Main
This website contains information about myself, projects that I work on, publications that Im doing or that I've already done and similar stuff. Consider it as a basic look into what I do with my life. The basic idea is simple: take a biomedical sciences student, let him work as a coder on Linux/GNOME for several hours a week and write it down in xhtml.
About me
I'm Ronald, 24 years old, currently living in New York City, NY/USA, graduated as Master of Science in biomedical sciences at the University of Utrecht (the Netherlands). I've recently enrolled as a Ph.D. student in the graduate school of medical sciences of Cornell University (in New York City). In my free time, I'm (amongst other things) a free software coder. The result of my coding efforts can be found here.
Apart from biomedical sciences and computer software, I'm interested in philosophy (particularly political philosophy), I like going to movies, music concerts, hang out with friends and the usual stuff that every person does.
You can find more detailed random personal stuff on my weblog. If you think my software or research rocks, let me know (or buy me a music CD)!
Software
On your left, you'll find free software that I've published in the past. It's pretty much all related to video or multimedia, and will mostly run only on Linux boxes, although some of it may run on other systems as well. Most of the software is Gtk+-/GNOME-based. The software varies from video codecs (GStreamer plugins) to playback (e.g. Totem), capture (e.g. Cupid) and editing applications.
I'm currently actively maintaining some of the projects on the left, but given my studies, I have only limited time. Therefore, when emailing me with questions, support requests or patches, please allow some time before I get back to you.
Research
At the bottom left, you'll find the places where I've studied and where I'm currently studying. I'm a second-year graduate student in the Pharmacology program of the Graduate School of Medical Sciences of Cornell University. I work in the lab of dr. Shi of the Developmental Biology program at the Sloan-Kettering Institute, which is a part of the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in the upper east side of Manhattan. My research focus is neuronal polarity, neurogenesis and neuronal migration in the embryonic cortex.
When I have publications, I will add those to this page. Also, when time comes, I'll add short descriptions of my research focus for those interested.
My neuro-development research is indeed not very computing science-related. Reversely, my computing science hobby is not very neuro-development-related. I find it interesting to do different things in my life. The variation keeps me motivated to be able to focus on each one of them.
