Curriculum Vitae
Mara Ellison Voss · Postdoctoral Researcher
Appointments
Postdoctoral Researcher
Institute for Theoretical Neuroscience, ETH Zürich · Zürich, CH
Modelling uncertainty representation in cortical circuits; mentoring two doctoral students.
- Led the population-geometry project across two labs (5 people).
- Secured an SNSF Spark grant for uncertainty benchmarking.
Research Intern
DeepMind · London, UK
Structured latent models for scientific time-series data.
Education
PhD, Computational Neuroscience
Gatsby Unit, University College London · London, UK
Thesis: Latent variable models for large-scale neural population activity. Advised by Prof. J. Hartwell.
MSc, Machine Learning
University of Edinburgh · Edinburgh, UK
Distinction. Dissertation on variational inference for time series.
BSc, Physics
University of Bristol · Bristol, UK
First-class honours.
Publications
- 2025 · journal
- 2024 · conference
- 2024 · preprint
When do linear readouts fail? A stress test for neural decoding
M. E. Voss, D. Feldmann, S. Ortega
arXiv
- 2023 · workshop
Temporal scaling in recurrent representations of interval timing
S. Ortega, M. E. Voss
Cosyne (Workshop)
Awards
SNSF Postdoc.Mobility Fellowship
Swiss National Science Foundation
Outstanding Thesis Award
UCL Faculty of Life Sciences
Cosyne Presenter Travel Award
Computational and Systems Neuroscience
Teaching
Co-lecturer — Probabilistic Machine Learning
ETH Zürich (MSc)
Teaching Assistant — Statistical Inference
UCL (MSc)
Skills
Python · TypeScript · Julia · C++ · R · MATLAB
JAX · PyTorch · NumPy / SciPy · React · scikit-learn
Variational inference · Dynamical systems · GLMs · Dimensionality reduction · Bayesian modelling
Languages
English — native · German — B2 · French — B1