KCNhub Research Personnel

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

Postdoctoral Scholars and Research Associates

Afroditi Talidou, Ph.D.

Lab(s):

Lefebvre/Skinner

Research:

Activity dependent myelination, Hippocampal circuit analyses

Alan Diaz, PhD

Lab(s):

Lankarany

Research:

Understanding seizures through data science and machine learning

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

Leon Amadeus Steiner MD/PhD

Lab(s):

Milosevic

Research:

Investigating synaptic plasticity and deep brain stimulation mechanisms

Maximilian Scherer, Ph.D.

Lab(s):

Milosevic

Research:

Deep brain stimulation mechanisms & basal ganglia physiology

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

Faranak Heidari

Lab(s):

Valiante

Research:

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

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

Spandan Sengupta

Lab(s):

Skinner

Research:

Network modeling and analyses

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

Vandana Prasad

Lab(s):

Valiante

Research:

Saccadic Eye Movements

Yijinmide Buren

Lab(s):

Milosevic

Research:

Deep brain stimulation mechanisms and basal ganglia physiology

Yupeng Tian

Lab(s):

Lankarany

Research:

Firing rate network models and DBS control systems

Zhenyang Sun

Lab(s):

De Pittà

Research:

Computational Neuroanatomy, Topological Data Analysis, Astrocyte Calcium Compartmentalization

Undergraduates

Daniel O'Sullivan

Lab(s):

Lefebvre

Research:

Myelination as an agent of signal decorrelation

Darian Eliis

Lab(s):

Skinner/Lankarany

Research:

Analysis of neuronal models

Erica Han

Lab(s):

Lankarany

Research:

Impact of subthalamic DBS via parallel optimization

Josh Saha

Lab(s):

Skinner/Lankarany

Research:

Oscillatory data analyses

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