Postdoctoral Research Fellow
My research focuses on device reliability and high-density stimulation strategies for implantable medical devices. I have training in bioengineering and neuroscience through my undergraduate engineering program, and a PhD in biomedical engineering. My broader academic interests include analog electronics, electrode fabrication, DAQ software development, and bioinstrumentation. My major contributions to the field of neurotechnology are innovations for targeted patterns of neural activation and longer lasting implantable electrodes.
Contact Information
- Email Address: virginia.woods@duke.edu
Education
- Ph.D., Imperial College London 2012
- B.S., Cornell University, 2006
- Awards and Professional Recognition
- 2016 Ripple’s Promising Investigator Research Award Runner-Up
- 2015 Ripple’s Promising Investigator Research Award Finalist
- 2012 – 2013 Dept of Electrical Engineering Faculty Fellowship, New York University
- 2012 Neural Interfaces Conference Diversity Travel Award
- 2007 – 2011 Institute of Biomedical Engineering Scholarship, Imperial College London
- 2006 – 2007 Whitaker Foundation International Fellowship
- 2005 – 2006 NIH Biomedical Frontiers Undergraduate Research Scholar
- 2005 Faculty for Undergraduate Neuroscience Travel Award (Society for Neuroscience)
- 2002 – 2006 John McMullen Dean’s Scholarship, Cornell University