KCNhub Research Personnel
Our current students, postdocs, and research associates are presented here.
Postdoctoral Fellows and Research Associates

Idir Mellal, Ph.D.
Research:
Neuromorphic computing & neuro-inspired circuits
Homeira Moradi, Ph.D.
Research:
Translating neural properties to oscillatory activity
Alexandra Pierri Chatzikalymniou, Ph.D.
Research:
Analyzing theta/gamma rhythms in the hippocampus
Marjan Rafiee, Ph.D.
Research:
Music in epilepsy
Scott Rich, Ph.D.
Research:
Understanding seizure onset using computational techniques
Afroditi Talidou, Ph.D.
Research:
Dynamical systems, PDEs, white matter plasticityGraduate Students

Ilir Dema
Lab(s):
LefebvreResearch:
Fitting patient data into computational neuroscience models
Arianna Di Bernardo
Lab(s):
LefebvreResearch:
Networks with distributed delays as a model of white matter
Paul Anthony Foley
Lab(s):
LefebvreResearch:
Computational Modeling of Neurons investigating Neural Plasticity
Alireza Ghadimi
Lab(s):
LankaranyResearch:
Modeling the Basal Ganglia and deep brain stimulation
Melisa Gumus
Lab(s):
SkinnerResearch:
Experimental data coordination, analyses and modeling
Happy Inibhunu (Medical Student)
Lab(s):
Skinner/ValianteResearch:
Neuron modeling and biophysical visualizations
Chaim Katz
Lab(s):
Valiante/ZariffaResearch:
Deep Brain Stimulation and Mechanisms of Memory Formation
Sara Mahallati
Lab(s):
ValianteResearch:
Human cortex single unit laminar microcircuits in vitro
Daniel Park
Lab(s):
LefebvreResearch:
Weakly coupled networks with delays, myelin plasticity
Kramay Patel
Lab(s):
Valiante/PopovicResearch:
Neurofeedback in the Mesial Temporal Lobe.
Mohammad R. Rezaei
Lab(s):
LankaranyResearch:
Neural computation, statistical modeling and deep learning for neural coding
Yupeng Tian
Lab(s):
LankaranyResearch:
Neural computational modelling; ECG & EEG signal processing
Daniel Trotter
Lab(s):
LefebvreResearch:
Oscillatory dynamics and brain stimulationUndergraduates

David Crompton
Lab(s):
LankaranyResearch:
Implementing neuron models in neuromorphic chips
Jaipratap Grewal
Lab(s):
LankaranyResearch:
Efficient Modelling of Basal Ganglia
Matthew Murphy
Lab(s):
LankaranyResearch:
Parametric fitting of models to represent DBS
Emma Nassif
Lab(s):
LefebvreResearch:
Activity-dependent myelination
Spandan Sengupta
Lab(s):
SkinnerResearch:
Neuron Modeling: theta and pyramidal cells
Anna Shirkalina
Lab(s):
Skinner/LankaranyResearch:
Neuron modeling: parameter estimation
Jack Zhenyang Sun
Lab(s):
SkinnerResearch:
Neuron modeling: biophysics and reductions
Shakiba Tonekabonipour
Lab(s):
LankaranyResearch:
Neuromorphic Engineering; neuron models on FPGA
Jueli Vilchis