Max Hodak
Scientist-in-training working on brain-machine interfacing at Duke. Previously founded MyFit (acquired by Hobsons) to make talent identification and student-college matching a bit more rigorous. American, French dual citizen.
| Headline: | Scientist |
| Website: | http://www.maxhodak.com/ |
| Industries: | Biotech, Computing, Information Technology, Internet |
| Skills: | AJAX, Business, C/C++, Computer Engineering, Database Administration, Databases, Design, Django, Engineering, English, Entrepreneurship, Facebook platform, Flash, HTML / CSS, Java, Javascript, Languages, Languages and Platforms, Leadership, MacOS applications, PHP, Python, Software Engineering, SQL, System Administration, Unix, Web design, Web Development, Windows applications |
| Location: | Palo Alto, CA |
| Visas: | US, EU |
| Interested in: | Brainstorming, Finding business partners, Finding cofounders, Finding engineers, Finding experts, Finding team mates, Getting press, Helping friends, Meeting new people, Patenting my idea, Professional opportunities, Promoting my startups, Raising money, Receiving feedback, Recruiting, Recruiting for my startup, Starting a company |
| Schools: | Duke University |
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | Nicolelis Lab, Duke University Medical Center |
| Position: | Undergraduate |
| Time period: | January 2007 - Present |
| Description: | The lab develops brain-machine interfaces. I do data analysis and help collect data in primate studies (so, basically anything I'm needed for in the lab) to contribute the lab's projects with the ultimate goal of developing a better BMI and publishing papers on the work. |
| Employer: | MyFit |
| Position: | Co-founder & CEO |
| Time period: | June 2008 - August 2010 |
| Description: | Co-founded MyFit after having developed a Facebook applications and website for students to predict college acceptances in 2006. MyFit raised a Series A from NEA in 2009 and was acquired by Hobsons in Fall 2010. |
EDUCATION
| University: | Duke University |
| Time period: | 2006 - 2011 |
| Degree: | Biomedical Engineering, BEng |
PUBLICATIONS
| Papers: | Hodak, M.J., O'Doherty, J.E., Lebedev, M.A., Nicolelis, M.A.L. (2008) Transformational mapping in a brain-machine interface for reaching. In Society for Neuroscience 38th Annual Meeting, Washington DC. |
INFORMATION
| Memberships: | Society for Neuroscience (student member) |
Max's Startups (1)
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Quantios
Quantios intelligently matches students to colleges, prospects to employers, and enables sophisticated analytics for many other fields where math improves intuition.
Max is Following (3)
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BUILD.org
Our mission is to provide real-world entrepreneurial experience that empowers youth from under-resourced communities to excel in education, lead in their communities, and succeed professionally.
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Tribal Shout
Tribal Shout provides on-demand access to any podcast or audio blog that is publicly available on the Internet - whenever you want to listen to them - whether connected to the Internet from a desktop computer, a laptop or any landline or mobile ...
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YouNoodle
YouNoodle is a place to discover and support the hottest early-stage companies and university innovation.
Max's Contacts (13)
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Josh Staab
Co-Founder of Carolus Apparel
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Sam Purtill
Product manager by day, software engineer by night. Living in San Francisco and working on YouNoodle around the clock.
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