People
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
Visiting Scholar: 2014–2016; Project Scientist: 2016–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
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
Sydney Kessler
Position
- Staff Volunteer 2019–2020
- Staff Research Associate 2020–present
Clement Lee
2017–present
Dung (Young) Truong
2019–present
Nicole Wells
2015–present
Visiting Scholars
Dan Callan
2013–present
Poyuan Jeng
2018–present
Feng Wan
2019–present
Chi Man Wong
2020
Visiting Graduate Students
Staff Volunteers
Dylan Davis
2020–present
Amelia Harrison
2019–present
Chieh Hsu
Research Interests
- Brain computer interface
- EEG analysis
2020–present
Daniel John
2019–present
Susan Lee
2019–present
Chuyang Xiao
2020–present
Hao Yin Xu
2020–present
Administrative Staff
Lauren Isagholian
Student
2020
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
Position
- Postdoc/Project Scientist 2001–2009
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. Junhua Li
Current position
Research Scientist, Laboratory for Advanced Brain Signal Processing, Brain Science Institute, RIKEN, Wako, Saitama, Japan
2011–2012
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. 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
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. 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.
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
Graduate Students
Matthew Burns
Research Interests
- Statistical signal modeling
- Intelligent systems
- Brain-computer interface
2014–2016
David Groppe
Position
- Graduate Student, Cognitive Science 2006–2007
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
Luca Pion-Tonachini
Nicholas Rosseinsky
Position
- Graduate Student, Computational Neurobiology 2003–2007
Cory Stevenson
Research Interests
- Human motor and balance control
- Brain-machine interfaces
- Eye tracking
Chun-Shu Wei
Diane Whitmer
Position
- Graduate Student, Computational Neurobiology 2006–2008
Zhilin Zhang
Research Interests
In algorithms:
- Sparse Signal Recovery
- Bayesian Statistics (Sparse Bayesian Learning, Graphical Model, Hierarchical Model)
- Independent Component Analysis
In applications:
- EEG/MEG Source Localization
- EEG/MEG/fMRI/ECG Data Analysis
- Neuro-Marketing and Neuro-Education
Technical Staff
Rita Beransky
Position
- Staff Research Associate
Susana Brugues
2018–2019
Ramon Martinez Cancino
2016–2020
Melissa Caswell
Yi Chen
Jess Cramer
2020
Marisa Evans
Toby Fernsler
Position
- Programmer/Analyst 2005–2007
Alejandro Ojeda Gonzalez
Position
- Programmer Analyst
Matthew Grivich
Adriana Luz Guerra
Jessica Hsi
Christian Kothe
Josh Levin
Clarissa Lock
Position
- Staff Research Associate
Derrick Lock
Ryan Low
Position
- Staff Research Associate
Nikita Lowell
Susie Lunardi
David Medine
2014–2016
Miryam Palomino
2018–2019
Cooper Roddey
Position
- Scientific Research Associate 2003–2004
Annalisa Salazar
2020
Devapratim Sarma
Jeff Schmitz
Position
- Programmer/Analyst
Hilit Serby
Position
- System Programmer 2004–2006
Nima Bigdely Shamlo
Research Interests
- Brain Computer Interface
- Machine Learning
- Artificial Life
- Visualization
Jenny Stowe Kim
Position
- Laboratory Assistant 2004–2006
Evren Tumer
Position
- Senior Development Engineer
Andre Vankov
Position
- Senior Development Engineer
Visiting Scholars
Jörn Anemüller
Position
- Visiting Postdoctoral Fellow 2002–2004
Lena 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
Stefan Berti
Position
- Visiting Research Fellow 2004
Jonas Bronstrup
Pablo Burgos
2013
Niko Busch
Position
- Visiting Postdoctoral Fellow 2004
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
Stefan Debener
Position
- Visiting Postdoctoral Fellow 2003–2004
Bas de Kruif
Position
- Visiting Postdoctoral Fellow 2006
Deniz Duman
2019
Alper Erdogan
2014–2015
Shang Feng
2015
Luca Finelli
Position
- Visiting Postdoctoral Fellow 2001–2002
Arthur Flexer
Position
- Visiting Postdoctoral Fellow 2003–2004
André Fonseca
2016–2017
Lukas Gehrke
2016–2017
Klaus Gramann
Position
- Postdoc/Project Scientist 2001–2009
- Visiting Postdoctoral Fellow 2006
Allen Gruber
Position
- Asst. Clinical Prof. of Neuroscience 2007–2008
Jia-Lien Hsu
Position
- Clinical Research Fellow 2004–2005
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 Hülsemann
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
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
Il Keun Lee
Position
- Clinical Research Fellow 2003–2005
Pin-Shiuan Lee
Research Interests
- EEG/MEG-beamforming method
- Cross-frequency coupling analysis of resting MEG data
- Emotion/Affective disorder
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
Elizabeth Milne
Position
- Visiting Research Fellow 2007–2008
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
Rey Ramirez
Position
- Postdoctoral Fellow 2005–2008
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
Research Interests
- Brain Computer Interface
- Machine Learning
- Mobile Computing
- Human Computer Interaction
2011
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
Georg Turi
Position
- Visiting Scientist
Arthur Tsai
Position
- Visiting Postdocotral Fellow 2003–2004
Peter Ullsperger
Position
- Visiting Research Fellow 2005–2006
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
Minpeng Xu
Research Interests
- Brain-Computer Interface (BCIs), especially vision-dependent BCIs.
- The generation mechanism of Event-Related Potentials (ERPs).
- The neural mechanisms of attention and expectation.
2014–2015
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
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
2017–2018
Visiting Graduate Students
Vicky Bjerre
Position
- Visiting Graduate Student 05-06
Mads Dyrholm
Position
- Visiting Graduate Student 04-05
Jean Hausser
Position
- Visiting Graduate Student 05-06
Staff Volunteers
Joel Aftreth
2014–2015
Iris Xiaoyu Bi
2019
Avital Birger
Damin Borooah
Scott Burwell
2014
Chiyuan Chang
2017
Tzu-han Cheng
2017
Anthony Cheung
2016
Hristos Courellis
2016
Aleksei Driker
2016
Noah Driker
2016
Raphael Gilliam
2014
Grant Hanada
2013
Jonathan Ho
2019–2020
Andrea Hsieh
2017
Rishikesh Ingale
2017
Shiyong Kang
Christian Lay-Geng
2019–2020
Chang Liu
2017
Andrew Mokhtarzadeh
2020
Natalie Morris
2019
Nick Nguyen
2014
Steven Pillen
2014–2015
Ahmad Soomro
Research Interests
- Idea/Form Theory
- 3D-data Visualization Models
- Machine Intelligence and Ethics
- BCI-enabled, Immersive Virtual Reality
- Haptics and Sensorimotor Interception through nanotechnology
- Sleep and Lucid Dreaming Psychology
2014–2015
Miranda Summers
2017
Dung Truong
2018
Michael Vu
2014–2016
Yinying Wang
Ting Yu
2018
Roland Xu
Wesley Zhuang
2017
Administrative Staff
Grecia Cedillo
Student
2019
Lucy Dang
Human Resources Assistant
Maddie Ebel
Student
Mimi Gim
Financial Assistant
Kevin Johnson
Student
Lori Koller
Position
- Center Administrator 2002–2007
Sabrina Lee
Student
Rhonda McCoy
Sr. Research Administrator
2008–2020
Lily Ouyang
Student
2017–2018
Vivian Trinh
Student
Julie Sullivan
Asst. Center Administrator
Aerin Wang
Student
2018–2020