Project Title: Closed-loop, personalized brain stimulation intervention for impairment of cognitive control
Supervisor: Dr Nir Grossman
Location: C3L, Burlington Danes Building, Hammersmith Campus, Du Cane Road, W12 0NN
About Me
My goal is to help pioneer novel biotechnologies for the treatment of intractable brain disorders. I am currently involved in the use of closed-loop sensory stimulation to bi-directionally modulate cognitive control. A key research aim is to develop mechanistic models that offer quantitative accounts of brain dynamics and behaviour.
Qualifications
- Degree qualifications: BSc Neuroscience, MSc Translational Neuroscience, MRes Neurotechnology
- Course specialisations: Computational Neuroscience, Mathematics for Machine Learning, Deep Learning.
Research Interests
- Neural syntax and the role of brain oscillations in attention and working memory.
- Closed-loop sensory and electrical stimulation using EEG.
- Quantitative modelling of dynamical systems and behaviour.
Presentations and Conferences
A poster on ‘EEG time frequency analysis and inverse modelling in post-traumatic amnesia’ was presented at the Academy of Medical Sciences winter meeting (2017)
Contact Details
How temperature and circadian rhythms intersect to regulate a protein shown to protect against neurodegeneration
A new study led by Dr Marco Brancaccio (UK DRI at Imperial) and Dr Marieke Hoekstra (former UK DRI at Imperial, now VIB-KU Leuven Center for Brain & Disease Research) offers a deeper insight into how a neuroprotective pathway is regulated both by temperature and the body clock. This research, published in the journal PNAS, could open up new therapeutic avenues for neurodegenerative disease. Read more on the UK DRI website
Introducing Cynthia Sandor: Pioneering earlier detection of Parkinson’s
Dr Cynthia Sandor, former Emerging Leader at the UK DRI at Cardiff, joins the UK DRI at Imperial as a Group Leader, where she will be tackling early diagnosis of Parkinson’s.
With a background in genetics, Dr Sandor uses computational methods to bring greater understanding to the underlying molecular mechanisms of Parkinson’s. Read more about Cynthia's work on the UK DRI website.
