Researcher · Developer · Scientist

Alex Reed
Aparicio

Biopsychologist turned full-stack developer with a passion for bridging neuroscience and technology. Building tools at the intersection of data, cognition, and human behavior.

Alex Reed Aparicio presenting research poster

About Me

I'm a Biopsychology graduate from UC Santa Barbara (Class of 2024) with hands-on research experience in memory, behavior, and neuroscience — and a growing portfolio of software projects spanning NLP, data analysis, and web development.

My work spans academic research across five UCSB labs (Miller Memory Lab, Szumlinski Lab, PADRES Lab, Social Cognitive Development Lab, and Attention Lab) and independent software development, where I apply scientific thinking to real-world technical problems.

I'm particularly drawn to projects that connect computational methods with human cognition — from supply chain health data to real-time audio visualization.

B.S. Biopsychology

University of California, Santa Barbara
Graduated 2024
Neuroscience Research Methods Psychology Data Analysis Python SQL
Work

Projects

Text Summarizer & Sentiment Analysis

Web application using Python, Flask, and NLTK to generate concise summaries from long texts. Clean, efficient NLP tooling.

PythonFlaskNLTKHTML
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California Cities Graph

Graph-based analysis and visualization of California cities using Python. Explores connectivity and geographic relationships.

PythonGraph Theory
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Live Hertz Visualizer

Real-time audio frequency analyzer with dynamic color visualization. Browser-based tool that listens to your microphone and detects dominant frequencies.

HTMLJavaScriptWeb Audio API
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Stock API

Real-time stock price API using Python and web scraping (Yahoo Finance + CNN fallback). Built for rapid portfolio tracking and financial insights.

PythonBeautifulSoupAPIFinance
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MeMoS Study — UCSB Miller Memory Lab

Repository for the Memory, Money, Self study at the UCSB Miller Memory Lab. Psychology experiment infrastructure built with PsychoPy.

PythonPsychoPyResearch
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Global Health Supply Chain Analysis

SQL analysis of supply chain health commodity shipments, focusing on ARV and HIV lab shipments to supported countries. Data-driven healthcare insights.

SQLHealthcareData Analysis
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Thought Summarizer

Python tool for summarizing and organizing thoughts and notes. Lightweight cognitive aid for personal knowledge management.

PythonNLP
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Color Manipulation Library

JavaScript npm package for color manipulation. Provides utilities for converting, adjusting, and working with colors programmatically.

JavaScriptnpm
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Transcript Editor

Research assistant tool built for the UCSB PADRES Lab to streamline editing and review of transcripts.

JavaScriptResearch
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NLP Example

Two Python scripts demonstrating NLP tasks and text summarization using NLTK, tokenization, and natural language processing pipelines.

PythonNLTKNLP
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Credit Card Validator

JavaScript implementation of the Luhn algorithm for credit card validation. Clean, simple, and accurate card number verification.

JavaScriptLuhn Algorithm
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Tic-Tac-Toe

Browser-based Tic-Tac-Toe game built in HTML/CSS/JS. Classic game logic with a clean interface.

HTMLJavaScript
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