About

Hello! I'm Arefeh Sherafati.

I am a scientist passionate about discoveries at the intersection of physics, neuroscience, and artificial intelligence. I am also a research mentor and consultant and work with students and companies to explore cutting-edge questions in brain-inspired computation and data-driven neuroscience. I offer one-on-one and small-group research mentorship programs in computational neuroscience, AI, and data science. Learn More

In 2024, I completed my postdoctoral training at the University of California, San Francisco, where I led a project in collaboration with researchers at the Allen Institute for Brain Science. Together, we worked on open-sourcing the largest calcium imaging dataset to date from the mouse primary visual cortex.

Before that, I earned a Ph.D. in physics and completed two years of postdoctoral training at Washington University in St. Louis. My work focused on developing computational methods for a novel neurotechnology modality called high-density diffuse optical tomography (HD-DOT).

Prior to transitioning to computational neuroscience research, I obtained an M.S. in gravitational physics.