Nathan Baune, PhD

Experience

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  Fry's Electronics

  Jan 2008 - Jan 2009

  Home Audio Sales

  • Customer-facing commissioned salesman specializing in home audio/surround sound systems.• Received award for perfect attendance.

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  University of Oregon

  May 2010 - May 2013

  Clinical Research Assistant

  • Collected, maintained, and analyzed large datasets from a community behavioral healthcare provider. Efforts aided in a better understanding of why some patients experience meaningful improvements, while others discontinue treatment prematurely.• Developed behavioral experiment software for presentation in the MRI scanner.

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  University of Missouri-Columbia

  Jun 2013 - May 2015

  Graduate Student Research Neuroscientist

  • Assisted principal investigator in research grants worth multiple millions of dollars, which led to novel discoveries into changes in the brain following amputation and hand transplantation.• Led scientists and engineers in developing an MRI-safe apparatus for presenting interactable objects during neuroimaging.

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  Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis

  Jun 2015 - Jan 2021

  Graduate Research Neuroscientist

  • Developed a novel virtual reality-based assessment of stroke sensory deficit. Guided project from ideation to a working prototype assessed in patients and older adults.• Worked in collaboration with scientific experts from rehabilitation, neuroscience, and telehealth. Contributed from inception to dozens of innovative experiments that involved the programming of virtual reality applications, data analysis, and the development of user surveys. • Co-invented a novel approach using machine learning and wearable sensors to classify activities of daily living performed by stroke patients; resulted in a publication, two conference presentations, and produced prototype that influenced product developed at PlatformSTL. Show less

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  Washington University in St. Louis

  Aug 2015 - May 2016

  Graduate Student Senate Representative
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  PlatformSTL

  Jul 2017 - Mar 2021

  Product Director

  • Start-up co-founder and co-inventor of Proprio: a digital telehealth system to monitor patient activity post-injury. Received 3 awards, including $100K in government funding.• Led product vision and strategy, managed operations, and assembled a cross-functional team including clinicians, software engineers, and designers.• Led rapid development of wearable sensor and motion AI system, including a mobile application that enabled quicker and easier data collection and ML model training.• Conducted 1:1 customer interviews with patients and caregivers, as well as clinicians and patient specialists, to guide product development. Show less

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  Emory University

  Apr 2021 - now

  Postdoctoral Research Neuroscientist

  • Conceived, designed, and executed multi-year clinical research project in stroke patients. Secured funding from the American Heart Association ($128K).• Led cross-field integration of robotics, neuroimaging, and neurophysiological measurement as a founding member of the Neurorobotics Precision Engineering Lab.• Co-wrote grant with biomedical engineering student, which was awarded to fund mentored research. Physical Therapy Doctorate mentees awarded 1st place at conference for directed research on motor learning and the brain. Show less