Positions

Principal Software Engineer

Matlab Graphics, MathWorks

2019 -

Research Associate

Laboratory of Dr. Melissa R. Warden, Cornell University

2015 - 2019

Postdoctoral Associate

Laboratory of Dr. David M. Smith, Cornell University

2010 - 2015

Senior Technical Analyst

Customer Automation, FedEx

1998 - 2001

Education

Skills

Languages: C++, JavaScript, MATLAB, Python, Go

Architecture & Design: System architecture, API design, microservices, scalability, software design patterns

Leadership & Collaboration: Technical team leadership, mentoring, cross-functional collaboration, stakeholder communication, project vision & strategy, agile methodologies

Publications

Infralimbic parvalbumin neural activity facilitates cued threat avoidance. Ho, YY, Yang, Q, Boddu, P, Bulkin, DA, Warden MR eLife PubMed PDF

2025

Tonic activity in lateral habenula neurons acts as a neutral valence brake on reward-seeking behavior. Post, RJ, Bulkin, DA, Ebitz, RB, Lee, V, Han, K, Warden, MR Current Biology PubMed PDF

2022

The limbic memory circuit and the neural basis of contextual memory. Smith, DM, Yang, YY, Subramanian, DL, Miller, AMP, Bulkin, DA, Law, LM Neurobiology of Learning and Memory PubMed PDF

2022

Hippocampal state transitions at the boundaries between trial epochs. Bulkin, DA, Sinclair, DG, Law, LM, Smith DM Hippocampus PubMed PDF

2020

Slow stabilization of concurrently acquired hippocampal context representations. Law, LM, Bulkin, DA, Smith DM Hippocampus PubMed PDF

2016

Placing memories in context: hippocampal representations promote retrieval of appropriate memories. Bulkin, DA, Law, LM, Smith DM Hippocampus PubMed PDF

2016

The form and function of hippocampal context representations. Smith, DM, Bulkin, DA Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews PubMed PDF

2014

Distribution of visual and saccade-related information in the monkey inferior colliculus. Bulkin, DA, Groh, JM Frontiers in Neural Circuits PubMed PDF

2012

Distribution of eye position information in the monkey inferior colliculus. Bulkin, DA, Groh, JM Journal of Neurophysiology PubMed PDF

2012

Systematic mapping of the monkey inferior colliculus reveals enhanced low-frequency sound representation. Bulkin, DA, Groh, JM Journal of Neurophysiology PubMed PDF

2011

Seeing sounds: visual and auditory interactions in the brain. Bulkin, DA, Groh, JM Current Opinion in Neurobiology PubMed PDF

2006

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