People

Current
Former

Faculty

Scott Makeig

Research Scientist & 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.

Tzyy-Ping Jung

Research Scientist & Associate Director, Adj. Professor of Biomedical Engineering, UCSD

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.

John Iversen

Research Scientist & Associate Director

Research Interests

Neural basis of auditory perception
Dynamics of sensory-motor interactions
Musical rhythm perception and production
Rehabilitation of movement disorders using music
The role of music in brain and behavioral development

Mateusz Gola

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

2014–present

Project Scientists

Zeynep Akalin Acar

Research Interests

Numerical Methods in Bioelectromagnetism
Development of Neuroelectromagnetic forward head modeling toolbox
EEG/MEG/ECoG source localization

Arnaud Delorme

Project Scientist

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

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.

SCCN Position(s)

Post-doc: 2003–2004; Assistant Project Scientist: 2004–2010; Associate Project Scientist: 2010–present

Current position

Director, Biomedical Engineering Research and Development Center, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan 404
Associate Professor, Graduate Institute of Clinical Medical Sciecne, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan 404

Ruey-Song Huang

Assistant Project Scientist

Research Interests

Topographical mapping (retinotopy, tonotopy, somatotopy, multisensory maps) of cortical areas using fMRI
Multisensory representation of space in multiple reference frames; multisensory attention, interaction, and integration
Neural basis of metaphorical abstraction of space and time
Multimodal neuroimaging (EEG/fMRI/NIRS) of sensorimotor functions
Brain dynamics (EEG/fMRI) during sustained-attention tasks (driving); alertness monitoring
EEG-based brain computer interface (BCI)
Development of MR-compatible devices

Makoto Miyakoshi

Research Interests

EEG data mining
Statistical methods
Software development on MATLAB
Experimental psychology and cognitive science

Masaki Nakanishi

Research Interests

High-speed brain computer interfaces

2014–present

Julie Onton

Research Interests

EEG Neuroimaging
EEG-Based Feedback

Jason Palmer

Research Interests

Understanding and characterizing the alpha and theta rhythms using statistical signal processing, dynamical systems, and computational neuroscience methods.
General information theoretic properties of independence and mutual information based transformations for large sensor arrays, with application to EEG and speech, image and video coding.
Development of the AMICA program for large scale adaptive parallel ICA.
Development of VLSI implentation of convolutive ICA with adaptive linear process mixture model sources.

Ying Wu

Research Interests

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

Postdoctoral Fellows

Frederic Broccard

Research Interests

EEG Hyperscanning
Cognitive Ethology
Artificial Cognitive Systems
Neuromorphic Engineering
Mobile Brain Imaging

Johanna Wagner

Research Interests

Brain-Computer Interaction
Neurorehabilitation
Mobile Brain Imaging
Neural control of movement timing
Functional roles of Oscillations in sensorimotor processing

2014–present

Graduate Students

Kuan-Jung Chiang

2017

Michael Chuang

Robert Gougelet

Sheng-Hsiou (Shawn) Hsu

Junting Ren

Siddharth

2015–present

Technical Staff

Ramon Martinez Cancino

2016–present

Clement Lee

2017–present

Dung (Young) Truong

2019–present

Nicole Wells

2015–present

Administrative Staff

Robert Buffington

System Administrator

2004–present

Lauren Isagholian

Student

2020

Visiting Scholars

Dan Callan

2013–present

Poyuan Jeng

2018–present

Feng Wan

2019–present

Chi Man Wong

2020

Staff Volunteers

Dylan Davis

2020–present

Amelia Harrison

2019–present

Jonathan Ho

2019–present

Chieh Hsu

Research Interests

Brain computer interface
EEG analysis

2020–present

Daniel John

2019–present

Sydney Kessler

2019–present

Susan Lee

2019–present

Chuyang Xiao

2020–present

Hao Yin Xu

2020–present

Faculty

Ken Kreutz-Delgado

Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering, UCSD

Research Interests

The development of sensor-based intelligent learning systems that can function in unstructured, nonstationary environments and has on-going research activities in the areas of statistical signal processing; statistical learning theory and pattern recognition; adaptive sensory-motor control; nonlinear dynamics and multibody systems theory.

Project Scientists

Klaus Gramann

Research Interests

Mobile Brain Imaging
Spatial Navigation
Visual Attention

Dr. Ruey-Song Huang

Research Interests

Topographical mapping (retinotopy, tonotopy, somatotopy, multisensory maps) of cortical areas using fMRI
Multisensory representation of space in multiple reference frames; multisensory attention, interaction, and integration
Neural basis of metaphorical abstraction of space and time
Multimodal neuroimaging (EEG/fMRI/NIRS) of sensorimotor functions
Brain dynamics (EEG/fMRI) during sustained-attention tasks (driving); alertness monitoring
EEG-based brain computer interface (BCI)
Development of MR-compatible devices

SCCN position(s)

PhD student: 2000–2006; Post-doc: 2006–2010;

Current position

Assistant Project Scientist, Institute for Neural Computation, UCSD

Dr. Li-Wei Ko

Research Interests

Neural Engineering
Brain Computer Interface
Neural Rehabilitation
Wearable Devices.

SCCN position(s)

Visiting PhD student: 2006–2007
Visiting Post-doc: 2008–2012
Visiting Professor: 2017–2020

Current position

Professor, Dept of Biological Science and Technology, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan.

Dr. Chun-Ling Lin

SCCN position(s)

Visiting PhD student: 2010–2011

Current position

Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, Ming Chi University of Technology, Taipei, Taiwan

Dr. Junhua Li

Current position

Research Scientist, Laboratory for Advanced Brain Signal Processing, Brain Science Institute, RIKEN, Wako, Saitama, Japan

2011–2012

Ramesh Rajagopalan

Research Interests

Wearable sensing and IoT enabled systems for mobile and pervasive health care. Applications include diagnosis, monitoring, and management of neurological disorders such as Parkinson's disease, sleep disorders, and chronic illnesses
Wireless communications and networks with specific focus on 5G wireless systems
Data mining, machine learning, and signal processing for health care.

2019–2020 Project Scientist

2016–2018 Visiting Scholar

Yijun Wang

Research Interests

EEG Based Brain-Computer Interfaces
Multimodal Neuroimaging
Mobile Brain Imaging

SCCN position(s)

Post-doc: 2008–2012

Assistant Project Scientist: 2012–2017

Dr. Yuan-Pin Lin

Research Interests

Analysis and modeling of emotion perception and music appreciation
Affective brain-computer interface
Mobile SSVEP-based brain-computer interface

SCCN position(s)

Visiting PhD student: 2009–2010

Current position

Post-doctoral fellow, Institute for Neural Computation, UCSD

Dr. Chun-Hsiang Chuang

SCCN position(s)

Post-doc: 2012–2013

Current position

Post-doctoral fellow, Brain Research Center, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan

Marissa Westerfield

Associate Project Scientist

Research Interests

EEG and MoBI neuroimaging
Autism and aging research

Postdoctoral Fellows

Tarik Bel-Bahar

Research Interests

Neuropsychological process models of emotion, personality, social cognition, and psychopathology. Modeling intra-individual and inter-individual neuropsychological dynamics
Brain and motion dynamics during embodied dyadic interaction, cooperation, and games
Brain dynamics during perception and processing of emotion in faces and sounds
Real world applications such as augmentation of cognitive/social/learning technologies, detection/tracking of psychopathology/wellness, and socio-emotional robotics/AI
Models of meditation/contemplation/prayer and group/collective/ritual behavior.

Özgür Yiğit Balkan

Research Interests

Sparse Signal Decomposition
Machine Learning

Clemens Brunner

Research Interests

Brain-computer interfaces
Application of time series models to biosignals
Machine learning, preprocessing, and feature extraction methods for BCIs
Software development for biosignal analysis tools

Cheng Cao

Research Interests

Yu Liao

Research Interests

Cognitive development
Mother child social interaction
Expectation & reward processing
Development of intention attribution

Francesco Marini

Research Interests

Visual cognitive neuroscience
Attention and distraction-filtering
Working memory
Multisensory integration
EEG brain dynamics

2017–2020

Grainne McLoughlin

Research Interests

Cognitive control
Attention
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Autism Spectrum Disorders
Genetic and environmental influences on brain function
Twin modelling

2013–2014

Benjamin Shih

Research Interests

Adaptive tutoring / training systems
Algorithmic alternatives to human-centric data processing Machine learning methods that incorporate background knowledge to produce interpretable models

Visiting Scholars

Lena M. Andreessen

2015–2017

Fiorenzo Artoni

Research Interests

Developing a Mobile Brain Imaging Lab with the aim of post-stroke (lower limb in particular) rehabilitation. EEG and Gait analysis.
Tactile perception and nerve stimulation: EEG neural correlates to perception
Development of RELICA, a toolbox for the analysis of reliability of independent components, and the correspondent dipole fitting. Study of the performance and the ways to optimize our best GPU/CPU-based ICA algorithms.
Studying the best approaches to standardize the way EEG pre-processing should be performed
Background in Control Engineering, Biomedical Engineering

2014

Pan Baizhou

2019

Jonas Bronstrup

Pablo Burgos

2013

Vinicio Changoluisa

2018

Li-Fen Chen

Yong-Sheng Chen

Research Interests

EEG/MEG source estimation
Morphometric analysis of brain structure using MRI

2013–2014

Yu-Yi Chien

2015–2016

Gabriela Cruz

Research Interests

Use of technology to help brain injured individuals to engage successfully in daily activities.
Rehabilitation of memory and executive functions.
Neural correlates of memory and executive functions.
EEG neuroimaging and rehabilitation.

2012–2013

Deniz Duman

2019

Alper Erdogan

2014–2015

Shang Feng

2015

André Fonseca

2016–2017

Lukas Gehrke

2016–2017

Jia-Lien Hsu

2016–present

Chih-Sheng (Tommy) Huang

Research Interests

EEG-based Sleep Stage Classification
Supervised and Unsupervised Machine Learning
Multiple Classification System
Information flow

2013–2014

Li-Yu Huang

2015–present

Yu-Chieh Huang

2013–2014

Mareike Hulsemann

2014

Wei-De Jeng

2014–2015

Evelyn Jungnickel

2014

Hiroyuki Kambara

Research Interests

Computational modeling of neural motor control and learning
MoBI for visuomotor transformation

2014, 2016–present

Takahiro Kagawa

2016–present

Joong Koo Kang

Research Interests

Epilepsy

Shiyong Kang

2015

Seung Wan Kang

Research Interests

development of gender and age dependent standard reference EEG DB from Korean healthy population
relation & causality between EEG and behavior, emotion, cognitive function
predicting the risk of developmental, behavioral, emotional & cognitive problem by computational analyzing of individual EEGs
relation & causality between EEG, ECG and respiration

2016

Simon Lind Kappel

2015

Shiva Khoshnoud

2016

Young-Hoon Ko

2013–2015

Laurens R. Krol

2014, 2017

Po-Chih Kuo

Research Interests

Decoding and encoding of visual perception
Nonlinear features of MEG/EEG
Endogenous pain perception

2015–2016

Pin-Shiuan Lee

Research Interests

EEG/MEG-beamforming method
Cross-frequency coupling analysis of resting MEG data
Emotion/Affective disorder

Elise Labonte-LeMoyne

Research Interests

Neuroscience, Cognition, Brain and Cognitive Development, Kinesiology, Cognitive Science, Cognitive Psychology, and 16 moreCognitive Neuroscience, Neuropsychology, Memory (Cognitive Psychology), Sport Psychology, Cognitive Neuropsychology, Exercise Physiology, Cognitive development, Sport And Exercise Psychology, Behavioral Neuroscience, Sports Medicine, Exercise and physical activity for health, Exercise Science, Sport, Physical Education, Psychology, and Social Psychology

2015

Grace Leslie

Research Interests

Music Perception and Cognition
Emotion
Motion Capture

Xiao-Ping Li

2014

Chin-Teng Lin

2015

Hongma Liu

2016

Hongbo Liu

2012–2013

Yuan-Pin Lin

Research Interests

Analysis and modeling of emotion perception and music appreciation
Affective brain-computer interface
Mobile SSVEP-based brain-computer interface

Yu-Ting Liu

2015–2016

Zhiya Liu

2016

Hayato Maki

2016

Franziska Michalczik

2014

Enrique Molina

2014

Marie Mueckstein

2017

Helmi Norman

Research Interests

Social cognition in ubiquitous and mobile learning environments
Cognitive models for emerging learning technologies

2014

Paul Pawletta

2015

Juliane Pawlitzki

2017

Steven Peterson

2016

Marco Petilli

2016–2018

Caterina Piazza

2014–2015

Yurong Qin

2016–2018

Joaquín Rapela

Research Interests

Oculomotor behaviors in humans
Attention in humans
Vision in single cells

2012–2017

Andrea Ravignani

2016

Thomas Riis

2013

Ariadna Sáenz Marin

Research Interests

Neural mechanisms of music-evoked emotion
Neural correlates of expressive human movement
Embodied cognition

Yasufumi Sakai

2014

Hsiao-Ching She

Research Interests

Scientific Conceptual Change
On-line Scientific Reasoning and Conceptual Change
On-line Scientific Argumentation and Conceptual Change
EEG, Eye Movement and Science Learning
Teacher-students Interaction and Knowledge construction

Erh-Li Shen

Jingyi Song

2014–2017

Hirokazu Tanaka

2013, 2014–2015, 2016

Nattapong Thammasan

Research Interests

Affective Computing (Emotion Recognition)
Brain-computer Interface in Music Listening
EEG Signal Processing and Analysis
Machine Learning

2016–2018

Arthur Tsai

Kevin Verdiere

2018

YuKai Wang

Research Interests

Machine Learning
EEG Based Brain Computer Interface

2013–2014

Tomas Ward

Research Interests

Neural correlates of temporal perception
Neuroimaging of motor networks for application in rehabilitation
Dual modality Brain Computer Interfaces

Dong Wen

Research Interests

Diagnosis and rehabilitation methods based on EEG/fNIRS/MEG/fMRI/PET data analysis for various types of cognitive impairment
Nonlinear dynamics and networks methods
Health big data mining based on machine learning
Embedded systems based on brain-computer interface

2017–2018

Clemens Wöllner

2018–2019

Chaohua Wu

2014

Fangzhou Xu

Research Interests

Analysis and interpretation of neural activity measured by EEG, MEG, ECG and fMRI associated with human cognition, awareness and perception.
Brain-Computer Interface and Rehabilitation.
Neural Cognition and Human Machine Intelligence Collaboration.

2019–2020

Natsue Yoshimura

Research Interests

Biosignal processing and neural decoding relating to motor control, language, and emotion, using non-invasive recording techniques.

2016

Peng Yuan

Research Interests

Group Neuroimaging
EEG Based Brain-Computer Interfaces
Multi-brain computing and collective wisdom

2012–2013

Minpeng Xu

2014–2015

Thorsten Zander

2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016

Lihuang Zhang

2016

Jialiu Zhang

2016

Lin Zhang

2015–present

Yuxi Zhang

2016–present

Bin Zhao

Research Interests

cognitive neuroscience
speech perception and production
EEG signal processing

2017–2018

Yanhong Zhou

Research Interests

Diagnosis methods based on fMRI/EEG data analysis for cognitive impairment
Health and medical big data mining based on machine learning methods

2017–present

Graduate Students

Matthew Burns

Research Interests

Statistical signal modeling
Intelligent systems
Brain-computer interface

2014–2016

Tsong-Yan Lin

Research Interests

Digital Signal Processing
Eye fixation estimation by Electrooculography (EOG)

Adam Koerner

2011

Tim Mullen

Research Interests

Dynamical systems analysis and neuronal system identification (Synchronization, Information Flow, Causality)
Statistical Machine Learning
Brain-Computer Interfaces
SIFTing through data
Data Visualization