KCNhub Research Personnel

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

Postdoctoral Scholars and Research Associates

Antoine Fauroux


Lab(s):

De Pittà

Research:

Multiscale Digital Astrocyte Twins

Aref Pariz, Ph.D.


Lab(s):

Lefebvre

Research:

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

Homeira Moradi, Ph.D.


Lab(s):

Valiante

Research:

Translating neural properties to oscillatory activity

Ivan Skelin, PhD


Lab(s):

Valiante

Research:

Understanding human memory using electrophysiology

Nooshin Bahador, PhD


Lab(s):

Lankarany/Skinner

Research:

Development of an explainable AI framework for analyzing brain activities in neurological disorders


Graduate Students and Research Analysts

Andre Cornejo Marin


Lab(s):

Valiante

Research:

Neuromodulation for improving cognition

Antonio Franco


Lab(s):

Milosevic

Research:

Closed loop neuromodulatory approaches for Parkinson’s Disease

Dallas Leavitt


Lab(s):

Milosevic

Research:

Basal ganglia correlates of non-motor features in Parkinson's disease

Daniel Trotter


Lab(s):

Lefebvre

Research:

Oscillatory dynamics and brain stimulation

David Crompton


Lab(s):

Lankarany/Milosevic

Research:

Neuron, network and neuromorphic modeling and analyses

Delaney Sharp


Lab(s):

Valiante

Research:

Investigating DBS in Alzheimer’s disease and neurocognition in epilepsy

Faranak Heidari


Lab(s):

Valiante

Research:

Analyzing and modelling the underlying mechanisms of neurons as part of a neuronal network

Jathushan Kaetheeswaran


Lab(s):

Lankarany

Research:

Investigating the use of wearable technology for neural data acquisition

Mandana Movahed


Lab(s):

Valiante

Research:

Understanding the mechanisms of seizure initiation and propagation

Michelangelo Volpi


Lab(s):

De Pittà

Research:

Biophysical modeling of neuron-glial-vascular interactions

Mohammad R. Rezaei


Lab(s):

Lankarany

Research:

Neural computation, statistical modeling and deep learning for neural coding

Muhammad Shan Sohail


Lab(s):

Milosevic

Research:

Developing Globus Pallidus centric Deep Brain Stimulation Paradigm

Prerana Keerthi


Lab(s):

Milosevic

Research:

Novel biomarkers to evaluate excitation/inhibition balance in movement disorders

Rena Far


Lab(s):

Valiante

Research:

Effect of music and rhythm on human brain cell and circuit dynamics

Sophie Veri


Lab(s):

Valiante

Research:

Finding epileptic regions with combined fMRI-EEG

Spandan Sengupta

Spandan Sengupta


Lab(s):

Lankarany/Skinner

Research:

Understanding population-level dynamics of neuronal circuits under DBS using computational models

Srdjan Sumarac


Lab(s):

Milosevic

Research:

Novel biomarker discoveries for closed-loop deep brain stimulation

Srikar Saradhi


Lab(s):

Lankarany

Research:

Computational Modeling for Deep Brain Stimulation Research

Thomas Biba


Lab(s):

Valiante

Research:

The role of attention in memory integration and pattern completion at a behavioral, neural and computational level

Thomas Nguyen


Lab(s):

Lefebvre

Research:

Defective inhibitory neurotransmission in epilepsy

Xiaoxuan (Noah) Xiao


Lab(s):

Valiante

Research:

Understanding the brain in the wild

Yousif Kashef Al Ghetaa

Yousif Kashef Al Ghetaa


Lab(s):

Lankarany

Research:

Developing AI models for medicine

Zhenyang Sun


Lab(s):

De Pittà

Research:

Computational Neuroanatomy, Topological Data Analysis, Astrocyte Calcium Compartmentalization

Zoe Paraskevopoulos


Lab(s):

Lankarany

Research:

Computationally modelling short-term plasticity


Undergraduates

Darian Eliis


Lab(s):

Skinner/Lankarany

Research:

Analysis of neuronal models

Devon McCarthy


Lab(s):

Lankarany

Research:

Low intensity focused ultrasound for neuromodulation

Erica Han


Lab(s):

Lankarany

Research:

Impact of subthalamic DBS via parallel optimization

Josh Saha


Lab(s):

Skinner/Lankarany

Research:

Oscillatory data analyses

Markson Chen


Lab(s):

Lankarany

Research:

Deep learning, model-based neurostimulation, sensorimotor system

Mike Howard


Lab(s):

Lankarany

Research:

FES and Long-term Plasticity

Nushaab Syed


Lab(s):

Lankarany

Research:

Brain disorder analytics using graph neural networks, Brain Computer Interfaces

Richard Zhang


Lab(s):

Lankarany

Research:

Seizure localization using graph neural networks

Ryan Ballout


Lab(s):

Lankarany

Research:

Mechanizing FES-therapy to help injured spinal cord patients recover the ability to walk