Chloe Duckworth

University of Southern California Class of 2023, Computational Neuroscience

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Chloe Duckworth is a student in the class of 2023 at the University of Southern California, studying computational neuroscience and philosophy. She grew up in San Jose, California, where she became involved in service from a young age, volunteering at local food banks with her family in elementary school. When she started high school, Chloe was determined to continue her service to make a larger social impact and began creating various service initiatives and non-profit organizations to address problems she noticed in her community. Her first service initiative was creating a hospitality and patient advocacy volunteer program called the Sunshine Cart, aiming to improve morale in a struggling hospital. This program developed into other initiatives helping unhoused patients from the hospital receive necessary supplies and support after they were discharged. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, she cofounded a non-profit organization called Hope Hearted, donating kits of essential sanitary supplies to Bay Area food banks and shelters. In summer 2020, Chloe cofounded Valence Vibrations, a startup expressing emotions as vibrations on smart watches to bridge emotional communication barriers across neurotypes and cultures.

Personal website: www.chloeduckworth.com

Accomplishments on the ASPT:

  • Led the team of 15 interns as the student program manager of BrainMind

  • Wrote an in-depth report on current BCI technology and places for strategic investment in the field

  • Drafted successful grant proposals to two foundations for BrainMind’s neuroethics initiative

  • Kickstarted and led a project creating in-depth impact models for companies in the BrainMind Ecosystem

  • Analyzed BrainMind’s startup database for the Neuroreport

  • Revitalized a MailMerge application to send BrainMind correspondence en masse

  • Edited interview video footage from neuroethics luminaries

  • Contributed to Heartflow pipeline

Skills:

  • Python, Java, Javascript, MATLAB, Swift

  • iOS development

  • Science writing

  • Data analysis

  • Market research

  • MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Google Suite

Sectors of Interest:

  • Neurodiversity

  • Sensory substitution and augmentation

  • Biotech startups

  • Brain-computer interface companies

  • Neuroethics

  • Brain connectomics

  • Nonprofits in STEM fields

  • Public health

Current Location

San Jose, California