INC Members

Directors

Terrence Sejnowski

Terrence Sejnowski

Director

858-453-4100

Gert Cauwenberghs

Gert Cauwenberghs

Co-Director

858-534-6938

Administration

Coreen Davis

Cory Davis

Management Services Officer

cwdavis@ucsd.edu


Robert Buffington

Robert Buffington

System Administrator

858-246-2833
rbuffington@ucsd.edu
website

Xandra Dvornikova

Xandra Dvornikova

Research Administrator

xdvornikova@ucsd.edu


Robert Buffington

Khushbu Gokalgandhi

Senior Research Administrator

kgokalgandhi@ucsd.edu

 

Margaret Paulson

Margaret Paulson

Volunteer


Steven Schumacher

Steven Schumacher

Research Administrator

sschumacher@ucsd.edu


Rachel Weistrop

Rachel Weistrop

Digital Communications Specialist

858-922-5208
rweistrop@ucsd.edu


Student Assistants

Faline Le

Faline Le

Gracie Nguyen

Gracie Nguyen

Suhani Ranjan

Suhani Ranjan

 

Core Faculty

Gert Cauwenberghs

Gert Cauwenberghs

Professor

INC Co-Director / Bioengineering

Andrea Chiba

Andrea Chiba

Professor

TDLC Co-Director / Cognitive Sciences and Program in Neuroscience

Gary Cottrell

Gary Cottrell

Professor

TDLC Director / ECE

Virginia de Sa

Virginia de Sa

Professor

Computer Science

Arnaud Delorme

Arnaud Delorme

Research Scientist

SCCN

Research Interests

  • Continued development of the EEGLAB software for EEG single-trial analysis and independent component analysis.
  • EEG data mining using super-computers in large sets of data comprising thousands of subjects.
  • Brain dynamics associated with mind wandering and its relationship to the default network.
  • Neural correlates of meditation andother transcendental experiences in different traditions.
Jeng-Ren Duann

Jeng-Ren Duann

Project Scientist

SCCN

Research Interests

  • fMRI Basics
    Most current analysis methods for fMRI data assume a priori knowledge of the time course of the hemodynamic response (HR) to experimental stimuli or events in brain areas of interest. In addition, they typically assume homogeneity of both the HR and the non-HR "noise" signals, both across brain regions and across similar experimental events. When HRs vary unpredictably, from area to area or from trial to trial, an alternative approach is needed. Here, we use infomax Independent Component Analysis (ICA) to detect and visualize variations in single-trial HRs in event-related fMRI data.
Jean-Marc Fellous

Jean-Marc Fellous

Researcher

INC

Research Interests

Study of the neural bases of complex behaviors. Spatial navigation in ‘megaspace’ and hippocampal coding. Probabilistic decision making and the role of the prefrontal cortex. Rat-Robot interactions. Role of sleep in memory consolidation and optimization. Computational roles of neuromodulation. Neural bases of emotions. We use a combination of in vivo behaving techniques in the rodent (high density electrophysiology, optogenetics), and detailed biophysical computational modeling. More information at the Computational and Experimental Neuroscience Laboratory website.

Mateusz Gola

Mateusz Gola

Associate Research Scientist

SCCN

Research Interests

  • Brain mechanisms of motivation, reward, and conditioning
  • Neural basis of behavioral addictions (especially compulsive sexual behaviors and problematic pornography use)
  • Neural and psychological mechanisms of substance use disorders
  • Basic mechanisms of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) effects on brain activity
    Use of TMS and EEG for addiction treatment
  • Development of more effective methods for addiction treatment
Tzyy-Ping Jung

Tzyy-Ping Jung

Research Scientist/Adjunct Professor

SCCN

Research Interests

  • Analysis and interpretation of neural activity measured by EEG, MEG and fMRI associated with human cognition, awareness and perception.
  • Brain-computer interface and interaction
  • Development of mobile wireless EEG and BCI systems that feature dry EEG sensor arrays and integrated data and signal processing hardware and software to obtain non-invasive, high spatial and temporal resolution, recording and interpretation of brain activity in unconstrained, freely-moving human subjects within operational environments.
Claudia Lainscsek

Claudia Lainscsek

Project Scientist

INC

Scott Makeig

Scott Makeig

Research Scientist

SCCN Director

Research Interests

  • Analysis and modeling of human cognitive event-related brain dynamics as captured by high-dimensional EEG, MEG and other imaging modalities now including body motion capture.
Marcelo Mattar

Marcelo Mattar

Assistant Professor

Cognitive Science

Research Interests

  • The neuroscience of memory and decision making
  • Designing computational models and neuroscience experiments to understand how we simulate the future to guide our decisions
Gal Mishne

Gal Mishne

Assistant Professor

Halıcıoğlu Data Science Institute

gmishne@ucsd.edu - website

Research Interests

  • Manifold learning
  • Diffusion geometry
  • Computational neuroscience
  • Image processing and Biomedical signal processing
  • Applied harmonic analysis
Masaki Nakanishi

Masaki Nakanishi

Assistant Research Scientist

INC

Research Interests

  • High-speed brain computer interfaces
Julie Onton

Julie Onton

Project Scientist

INC

Research Interests

  • To identify and localize EEG dynamics associated with PTSD and TBI in the military population to better diagnose and treat these disorders
  • To optimize low-profile, at-home sleep EEG recordings and subsequent analyses to identify sleep abnormalities in behavioral health settings and therefore improve overall treatment outcomes
David Peterson

David Peterson

Associate Research Scientist

INC

Vilayanur Ramachandran

Padmini Rangamani

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

858-534-4734

Terrence Sejnowski

Terrence Sejnowski

Professor

INC Co-Director / Salk Institute

Joseph Snider

Katerina Semendeferi

Professor

Department of Anthropology

Yahya Shirazi

Seyed (Yahya) Shirazi

Assistant Project Scientist

SCCN

syshirazi@ucsd.edu

Joseph Snider

Joseph Snider

Associate Project Scientist

INC

Ying Wu

Ying Wu

Assistant Research Scientist

SCCN

Research Interests

  • Semantic processing
  • EEG brain dynamics and learning
  • Second language acquisition
  • Discourse analysis and pragmatics
  • Social neuroscience
  • Gesture and action comprehension

Affiliated Faculty

Thomas D. Albright

Thomas D. Albright

Salk

858-453-4100

William Bechtel

William Bechtel

Philosophy

858-822-4461

Richard Belew

Richard Belew

Cognitive Science

858-534-2601

Maksim (Maxim) V. Bazhenov

Maksim (Maxim) V. Bazhenov

Medicine

858-534-8391

Ursula Bellugi

Ursula Bellugi

Salk

858-453-4100

Edward Callaway

Edward Callaway

Salk

858-453-4100 x1158

Richard Carson

Richard Carson

Economics

858-534-1055

Gert Cauwenberghs

Gert Cauwenberghs

Bioengineering

858-534-6938

Andrea Chiba

Andrea Chiba

Cognitive Science

858-822-1817

EJ Chichilnisky

EJ Chichilnisky

Salk

858-453-4100 x1286

Paul Churchland

Paul Churchland

Philosophy

858-534-4883

Patricia Churchland

Patricia Churchland

Philosophy

858-822-1655

Todd P. Coleman

Todd P. Coleman

858-534-8207

Garrison Cottrell

Garrison Cottrell

Computer Science

858-534-6640

Anders Dale

Anders Dale

Radiology

858-822-6671

Sascha du Lac

Sascha du Lac

Salk

858-453-4100 x5877

website

Vikash Gilja

Vikash Gilja

Electrical and Computer Engineering

858-822-0685

Michael Goldbaum

Michael Goldbaum

Opthalmology

858-534-3516

Ralph Greenspan

Ralph Greenspan

858-822-7657

Allen Gruber

Allen Gruber

Neurosciences

858-458-1927 x24

Eric Halgren

Eric Halgren

Neurosciences

858-822-0762

Deborah Harrington

Deborah Harrington

Radiology

858-822-0075

Todd Hylton

Todd Hylton

Electrical and Computer Engineering

858-534-9195

Harvey J. Karten

Harvey J. Karten

Neurosciences

858-534-4938

David Kirsh

David Kirsh

Cognitive Science

858-822-0672

Anastasia Kiyonaga

Anastasia Kiyonaga

Cognitive Science

858-246-4909

David Kleinfeld

David Kleinfeld

Physics

858-822-0342

Kenneth Kreutz-Delgado

Kenneth Kreutz-Delgado

Electrical and Computer Engineering

858-534-7895

William Kristan, Jr.

William Kristan, Jr.

Biology

858-534-4760

Duygu Kuzum

Duygu Kuzum

Neuroelectronics

Irene Litvan

Irene Litvan

Neurosciences

858-657-8540

Donald MacLeod

Donald MacLeod

Psychology

858-534-3975

Harold Pashler

Harold Pashler

Psychology

858-534-3974

Vilayanur Ramachandran

Vilayanur Ramachandran

Psychology

858-534-6240

Bhaskar Rao

Bhaskar Rao

Electrical and Computer Engineering

858-534-6186

John Reynolds

John Reynolds

Salk

858-453-4100 x1749

Ayse P. Saygin

Ayse P. Saygin

Cognitive Science

Terrence Sejnowski

Terrence Sejnowski

Biology

858-534-9662

Joseph Snider

Katerina Semendeferi

Professor

Department of Anthropology

John Serences

John Serences

Psychology

858-534-3686

Tanya Sharpee

Tanya Sharpee

Salk

858-453-4100 x1857

Patrick Shoemaker

Patrick Shoemaker

Bioengineering

website

Gabriel Silva

Gabriel Silva

Bioengineering

858-822-4591

Larry Squire

Larry Squire

Psychology

858-552-8585 x3628

Mohan Trivedi

Mohan Trivedi

Electrical and Computer Engineering

858-822-0075

Bradley Voytek

Bradley Voytek

Cognitive Science

Ruth Williams

Ruth Williams

Mathematics

858-534-6446

Angela Yu

Angela Yu

Cognitive Science

858-822-3317

David Zipser

Fadel Zeidan

Department of Anesthesiology; Center for Mindfulness

858-246-2391

David Zipser

David Zipser

Cognitive Science

858-534-3359

Staff Researchers

Yan-Cheng (Bill) Hsu

Yan-Cheng (Bill) Hsu

Staff Research Associate

Ryan Lay

Ryan Lay

RSCH AND DEV ENGR

 

Alejandro Lobo

Alejandro Lobo

RSCH AND DEV ENGR

 

Jessica Li

Jessica Li

Staff Research Associate

Nicole Wells

Dung Truong

Applications Programmer

Nicole Wells

Nicole Wells

Staff Research Associate

Jacob Yenney

Jacob Yenney

RSCH AND DEV ENGR

Postdoc Scholars

Hyeonseok Kim

Hyeonseok Kim

Leon Lange

Leon Lange

leolange@uni-osnabrueck.de

Johannes Leugering

Johannes Leugering

Michael Levy

Michael Levy

Mohammad Samavat

Mohammad Samavat

Jiahao Song

Jiahao Song

Research Interests
Compute-in-memory and memories circuit, mixed signal circuit design, and machine learning on edge.

Margot Wagner

Margot Wagner

Research interests: Machine learning and deep learning tools and analyses applied to neuropsychiatry applications.

Graduate Students

YuYi Chen

YuYi Chen

Manjari Daniel

Manjari Daniel

Cheng-Hua (Jay) Su

Cheng-Hua (Jay) Su

Gwenevere Frank

Gwenevere Frank

Winnie Xu

Winnie Xu

 

 


Undergraduate Students

Valerie Fan

Valerie Fan

 

Ivy Han

Ivy Han

 

Shivani Kedila

Shivani Kedila

Visiting Undergraduate Student

 

Zoe Kim

Zoe Kim

 

April Lin

April Lin

 

Raphael Pamintuan

Raphael Pamintuan

 

Veeraj Sankar

Veeraj Sankar

 

Antara Sengupt

Antara Sengupt

 

 

Haoyin Xu

Haoyin Xu

 

Mattias Yotopoulos

Mattias Yotopoulos

 

Visiting Scholars

Joy Aisha Chen

Aisha Joy Chen

 

Research Interests
The goal of my research is to investigate the interaction between movement and music in the brain using electroencephalography (EEG).

Xiao Hu

Xiao Hu


Research Interests

Learning analytics, music information retrieval and cultural heritage digitisation. The goal of my research is to improve people’s learning and well-being by designing and developing intelligent systems based on the ever-growing amounts and complexity of user data.

Sara Kamali

Sara Kamali


Research Interests
Identifying robust sequences in the brain dynamics; Nonlinear methods for EEG signal analysis; EEG feature extraction with XAI; Nonlinear dynamics and chaotic systems.

Li-Wei Ko

Li-Wei Ko

Jeonghun Ku

Jeonghun Ku


Research Interests

The goal of my research is to develop technology to help patients in rehabilitation using VR, BCI and Brain Stimulation so that their neural plasticity can be facilitated.

Lyle Muller

Lyle Muller

Arthur C Tsai

Arthur C Tsai


Research Interests

My research focuses on EEG dynamic systems, with an emphasis on high-resolution EEG source imaging. I developed the Electromagnetic Spatiotemporal Independent Component Analysis (EMSICA) framework to estimate independent EEG dynamics and their corresponding cortical sources. I am actively expanding and integrating these methods for broader application within the neurophysiology community.

Mari Yamaoka

Mari Yamaoka

Associate Members

Abraham Akinin

Abraham Akinin

Lawrence Livermore National Lab

 

Paul Akshay

Paul Akshay

NextSense Inc

 

Miguel Alvarez

Miguel Alvarez

IEEE

 

Tracy Brandmeyer

Tracy Brandmeyer

Chief Science Officer, BrainMind; Chief Technology Officer, Cognigenics

 

Lyle Muller

Masih Bahrani

 

Frederic Broccard

Frederic Broccard

 

Miguel Alvarez Cabanillas

Miguel Alvarez Cabanillas

 

Stephen Deiss

Stephen Deiss


Marion Sangster Eckmiller

Marion Sangster Eckmiller


Leif Gibb

Leif Gibbs


Ruey-Song Huang

Ruey-Song Huang

University of Macau

Website

Sheng-Hsiou ("Shawn") Hsu

Sheng-Hsiou ("Shawn") Hsu

 

John Iversen

John Iversen

Associate Professor, McMaster University

Siddharth Joshi

Siddharth Joshi

Assistant Professor, University of Notre Dame

 

Christoph Maier

Christoph Maier

IEEE

 

Makoto Miyakoshi

Makoto Miyakoshi

Assistant Professor, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Email

 

Aashish Patel

Aashish Patel

Peter Rowat

Akshay Paul

Email
Peter Rowat

Peter Rowat

 

Ali Safa

Ali Safa

 

Cory Stevenson

Cory Stevenson


Weier Wan

Weier Wan


Qinbo Wang

Qingbo Wang

Technologist and Senior Principal Research Engineer, Western Digital Corporation


Yuchen Xu

Yuchen Xu

Email