Jonathan Skaza

Biography

Jonathan is a Ph.D. student in the Dynamical Neuroscience program. Previously, he received his M.S. in Biostatistics at the University of Michigan. Jonathan also worked several years in the software industry and as a computational neuroscientist at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. Outside of research, his interests include playing and watching football, basketball, and almost every sport, coding projects, hiking, grilling, fitness, fostering dogs, and exploring California with his wife, Diana. Jonathan joined the VIU lab in 2024. 

Research

​Jonathan is interested in the bidirectional relationship between artificial systems and the brain/mind. This means using the artificial neural network (ANN) paradigm to gain insights into properties of biological brains while also thinking about how principles of neuroscience can be leveraged to improve AI systems.