Christian Stald Skoven
I have a passion for open source software (development) and equipment, data analysis (primarily using python) and digital infrastructure. I love building and coding small electronic devices (e.g. Arduino and Raspberry Pi) as well as 3D-designing and -printing various objects for problem solving and communication with other devices.
I currently work as a postdoctoral researcher at CFIN, Aarhus University (Hospital). I primarily focus on ex vivo dw-MRI (e.g. Diffusion Kurtosis Imaging) acquisition and data analysis using python (/bash - or matlab, if need be). I'm however also performing multiple other experiments (awake mouse fMRI, 31P-MRS, electrophysiology, sleep-EEG, visual discrimination behavioral experiments using touch screens for mice - to name a few). I enjoy establishing, building and optimizing new equipment, experiments and (data) infrastructure.
I successfully defended my Ph.D. in Neuroscience titled "Investigating the Neurobiological mechanisms of Optogenetic Stimulation of Transcallosal Pathways using Multimodal Imaging Techniques" under the Graduate School of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen - August 24th, 2022.
During my Ph.D. I investigated axonal projections between the primary motor cortices through corpus callosum in the rat brain. To accomplish this I used techniques as optogenetics, electrophysiology, histology, light (LM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) - as well as diffusion weighted MRI (dw-MRI). I set up a lab (BSL-2) for and performed stereotaxic surgeries, viral injections, and implantations of electrodes and optic fibers.