Torben Heinbockel.
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Research experience

2026

Medical imaging & reconstruction

UNC–Chapel Hill · Lu research group

Undergraduate research in CT reconstruction and medical imaging. I am developing experience with TIGRE, phantom imaging datasets, and the evaluation of noise, resolution, and reconstruction artifacts.

2022–2026

Insect behavior & chemical ecology

Towson University · Shields laboratory

Behavioral assays examining how house crickets and spotted-wing drosophila respond to plant-derived repellents. This work includes experimental design, data analysis, scientific writing, and two first-author papers in Insects.

Earlier research experience

Nanomaterials chemistry

Towson University · Devadas laboratory

Research experience in gold nanoparticle synthesis and characterization, using serial dilutions, micropipetting, UV-visible spectroscopy, and quantitative analysis.

Selected publications

First-author work · 2026

Music & neuroscience

Independent research proposal · 2025–2026

The Neuroacoustics of Choral Synchrony

A proposed framework connecting acoustic alignment, physiological coordination, social bonding, and inclusive ensemble design. The questions come from years of listening, performing, and working with other singers.

The current work is literature synthesis, hypothesis development, and proposed methodology. It is not a completed empirical study, and no experimental findings are claimed.

Science education

I also coauthored four neuroscience-education papers in Annals of Behavioral Neuroscience in 2020, on sensory systems, reflexes, neurotransmission, and the brain.

Separately, I contributed as a Young Reviewer for Frontiers for Young Minds. Those are reviewing credits, not authored research papers.

In development

Methyl benzoate analogs & spotted-wing drosophila

Collaborative work on structure–activity relationships and repellency. A manuscript is in preparation; it is not listed as a published paper.

Talks & research presentations