About

I am an Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Computational Medicine & Bioinformatics at the University of Michigan. My lab applies machine learning and statistical techniques to facilitate real-time analysis of neural and behavioral data. We are interested broadly in the design and construction of new measurement and analysis methods in the streaming setting. We are affiliated with the Michigan Neuroscience Institute, the Michigan Institute for Data Science, and the Michigan Institute for Computational Discovery and Engineering.

I studied both physics and computer science as an undergraduate at NC State University. Following my love of understanding complex networks, I then did an electrical & computer engineering masters and physics PhD at Duke University, focusing on low temperature quantum transport. After graduation, I shifted focus to a field with even more complicated systems to detangle: neuroscience, conducting a postdoc in Duke Neurobiology to develop a real-time neural analysis platform.

Outside of my research I enjoy reading, MMA, teaching my dogs new tricks, and dancing with my husband.

Recent News

February 20, 2024: I was honored to receive a 2024 Sloan Fellowship in Neuroscience from the Sloan Foundation. See the article here.

February 1, 2023: The Draelos Lab officially launched at the University of Michigan! Our lab website is here.

June 29, 2021: I am excited to announce that I have been awarded a 2021 Career Awards at the Scientific Interface by the Burroughs Wellcome Fund. See the announcement here.

June 16, 2021: Come check out my poster and trainee award talk at the 2021 BRAIN Investigators Meeting. I would love to chat with researchers interested in running adaptive experimental designs in their own labs.

January 24, 2021: Duke Research Week will showcase a lot of exciting work going on across all areas at Duke. Check out my talk and others at the Graduate scholar and Postdoc session happening soon.

September 8, 2020: I am honored to have been selected as a Swartz Fellow for Theory in Neuroscience! See the write-up here.