Short Bio

I am a principal research scientist at the University of Washington Institute for Learning and Brain Sciences, working primarily with human electrophysiological data: magnetoencephalography (MEG), electroencephalography (EEG), functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS), and intracranial EEG (iEEG).

I am a member of the MNE-Python Steering Council and a maintainer of SciPy and other packages in the scientific Python ecosystem. My work on keeping these tools findable, accessible, interoperable, and reusable (FAIR) is supported by an NIH NINDS Research Specialist Award (R50NS147973), along with other national grants.

Software

MNE-Python Steering Council Complete M/EEG analysis: preprocessing, forward and inverse modeling, connectivity, statistics, and machine learning. SciPy Maintainer Core scientific Python library, including the signal processing routines used across the ecosystem. PyVistaQt Maintainer Qt integration for PyVista, enabling interactive 3D visualization in desktop applications. sphinx-gallery Maintainer Builds rich HTML example galleries from Python scripts for project documentation.

200+ more open-source projects on GitHub Including VisPy, PyVista, Matplotlib, NumPy, scikit-learn, nilearn, DIPY, and Sphinx. See also my VTK contributions on GitLab. →

Education & positions

2014–present University of Washington
Principal research scientist, Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences
2011–2013 University of Washington
Postdoctoral fellow, Speech & Hearing Sciences, with Adrian KC Lee
2006–2011 Boston University
MS and PhD in Biomedical Engineering
2002–2006 Kalamazoo College
BA in Mathematics, Physics, and Philosophy

Recent publications

Revolutionizing Pediatric Neurophysiology With Magnetoencephalography
Edgar, J. C., Wilson, T. W., Taulu, S., Nugent, A. C., Ahlfors, S. P., Kenet, T., …, Larson, E., …, and Stephen, J. (2026). Psychophysiology 63(4): e70262. DOI BibTeX

@article{edgar_revolutionizing_2026,
	title = {Revolutionizing {Pediatric} {Neurophysiology} {With} {Magnetoencephalography}},
	volume = {63},
	issn = {1469-8986},
	url = {https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/psyp.70262},
	doi = {10.1111/psyp.70262},
	language = {en},
	number = {4},
	urldate = {2026-04-15},
	journal = {Psychophysiology},
	author = {Edgar, J. C. and Wilson, T. W. and Taulu, S. and Nugent, A. C. and Ahlfors, S. P. and Kenet, T. and Chen, Y. and Bosseler, A. N. and Green, H. L. and Heinrichs-Graham, E. and Gaetz, W. and Larson, E. and Candelaria-Cook, F. T. and Bell, N. M. and Davenport, E. M. and Howell, B. and Evans, M. and Ahtam, B. and Huang, M. X. and Ward, T. W. and Share, B. and Mody, M. and Son, J. J. and Cellier, D. and Peatfield, N. A. and Bardouille, T. and Bailey, L. M. and Grewal, S. and Pratt, K. and Knappe, S. and Alem, O. and Miller, G. A. and Stephen, J.},
	year = {2026},
	pages = {e70262}
}

Implicitly tuned: The neural effects of social feedback on adolescent learning
Bosseler, A. N., Peterson, E. R., Meltzoff, K. K., Mizrahi, J. C., Larson, E., Corrigan, N. M., Taulu, S., Meltzoff, A. N., and Kuhl, P. K. (2026). Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience 81: 101809. DOI BibTeX

@article{bosseler_implicitly_2026,
	title = {Implicitly tuned: {The} neural effects of social feedback on adolescent learning},
	volume = {81},
	issn = {1878-9293},
	url = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dcn.2026.101809},
	doi = {10.1016/j.dcn.2026.101809},
	journal = {Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience},
	author = {Bosseler, Alexis N. and Peterson, Erica R. and Meltzoff, Katherine K. and Mizrahi, Julia C. and Larson, Eric and Corrigan, Neva M. and Taulu, Samu and Meltzoff, Andrew N. and Kuhl, Patricia K.},
	month = oct,
	year = {2026},
	pages = {101809}
}

MNE-LSL: Real-time framework integrated with MNE-Python for online neuroscience research through LSL-compatible devices
Scheltienne, M., Larson, E., Desvachez, A., and Lee, K. (2025). Journal of Open Source Software 10(111): 8088. DOI BibTeX

@article{scheltienne_mne-lsl_2025,
	title = {{MNE}-{LSL}: {Real}-time framework integrated with {MNE}-{Python} for online neuroscience research through {LSL}-compatible devices},
	volume = {10},
	issn = {2475-9066},
	url = {https://joss.theoj.org/papers/10.21105/joss.08088},
	doi = {10.21105/joss.08088},
	number = {111},
	journal = {Journal of Open Source Software},
	author = {Scheltienne, Mathieu and Larson, Eric and Desvachez, Arnaud and Lee, Kyuhwa},
	month = jul,
	year = {2025},
	pages = {8088}
}

Refined signal space separation methods for on-scalp MEG systems
McPherson, A., Fahmy, I., Larson, E., Yeo, W.-J., Holmes, N., and Taulu, S. (2025). Physics in Medicine & Biology 70(13): 135005. DOI BibTeX

@article{mcpherson_refined_2025,
	title = {Refined signal space separation methods for on-scalp {MEG} systems},
	volume = {70},
	issn = {1361-6560},
	url = {https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6560/ade6ba},
	doi = {10.1088/1361-6560/ade6ba},
	number = {13},
	journal = {Physics in Medicine \& Biology},
	author = {McPherson, Alexandria and Fahmy, Iman and Larson, Eric and Yeo, Wan-Jin and Holmes, Niall and Taulu, Samu},
	month = jun,
	year = {2025},
	pages = {135005}
}

Cycling on the Freeway: The perilous state of open-source neuroscience software
Westner, B. U., McCloy, D. R., Larson, E., Gramfort, A., Katz, D. S., Smith, A. M., Delorme, A., Litvak, V., Makeig, S., Oostenveld, R., Schoffelen, J.-M., and Tierney, T. M. (2025). Imaging Neuroscience 3: imag_a_00554. DOI BibTeX

@article{westner_cycling_2025,
	title = {Cycling on the {Freeway}: {The} perilous state of open-source neuroscience software},
	volume = {3},
	issn = {2837-6056},
	shorttitle = {Cycling on the {Freeway}},
	url = {https://doi.org/10.1162/imag_a_00554},
	doi = {10.1162/imag_a_00554},
	urldate = {2026-04-15},
	journal = {Imaging Neuroscience},
	author = {Westner, Britta U. and McCloy, Daniel R. and Larson, Eric and Gramfort, Alexandre and Katz, Daniel S. and Smith, Arfon M. and Delorme, Arnaud and Litvak, Vladimir and Makeig, Scott and Oostenveld, Robert and Schoffelen, Jan-Matthijs and Tierney, Tim M.},
	month = may,
	year = {2025},
	pages = {imag\_a\_00554}
}

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