I'm Brendan. Thanks for stopping by my page.

I did my PhD work at the University of Chicago, studied computer science at Oberlin College, and grew up in Iowa.

I am an alumnus of the MacLean Laboratory for Cortical Circuits and Network Neuroscience, where I mapped temporal dynamics of microscopic neural networks. I discovered a new principle for predicting communication traffic from connectivity.

This year, I've been doing independent projects in social network analysis, data journalism, and web scraping. I am wrapping up my postdoctoral sabbatical, looking for opportunities to speak with strong teams working on creative, impactful problems.

Here are a few things I have worked on: