Christopher "Tyler" Short
Neuroscience PhD Student
Göttingen, Germany
CV
Additional Activities
>100 Animals Fostered
70+ Blood Donations
Volunteered for 2 Neuroscience Conventions
Certifications
Scientific Computing with Python, freeCodeCamp
MATLAB for the MathWorks Certified MATLAB Associate Exam, MathWorks
Laboratory Animal Science - Non-Human Primates, FELASA
GDPR & Human Subject Research in the U.S., CITI
Grant Writing: Graduate Students, Postdocs, and New Faculty, CITI
Certified Pharmacy Technician, 2015-2024, PTCB/TSBP
Accolades
President, Neuroscience Student Association, 2020-2021, UT Dallas
Vice President, Neuroscience Student Association, 2019-2020, UT Dallas
Student Leader of the Year Nominee, School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 2020, UT Dallas
Work Experience
PhD Student, Social Neurobiology Lab, German Primate Center
Aug 2024 - Current
- PhD Thesis: Role of the Pulvinar-Dorsomedial Prefrontal Cortex Pathway in Adaptive Social Valuation in Marmosets
- Master's Thesis Equivalent: Neuronal Basis for Conformity and Individual Bias in a Prefrontal Circuit (Completed March 2025)
Research Associate, Padilla-Coreano Lab, University of Florida
Jan 2024 - Jul 2024
- Piloted a mouse cooperation choice task
- Characterized prefrontal dynamics during reward competition from mouse electrophysiological data
Research Assistant, Neuroimaging of Reward Dynamics (NiRD) Lab, UT Dallas
Nov 2021 - Dec 2023
- Project Lead for study examining effects of taVNS on executive function (Link to paper)
- Project Lead for study examining effects of recreational vs medicinal cannabis use
Clinical Pharmacy Technician, Medical City Las Colinas
Jun 2018 - Dec 2023
- Prepared clinically sterile IV compounds and medications
Grant Intern & Wholesale Consultant, Ted’s Brain Science
Jun 2018 - Dec 2019
- Organized and oversaw the submission of a DoD CDMRP grant application
- Communicated research and product to pharmacists, physicians, and retailers to establish and maintain wholesale relationships
Volunteer Research Assistant / Work Study, PAIN Neurobiology Research Group, UT Dallas
Oct 2018 - Dec 2019
- Applied a mouse migraine model
- Surgically obtained and cultured trigeminal neurons for electrophysiology
Volunteer Research Assistant, Texas Biomedical Device Center, UT Dallas
Jun 2018 - Jul 2019
- Handled rats and data collection for motor recovery
- Observed surgeries, motor mappings, and perfusions
Publications
A non-randomized trial of the effects of transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation on cognitive performance and resting state connectivity
2026
Filbey, F. M., Short, C. T., Leazure, A., Nekoui, N. E., Brown, T., Kroener, S., & Liu, C. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 20, 1801066.
Education
Doctor of Philosophy in Systems Neuroscience
Current
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Master of Science in Applied Cognition & Neuroscience
2023
The University of Texas at Dallas
- TA for NSC 4356 Neurophysiology, Dr. Rukhsana Sultana (Fall 2022)
Bachelor of Science in Neuroscience
2021
The University of Texas at Dallas
- TA for PSY 2317 Statistics for Psychology, Dr. Gayle Schwark (Spring 2019, partial semester)
Associate of Science in Applied Science
2017
Dallas County Community College