Lilly May

Computational Neuroscience PhD Student @ Oxford | Formerly TUM, LMU & UC Berkeley | Amgen Scholar ’23

United Kingdom

About

Hey👋🏻 I’m a PhD student in Computational Neuroscience at the University of Oxford. Previously, I studied Bioinformatics at TUM (Technical University of Munich) and LMU in Germany, and was a visiting student at UC Berkeley. I’m passionate about using computational methods to advance our understanding of how the brain works. Through coursework and research experiences, I’ve gained skills in high-dimensional data analysis, machine learning, and the mathematical modeling of biological systems.

Experience

  • Helmholtz Munich (2 yrs 1 mo)
    • Undergraduate Researcher
      Feb 2024 - Sep 2025 · 1 yr 8 mos

      @ Dynamical Inference Lab (PI: Steffen Schneider) Building machine learning models to better understand neural computations.

    • Student Research Assistant in Computational Biology
      Sep 2023 - Sep 2024 · 1 yr 1 mo

      @ Theis Lab Working on: - pertpy, a framework for the analysis of large-scale single-cell perturbation experiments with deep learning models: https://pertpy.readthedocs.io/en/stable/ - ehrapy, a framework for exploratory end-to-end analysis of heterogeneous epidemiology and electronic health record data: https://ehrapy.readthedocs.io/en/stable/

  • Amgen Scholars Program | Research Internship at Institut Pasteur
    Jul 2023 - Sep 2023 · 3 mos

    @ Decision and Bayesian Computation Unit | Lab of Jean-Baptiste Masson Worked on a benchmark study for automated pose estimation pipelines for drosophila larvae as part of a behavioral prediction pipeline.

  • Student Research Assistant in Bioinformatics at Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology - Hans Knöll Institute
    Sep 2021 - Jun 2023 · 1 yr 10 mos

    @Zielinski Lab Analyzed high-dimensional single-cell RNA sequencing data within the realm of immunology.

  • Student Research Assistant in Computational Neuroscience at Technical University of Munich
    Oct 2022 - Dec 2022 · 3 mos

    @ Computation in Neural Circuits Group | Lab of Prof. Dr. Julijana Gjorgjieva Investigated the impact of spontaneous activity in the retina before eye-opening on neurodevelopment, using computational techniques. Resulted in a poster presentation at the COSYNE Conference 2023.