Dr. Richard Kunert
rikunert [AT] gmail [DOT] com | github | twitter | google scholar | Linked In | Berlin
Currently
Head of Data Science at Turbit.
Employment
since 12/2021
Turbit Head of Data Science
03/2021-11/2021
Secret Escapes Team Lead Data Science
07/2019-03/2021
Secret Escapes Data Scientist
01/2019-07/2019
StackFuel GmbH Lead Data Scientist
12/2017-01/2019
StackFuel GmbH Educational Data Scientist
since 09/2017
Freelance Data Scientist
01/2013-08/2016
Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics PhD Candidate
10/2015-04/2016
Dutch Science Funding Council (NWO) Junior Policy Officer
01/2012-04/2012
University of Amsterdam Research Assistant
Education
01/2013-02/2017
Radboud University Cognitive Neuroscience PhD (supervisor: prof. Peter Hagoort)
thesis title: Music and Language Comprehension in the Brain
09/2010-01/2013
Amsterdam University MSc Brain and Cognitive Science (cum laude)
09/2006-06/2010
Glasgow University MA Psychology (First class honours)
Science
2014-2017
Seven international, peer-reviewed, publications. Details: rikunert.com/publications/
2010-2016
Ten international conference presentations on the cognitive neuroscience of language and music
2012-2017
Popular science activities including
- Donders Institute blog on mind & brain
- own blog (Brain’s Idea) on mind & brain
- Muziekgezelschap Ludwig popular science tour in NL
Data science experience
- Python (
numpy,pandas,scikit learn,tensorflow) - classical and neural network based machine learning
- R
- Matlab
- Shiny
- Data visualisation (
matplotlib,plotly,ggplot2)
Awards
09/2014 - 06/2015
MPI Nijmegen Interdisciplinary innovation grant
01/2013 - 08/2016
PhD grant by Max-Planck-Gesellschaft
09/2011 - 09/2012
Huygens scholarship for Master of Science studies
06/2009 - 11/2012
scholarship by German National Academic Foundation for Bachelor and Master studies
06/2010
Robert H. Thouless Prize for Best Critical Review
07/2009
Wellcome Trust Vacation Scholarship for Summer Research
Last updated: February 2022