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I’m a postdoctoral scholar at the Neural Coding and Brain Computing Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology. I'm also the human behind Skeppuccino, a SciComm-oriented illustration studio.

Personal information

Current affiliation

  • Postdoctoral scholar (April 2021 - current)
    Neural Coding and Brain Computing Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology
    Team Leader: Tomoki Fukai

Education

  • Doctor of Philosophy (obtained March 2021)
    Department of Complex Science and Engineering
    Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, University of Tokyo, Japan
  • MS, Physics (obtained March 2017)
    São Carlos Institute of Physics, University of São Paulo, Brazil
  • BS, Computational Physics (obtained December 2014)
    São Carlos Institute of Physics, University of São Paulo, Brazil

Past affiliation

  • Special Research Student (May 2019 - March 2021)
    Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, place of research for PhD project
  • Student Trainee (April 2017 - April 2019)
    RIKEN Center for Brain Science, place of research for PhD project
  • Student Trainee (January 2015 - April 2015)
    RIKEN Center for Brain Science, internship

Scientific production

Publications in peer-reviewed journals

  • Omura, Y; Carvalho, M M; Inokuchi, K; Fukai, T. A lognormal recurrent network model for burst generation during hippocampal sharp waves. The Journal of Neuroscience, 28 October 2015, 35(43): 14585-14601; doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4944-14.2015

Doctoral thesis

  • Carvalho, M M. Learning temporal features in a multicompartment model through self-supervision. Supervised by Dr. Tomoki Fukai (OIST, previously UTokyo/RIKEN), defended January 2021. doi: 10.15083/0002007162

Master dissertation

  • Carvalho, M M. Structural, functional and dynamical properties of a lognormal network of bursting neurons. Supervised by Dr. Leonardo P. Maia (IFSC-USP), defended March 2017. doi: 10.11606/D.76.2017.tde-25052017-110738

Selected presentations

  • Carvalho, M M; Cojocaru, R; Fukai, T. Neuron participation in temporal patterns forms cross-layer, non-random networks in rat motor cortex. 2024. Poster presented at the 33rd Annual Computational Neuroscience Meeting (CNS*2024).
  • Carvalho, M M; Fukai, T. Self-supervision mechanism of multiple dendritic compartments for temporal feature learning. 2020. Poster presented at the 29th Annual Computational Neuroscience Meeting (CNS*2020).

Teaching and course design

Illustrations for science communication

Selected works

Two cats by the river

Supplementary cover illustration for ACS Catalysis featuring research by Vojkovsky et al. (2020)

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