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John Butler

My CV

  • Education:

    The High School, Rathgar. Trinity College Dublin

  • Qualifications:

    BA, MSc, PhD

  • Work History:

    Trinity College Dublin, Max Planck Institute in Germany, Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx New York.

  • Current Job:

    Lecturer

  • Employer

    TU Dublin

  • About Me

    I am a maths Lecturer in TU Dublin.

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    I live in Dublin with my wife and our daughter. I have lived and worked in  Spain, Germany and New York. I love reading and watching movies of all kinds from the classics to daft sci-fi.

  • My pronouns are

    he/him

  • My Work

    I am experimental and computational neuroscience researcher. I use maths and computers to understand the brain.

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    My work involves using computers and mathematics to design experiments and mathematical models to understand how the brain works. My main works focuses on investigating how we use and combine different sensory systems live vision, audition, touch and balance. I have investigated the role of vestibular system, which controls our balance, in how we drive and walk. With two of my collaborators in Canada I’ve written a paper for all ages about some of the work called Feeling ourselves move you can read it here.

  • My Typical Day

    My typical day is a bit of teaching, a bit of reading, a bit of programming and talking with other scientists.

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    My typical working day starts with getting my daughter to school. I then make a list of things that I need to do, the list can include something as simple as write an email to work on an academic paper. An academic paper is a way of showing my academic work other scientists. It can take as long as three years to finish an academic paper, this involves running an experiment, analysing the data, interpreting the data and then writing it all up.

  • What I'd do with the prize money

    I'd use it to improve my primary school talk on how maths can model the impact of the introduction of Wolves to Ireland.

  • My Interview

    • What or who inspired you to follow your career?

      I get inspired by different people from writers like Pat Barker to scientist like Steven Strogatz .

      What did you want to be after you left school?

      Mathematician

      Were you ever in trouble at school?

      I could of worked harder

      If you weren't doing this job, what would you choose instead?

      Writer for the Simpsons

      Who is your favourite singer or band?

      Prince

      What's your favourite food?

      Sushi

      What is the most fun thing you've done?

      Travel the world

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