Education

Ph. D., University of Washington, 2005-2010
    School of Medicine, Division of Biomedical and Health Informatics

B. S., Purdue University, 2001-2005
    Major Concentrations: Mathematics, Computer Science, Biology (triple-major)
    Coursework Foci: discrete math, statistics, algorithms, theory of computation, biochemistry

Publications

• Benson NC, Butt OH, Datta R, Brainard DH, Aguirre GK (2011) Surface structure and retinotopic function are tightly linked within human striate cortex. Curr. Biol. Submitted.
• Benson NC, Daggett V (2012) A comparison of methods for the analysis of molecular dynamics simulations. J. Phys. Chem. B In Preparation
• Benson NC, Daggett V (2012) A graph theoretic approach to event detection in molecular dynamics simulations. J. Bioinformatics Comput. Biol. In Press.
• Benson NC, Daggett V (2012) Wavelet Analysis of Protein Motion. Int. J. Wavelets Multi. In Press.
• van der Kamp MW, Schaeffer RD, Jonsson AL, Scouras AD, Simms A, Toofanny RD, Benson NC, Anderson PC, Merkley ED, Rysavy S, Bromley D, Beck DAC, Daggett V (2010) Dynameomics: a comprehensive database of protein dynamics. Structure 18: 423-435.
• Benson NC, Daggett V (2008) Dynameomics: large-scale assessment of native protein flexibility. Protein Sci. 17(12): 2038-50.
• Simms AM, Toofanny RD, Kehl C, Benson NC, Daggett V (2008) Dynameomics data warehouse: Design of a computational lab workflow and scientific data repository. Protein Eng. Des. Sel. 21(6): 369-77.
• Benson NC, Whipple M, Kalet IJ (2006) A Markov model approach to predicting regional tumor spread in the lymphatic system of the head and neck. AMIA Annu. Symp. Proc. :31-5.

Conference Abstracts

• Benson NC, Brainard DH (2012) An unsupervised learning technique for typing cones in the retinal mosaic. J. Vis. 12 May (upcoming)
• Butt OH, Benson NC, Datta R, Aguirre GK (2012) V1 resting-state functional connectivity reflects polar angle and eccentricity both within and between hemispheres. Poster to be presented at the 12th Annual Vision Sciences Society Meeting. 13 May (upcoming)
• Benson NC, Brainard DH, Stambolian D (2012) Contrast sensitivity at soft drusen in early age-related macular degeneration using fine-detail perimetry. Poster to be presented at the 2012 Annual Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) Meeting. 9 May (upcoming)
• Benson NC, Butt OH, Datta R, Brainard DH, Aguirre GK (2011) A universal retinotopic mapping of V1 with respect to anatomy. Poster presented at the 11th Annual Vision Sciences Society (VSS) Meeting. 11-16 May
• Butt OH, Benson NC, Datta R, Brainard DH, Aguirre GK (2011) Multi-focal and phase-encoded retinotopy compared. Poster presented at the 11th Annual Vision Sciences Society (VSS) Meeting. 11-16 May
• Benson NC, Daggett V (2010) Determining the molecular basis of disease in single nucleotide polymorphism variants using wavelet analysis. Poster presented at the 54th Annual Biophysical Society Meeting. 20-24 Feb

Extracurricular

• Graduate and Professional Student Senate
  • Executive Committee Member, summer 2008
  • Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender minority senator 2007-2009
• Faculty Senate Committee on Planning and Budgeting, student member, 2009
• Student Visit Day Coordinator, Biomedical and Health Informatics, 2006-2008
• Admissions Committee Student Member, Biomedical and Health Informatics, 2009