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

Alexandra Pierri Chatzikalymniou, Ph.D.

Lab(s):

Skinner

Research:

Analyzing theta/gamma rhythms in the hippocampus

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

Afroditi Talidou, Ph.D.

Lab(s):

Lefebvre

Research:

Dynamical systems, PDEs, white matter plasticity

Graduate Students

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

Daniel Park

Lab(s):

Lefebvre

Research:

Weakly coupled networks with delays, myelin plasticity

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

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

David Crompton

Lab(s):

Lankarany

Research:

Implementing neuron models in neuromorphic chips

Jaipratap Grewal

Lab(s):

Lankarany

Research:

Efficient Modelling of Basal Ganglia

Matthew Murphy

Lab(s):

Lankarany

Research:

Parametric fitting of models to represent DBS

Emma Nassif

Lab(s):

Lefebvre

Research:

Activity-dependent myelination

Spandan Sengupta

Lab(s):

Skinner

Research:

Neuron Modeling: theta and pyramidal cells

Anna Shirkalina

Lab(s):

Skinner/Lankarany

Research:

Neuron modeling: parameter estimation

Jack Zhenyang Sun

Lab(s):

Skinner

Research:

Neuron modeling: biophysics and reductions

Shakiba Tonekabonipour

Lab(s):

Lankarany

Research:

Neuromorphic Engineering; neuron models on FPGA