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Timothy Dunn

Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Biomedical Engineering

Research Interests


Machine learning, computer vision, neurobiology, animal behavior, computational neuroscience, prognostic modeling, traumatic brain injury

Selected Grants


Neurobiology Training Program

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2024 - 2029

Development of brain-scale neural circuits underlying vertebrate visuomotor transformations

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Eye Institute · 2022 - 2027

Building and implementing a TBI prognostic model featuring real-time analysis of brain CT images

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2022 - 2027

High-resolution 3D tracking of social behaviors for deep phenotypic analysis

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2024 - 2026

High-resolution measurement of natural stimuli and ethologically relevant behavior as platform for understanding the nervous system

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2024 - 2026

Functional connectivity of a brain-scale neural circuit for motion perception

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2022 - 2025

A system for long-term high-resolution 3D tracking of movement kinematics in freely behaving animals

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Harvard University · 2021 - 2024

Multi-scale Deep Movement for Three Dimensional Behavioral Quantification in Individuals and Social Groups

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience · 2021 - 2024

I-Corps: diagnostic & patient management tool for physicians treating movement disorders

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2023 - 2024

High-Resolution, Parallelized Imaging of Freely Swimming Zebrafish with a Gigapixel Microscope

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by Ramona Optics, Inc. · 2018 - 2020

Fellowships, Gifts, and Supported Research


DIHI Innovation Project Grant · 2020 Awarded by: Duke Institute for Health Innovation
DGHI Pilot Grant · 2020 Awarded by: Duke Global Health Institute
Nvidia GPU Grant · 2017 Awarded by: Nvidia
A2 Fellowship · 2015 Awarded by: Japan National Institute of Genetics
Graduate Research Opportunities Worldwide Fellowship · 2013 Awarded by: National Science Foundation
Graduate Research Fellowship · 2010 - 2013 Awarded by: National Science Foundation
Nathan and Violet David Scholarship · 2007 Awarded by: UC Berkeley, Nathan and Violet David Foundation
Regents and Chancellor's Scholarship (full undergraduate tuition) · 2004 - 2008 Awarded by: UC Berkeley Full undergraduate tuition scholarship

External Relationships


  • Higgs Boson Health
  • dannce.ai, inc.

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