Postdoctoral researchers

Dr Edward Rhodes

Eddy develops the translation of the lab technologies to neuromodulatory interventions for neurodegenerative disorders. His research combines non-invasive brain stimulation, neuroimaging such as fMRI, EEG recording, and cognitive and motoric behaviour assessment. Previously, Eddy completed a PhD in cognitive neuroscience at the University of Plymouth. During his PhD he investigated, using brain stimulation, the causal role of alpha and beta brain oscillations in the preparation and execution of voluntary actions. Prior to his PhD, Eddy completed an MSc in cognitive neuroscience at the University of York and a BSc in psychology at the University of Hull.

Email: e.rhodes@imperial.ac.uk
Twitter: @eddyrhodes

Dr Maria Garcia Garrido

Maria is a postdoctoral research associate in the ISN lab, where she is investigating a potential therapeutic treatment based on non-invasive deep brain stimulation, through temporal interference of electric fields, on an amyloid mouse model. Previously, she completed a BSc in Biology at the University of Granada and an MSc in Biomedicine at the University of Barcelona. After briefly joining the Laboratory of Neurobiology at the University of Malaga, she completed a PhD in Neuroscience at the University of Exeter, where she studied the neuronal correlates of spatial memory in a mouse model of dementia.

Email: m.garcia-garrido@imperial.ac.uk

Dr Matteo Vinao-Carl

Many modern systems are high-dimensional, nonlinear and chaotic, with rich dynamics unfolding across multiple scales. A common hallmark of these systems is the emergence of travelling waves - coherent structures that persist through space and time. 

As a postdoctoral researcher at Imperial College London and a neuroimaging analyst at Connectome Health, I develop algorithms to detect travelling waves, explore how they shape cognition, and design interventional strategies to modulate them in neurological and neuropsychiatric disorders. More broadly, I am interested in the link between travelling waves and the emergence of phenomenal consciousness in physical systems - and the use of wave-based computational principles in artificial intelligence. 

Email: matteo.vinao-carl16@imperial.ac.uk
Twitter: @VinaoCarl

Dr Junheng Li

Junheng is co-supervised by Mauricio Barahona (Math). Junheng is a current PhD student in the lab, working on computational analysis of sleep, using feature-based statistical learning to derive the fundamental brain dynamic changes and state transitions. Based on the models and underlying mathematics, Junheng aims to develop closed-loop neuromodulation to facilitate sleep and help with sleep-related problems in people with dementia.