Erik Schomburg, Ph.D.

Erik Schomburg joined the Flatiron Institute as a Research Scientist to develop and maintain software for the Center for Computational Neuroscience. His current focus is on automated segmentation and synapse detection for the Center’s insect connectomics projects. Before joining the Flatiron Institute, Erik worked as a data scientist and software engineer at several technology companies and startups. He holds a Ph.D. from the California Institute of Technology, where his dissertation focused on the biophysical and physiological generators of electric potentials in the brain.