Elizabeth Zavitz

Dr. Elizabeth Zavitz is a Senior Lecturer and Deputy Director of Research in the Department of Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering at Monash University. Her research focuses on computational neuroscience, specifically how visual information is processed and encoded in neural populations. She holds roles as Deputy Biomedical Engineering Course Director and oversees research activities in her department.

Her work integrates behavioral, computational, and electrophysiological methods to study spatial and temporal context effects on neural coding. Notable contributions include studies on primate visual cortex organization, population coding efficiency, and adaptation mechanisms in sensory systems. She has published in journals like Journal of Neurophysiology, Science Advances, and Nature Communications.

Zavitz also designed an educational exhibit, From Noise to Meaning, illustrating visual perception principles. Her research has been featured in Journal of Neuroscience and received F1000 Prime recommendations.

Her academic profile includes collaborations with institutions like the Bosch Institute and international conferences such as Cosyne and Society for Neuroscience. She actively contributes to open-source tools through GitHub repositories focused on neural data analysis and coding education.