microscopy, and image analysis over 5 years at Emory University
- Peer reviewer, Journal of Emerging Investigators (2021–2024) — developed rigorous analytical evaluation and technical written communication under deadline
- Science communicator: presented complex research findings to non-specialist audiences at Atlanta ComSciCon (2025)
Education
Let’s Connect
I am open to opportunities in data science, machine learning, and analytics where I can apply quantitative methods to real-world problems, particularly in healthcare and biotech. Specific interests include time-series forecasting, predictive modeling, data-pipeline development, and computer vision.
Selected Publications
For a complete list of publications and research, visit my full CV or Google Scholar profile.
Liu W, Worthy AE, Emanuel AJ (2026) “Synchrony within Aβ mechanoreceptor subtypes governs signal propagation to primary somatosensory cortex.” bioRxiv (preprint, under revision at Journal of Physiology). DOI: 10.64898/2026.01.16.700009
Worthy AE, Anderson JT, Lane AR, et al. (2024) “Spinal V1 inhibitory interneuron clades differ in birthdate, projections to motoneurons, and heterogeneity.” eLife 13:RP95172. DOI: 10.7554/eLife.95172.3
Worthy AE, Vega NM (2020) “Mucoidy, a general mechanism for maintaining lytic phage in populations of bacteria.” FEMS Microbiology Ecology 96(10):fiaa162. DOI: 10.1093/femsec/fiaa162
Worthy AE (2020) “Spiteful Weapons and the Environmental Dependence of Phage.” Honors Thesis, Emory University.