Ella Batty

Assistant Director for Educational Programs

Preferred Pronouns:

She/Her

KEMPNER GLOBAL COMMUNITY I speak: English

Contact Information

Subjects I Teach:

  • Programming
  • Mathematical Tools for Neuroscience
  • Computational Neuroscience

Areas I Research:

About

Ella joined the Kempner Institute as the Assistant Director for Educational Programs in October 2022. In this role, Ella oversees the institute’s educational initiatives, designs and teaches workshops and courses, and organizes educational and community events. Before joining the Kempner Institute, Ella served as the Associate Director of Computational Neuroscience Training within Harvard University’s Department of Neurobiology. She has held various leadership roles at Neuromatch Academy, a nonprofit dedicated to making computational sciences education globally accessible, including her current position on the Research & Development Advisory Committee. Ella holds a PhD in computational neuroscience from Columbia University, where she worked with Liam Paninski, and a BSc in Neuroscience and BA in Physics from Brown University.

Research Focus

Batty’s current research focuses on computational education.