KCNhub Research Personnel

Our current students, postdocs, and research associates are presented here.

Postdoctoral Fellows and Research Associates

Idir Mellal, Ph.D.

Lab(s):

Lankarany

Research:

Neuromorphic computing & neuro-inspired circuits

Homeira Moradi, Ph.D.

Lab(s):

Valiante

Research:

Translating neural properties to oscillatory activity

Aref Pariz, Ph.D.

Lab(s):

Lefebvre

Research:

Information transfer in neuronal networks, Neural oscillations, Brain stimulation.

Marjan Rafiee, Ph.D.

Lab(s):

Valiante

Research:

Music in epilepsy

Scott Rich, Ph.D.

Lab(s):

Skinner/Valiante/Lefebvre

Research:

Understanding seizure onset using computational techniques

Maximilian Scherer, Ph.D.

Lab(s):

Milosevic

Research:

Deep brain stimulation mechanisms & basal ganglia physiology

Leon Amadeus Steiner MD/PhD

Lab(s):

Milosevic

Research:

Investigating synaptic plasticity and deep brain stimulation mechanisms

Afroditi Talidou, Ph.D.

Lab(s):

Lefebvre

Research:

Dynamical systems, PDEs, white matter plasticity

Graduate Students and Research Analysts

Giulio Bonifazi

Lab(s):

De Pittà

Research:

Biophysical modeling of neuron-glial interactions

David Crompton

Lab(s):

Lankarany/Skinner

Research:

Neuron, network and neuromorphic modeling and analyses

Ilir Dema

Lab(s):

Lefebvre

Research:

Fitting patient data into computational neuroscience models

Arianna Di Bernardo

Lab(s):

Lefebvre

Research:

Networks with distributed delays as a model of white matter

Paul Anthony Foley

Lab(s):

Lefebvre

Research:

Computational Modeling of Neurons investigating Neural Plasticity

Alireza Ghadimi

Lab(s):

Lankarany

Research:

Modeling the Basal Ganglia and deep brain stimulation

Melisa Gumus

Lab(s):

Skinner

Research:

Experimental data coordination, analyses and modeling

Happy Inibhunu (Medical Student)

Lab(s):

Skinner/Valiante

Research:

Neuron modeling and biophysical visualizations

Chaim Katz

Lab(s):

Valiante/Zariffa

Research:

Deep Brain Stimulation and Mechanisms of Memory Formation

Sara Mahallati

Lab(s):

Valiante

Research:

Human cortex single unit laminar microcircuits in vitro

Kramay Patel

Lab(s):

Valiante/Popovic

Research:

Neurofeedback in the Mesial Temporal Lobe.

Mohammad R. Rezaei

Lab(s):

Lankarany

Research:

Neural computation, statistical modeling and deep learning for neural coding

Spandan Sengupta

Lab(s):

Skinner

Research:

Network modeling and analyses

Kiah Spencer

Lab(s):

Milosevic

Research:

Understanding Synaptic Plasticity in Parkinson's Disease using Deep-brain Stimulation; Basal Ganglia physiology

Srdjan Sumarac

Lab(s):

Milosevic

Research:

Novel biomarker discoveries for closed-loop deep brain stimulation

Yupeng Tian

Lab(s):

Lankarany

Research:

Neural computational modelling; ECG & EEG signal processing

Daniel Trotter

Lab(s):

Lefebvre

Research:

Oscillatory dynamics and brain stimulation

Undergraduates

Matthew Murphy

Lab(s):

Lankarany

Research:

Parametric fitting of models to represent DBS

Emma Nassif

Lab(s):

Lefebvre

Research:

Activity-dependent myelination