{"id":407,"date":"2023-01-16T21:11:11","date_gmt":"2023-01-16T21:11:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/stor-i-student-sites\/carla-pinkney\/?page_id=407"},"modified":"2024-03-27T10:17:42","modified_gmt":"2024-03-27T10:17:42","slug":"home-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/stor-i-student-sites\/carla-pinkney\/home-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"407\" class=\"elementor elementor-407\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-22b9805 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"22b9805\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ff90af6\" data-id=\"ff90af6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dc0f4ee elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"dc0f4ee\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">PhD Student at STOR-i Centre for Doctoral Training, Lancaster University<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6a5eec2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6a5eec2\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9118f10\" data-id=\"9118f10\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-451035c elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"451035c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"margin-bottom: 1.25rem;font-family: Raleway, sans-serif;font-size: 1.125rem;line-height: 1.6\"><span style=\"font-size: 1.125rem\">My PhD project is entitled &#8216;Understanding Neuronal Synchronisation in High Dimensions&#8217;. I am supervised by Dr Carolina Euan and Dr Alex Gibberd from Lancaster University, alongside Professor Ali Shojaie from the University of Washington.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 1.25rem;font-family: Raleway, sans-serif;font-size: 1.125rem;line-height: 1.6\">Currently, we are developing new statistical methods to aid our understanding of how large populations of neurons in the brain interact. Our research focusses on advances in spectral analysis for neuroscience spike train data, and in particular statistical estimation methods for the construction of networks of neuronal interactions. More information about my research can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/stor-i-student-sites\/carla-pinkney\/research-2\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f2c8b14 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f2c8b14\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-451c056\" data-id=\"451c056\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-85fb58a elementor-widget-divider--view-line 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presented my research on the Statistical Analysis of Brain Activity.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Raleway, sans-serif;font-size: 1.125rem;background-color: var(--nv-site-bg);letter-spacing: var(--bodyletterspacing);text-transform: var(--bodytexttransform)\">My work was\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text );font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );letter-spacing: var(--bodyletterspacing);text-transform: var(--bodytexttransform);font-family: Raleway, sans-serif;font-size: 1.125rem;background-color: var(--nv-site-bg)\">selected from hundreds of applications from early career researchers and was shortlisted for the final. I had the honour of showing my work to politicians and a panel of expert judges.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );font-size: var(--bodyfontsize);letter-spacing: var(--bodyletterspacing);text-transform: var(--bodytexttransform);color: #0a0a0a;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;background-color: #fefefe\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Raleway, sans-serif;font-size: 18px\">This was a great experience, and one that I was able to share with fellow STOR-i student Matthew Speers, who was also selected to present his work.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Raleway, sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px\">Check out our posters <a href=\"https:\/\/stemforbritain.org.uk\/stem-for-britain-finalists-2024\/#maths\">here<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-798beff\" data-id=\"798beff\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d2266b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3d2266b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/stor-i-student-sites\/carla-pinkney\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2024\/03\/Matt_and_Carla-1-768x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-641\" alt=\"Matt And Carla\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/stor-i-student-sites\/carla-pinkney\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2024\/03\/Matt_and_Carla-1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/stor-i-student-sites\/carla-pinkney\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2024\/03\/Matt_and_Carla-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/stor-i-student-sites\/carla-pinkney\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2024\/03\/Matt_and_Carla-1-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/stor-i-student-sites\/carla-pinkney\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2024\/03\/Matt_and_Carla-1-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/stor-i-student-sites\/carla-pinkney\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2024\/03\/Matt_and_Carla-1.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b0c172d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b0c172d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7ef5210\" data-id=\"7ef5210\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b0b8ea5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b0b8ea5\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6fb4b2d\" data-id=\"6fb4b2d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\/*! elementor &#8211; v3.20.0 &#8211; 26-03-2024 *\/ .elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]&gt;a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px} PhD Student at STOR-i Centre for Doctoral Training, Lancaster University My PhD project is entitled &#8216;Understanding Neuronal Synchronisation in High Dimensions&#8217;. 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