Florencia Martinez Addiego

ABOUT ME

Hello! Thanks for visiting my website. I am a Postdoctoral Fellow at Georgia Tech supervised by Dr. Ratan Murty. I recently defended my dissertation as part of the Neuroscience and Cognitive Science programs at Georgetown University. There, I was co-mentored by Drs. Ella Striem-Amit and Maximilian Riesenhuber.

During my PhD I used fMRI and behavioral methods to study how the brain represents actions. Ultimately, we hope our findings may contribute to advancing brain-computer-interface (BCI) technologies. Down the line, I aim to incorporate computational models that may further complement cognitive frameworks of action representations in the brain.

I am passionate about open science and science communication, and I am always looking for opportunities to grow my skills. Please reach out if you think you have a project I may be interested in.

Feel free to explore this site to learn more about my work or get in touch!

  • POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW

    2025 - present

    Postdoctoral fellow supervised by Dr. Ratan Murty.

    School of Psychology, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, G.A.

  • PHD RESEARCHER

    2020 - 2025

    Graduate research assistant supervised by Dr. Ella Striem-Amit and Dr. Maximilian Riesenhuber using functional neuroimaging to study abstract action representations in the brain.

    Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.

  • RESEARCH ASSISTANT

    2019 - 2020

    Undergraduate research assistant supervised by Dr. Maximilian Riesenhuber leveraging pupil behavioral data to understand how the brain assigns meaning to novel stimuli

    Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.

    2016 - 2019

    Undergraduate research assistant supervised by Dr. James Baraniuk studying the neural correlates of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Gulf War Illness

    Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.

  • PHD STUDENT

    2020 - 2025

    Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience
    Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.

  • B.S. IN NEUROBIOLOGY & MATHEMATICS

    2016 - 2020

    College of Arts and Sciences
    Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.

  • CENTER FOR NEUROENGINEERING SUMMER SCHOOL

    June 2025

    Completed week-long course covering topics at the intersection of medicine, neuroscience, engineering, and ethics.

  • COMPUTATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE: VISION

    July 2024

    Completed two week course on visual computational neuroscience at the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in Long Island, NY, USA.

  • BRAINS, MINDS, MACHINES

    August 2023

    Completed three-week-long intensive course on computational neuroscience at the Marine Biological Institute (MBL) in Woods Hole, MA, USA.
    Mentored by Dr. Kohitij Kar

  • CENTER FOR NEUROENGINEERING SUMMER SCHOOL

    June 2023

    Attended week-long seminar-style discussions on topics related to neuroscience and engineering

PROFESSIONAL UPDATES

October 2025 Flo started a postdoc at the Murty Lab
August 2025 Action-type mapping principles extend beyond evolutionarily conserved actions, even in people born without hands is published in PNAS.
August 2025 Flo successfully defends her PhD in Neuroscience & Cognitive Science
April 2025 Flo is awarded the Dr. Karen Gale Exceptional Ph.D. Student Award (Science Category)
April 2024 Flo wins First Place in the Georgetown University 3MT Competition
April 2023 Flo is awarded a FoVea Travel and Networking Award to attend VSS
Sept 2022 Flo is awarded the SFN TPDA

Philosophies

Learn more about my guiding principles and approach to mentorship and work.

Resources

A limited collection of my favorite books, podcasts, articles, and tools.

Thoughts

Read my undeveloped ideas on various topics, focusing mostly on math, neuroscience, and AI.