Quentin Guisneuf

Research Engineer | fMRI & Computational Modeling

Salary / Daily rate

Paris, France

Freelance

Can come onsite

Skills

PythonData Analysis

Languages

English

About me

Intro

Neuroscience research engineer with 2+ years specializing in fMRI, EEG, and computational modeling of human brain function. Expert in single-neuron data analysis, reinforcement learning models, and advanced neuroimaging techniques across multiple CNRS projects. Ready to apply cutting-edge neuroscience expertise to drive data-driven insights for your research or tech projects.

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Work experience

CNRS

Jan 2025 - Jul 2025

7 months

Lyon, France

Research Engineer

Apr 2025 - Jul 2025

4 months

Lyon, France

« Encoding of social hierarchy learning signals at the cellular level in Human » Investigated the neural coding of social hierarchy at the single-neuron level in humans using intracranial microelectrode recordings. Processed and interpreted single-neuron data (spike sorting, event-related analysis) from amygdala and hippocampus. Applied computational models (reinforcement learning, prediction error, uncertainty) to neural and behavioral data.

Research Engineer

Jan 2025 - May 2025

5 months

Lyon, France

Effect of stress and sex hormones on learning and adolescent brain. Investigate stress-induced changes in adolescent brain function using fMRI and computational modelling. Examining the interaction between stress hormones and learning mechanisms. CPP and task creation with Matlab. Contributed to the analysis of social learning under stress (Python, R). Developing expertise in fMRI processing pipelines, statistical modelling (SPM, GLM), and experimental design.

Research Engineer

Laboratory LIBM

Sep 2023 - Jul 2024

11 months

Lyon, France

Effect of sleep and motor imagery on the learning of a complex sequence in young and older subjects. Learned to use advanced imaging techniques such as PSG/EEG, which expanded my technical skills and fostered greater flexibility in adapting to new research methods

Research Engineer

LP3C

Feb 2023 - Jul 2023

6 months

Rennes, France

SPoARC effect through a comparison between musicians and non-musicians. Worked on a study investigating the SPoARC effect, contributing to all stages of the research process. From literature review and experimental design to data collection, analysis, and thesis writing.

Research Engineer

Laboratoire de psychologie : Cognition Comportement Communication (LP3C)

Sep 2022 - Jul 2023

11 months

Rennes, France

I collaborated with a researcher and a neuropsychologist. Voluntary research internship: involved in literature review, experimental design, data collection, and analysis. Actively contributed to team meetings on study design and data interpretation.


Education

Université Lumière Lyon 2

Master's degree

2024 - 2025

1 year 4 months

Université Lumière Lyon 2

Master's degree

2023 - 2024

1 year 4 months

Université Rennes 2

Licence

2020 - 2023

2 years 9 months

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