Postdoc Kianoush Banaie Boroujeni, B.Sc. (Dept. of Psychology)

• Kia develops technical and analytical methods to study neuronal information flow on primates brain circuitry in the front-striatal network.
• He is currently working on distinguishing cell-type specific circuit functions.
• In his main project, he is trying to non-invasively deliver drugs using Focused Ultrasound.

Phd cand. Benjamin Voloh, M.Sc.  (Dept. of Psychology)

• Ben concluded his MSc in 2015 with distinction and an accepted PNAS manuscript on Theta – gamma phase amplitude coupling across prefrontal and anterior cingulate cortex for successful attention shifts!
• Ben works on the dynamic circuit motifs underlying control processes in the anterior cingulate cortex.
• Ben is the 2016 YorkU 3MT Winner, presenting the best 3 minute summary of a graduate thesis across campus.
• Ben has been awarded an NSERC graduate student scholarship!

Dr. Ryan Canolty – Staff Research Scientist

• Ryan’s research focuses on the principles and causal mechanisms governing local computation and long-range communication in distributed brain networks. His prior research has used electrophysiological methods, quantitative analysis, and computational simulation to probe cognitive faculties of the mind and dynamic networks of the brain. The current focus is on developing and applying novel burst detection methods to identify the transient activation of functional networks distributed across multiple brain regions.

Phd cand. Asif Hasan (Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering)

• Asif works on reinforcement learning models to account for improved attention when experiencing novel, complex environments. He has been developing a new Artificial intelligence wrapper that the laboratory uses to test human and animals on complex tasks. Asif’s projects are in collaboration with Prof. Paul Tiesinga from Radboud University.

PhD Seth Koenig – Postdoctoral Fellow,

• Seth works on the neural mechanisms of learning and attention in a network of brain areas encompassing the medial and lateral prefrontal cortex and the basal ganglia.

Shelby Volden – Research Assistant, Vanderbilt University

• Shelby works on cage-based animal training and assist with all aspects of the Cognitive Neuroscience Research.

Phd cand. Chase Mackey, Graduate Student (Neuroscience Graduate Program)

• Chase wants to use behavior, electrophysiology and computational modeling to understand how we use sound features to navigate attentionally demanding scenes. Chase is doing a lab rotation in the Attention-Circuits-Control Laboratory. Researchgate profile.

Milad Naghizadeh – B.Sc. (Biology), Honours Thesis Student, R.A., 2016-2018)

• Milad has moved on to pursue an M.Sc. in Majid Mohajerani’s laboratory in the Department of Neuroscience at Lethbridge University.
• His undergraduate Honour’s Thesis was accepted April 2017.
• He was the primary coder of the Quaddle generation scripts.

Marzyeh Samira (Sam) Azimi – M.Sc. (Biology), R.A., 2015-2018)

• Sam is now a Pharm.D. student in the Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy at the University of Toronto.
• Her M.Sc. thesis “The influence of alpha7 and alpha4 beta2 nicotinic receptor agonists on feature based reversal learning in macaque monkeys” was accepted August 2017.
• Sam carried the prestigious Queens Elizabeth II Graduate Scholarship in 2016/2017!

Dr Veronica Nacher – Postdoctoral Fellow (2015-2017) 

• Veronica has moved to Douglas Crawford’s laboratory at York University.
• In the ACCL, Veronica studied the physiology of attention-related frontal lobe circuits, using electrical microstimulation techniques.

Dr. Hongying Wang – Lab Supervisor (2013-2017)

• Hongying is a Research Associate and Lab Manager at VISTA at York University.
• Hongying’s personal research page.

Stephen Chen, B.A. – Honours Thesis Student, Cognitive Science (2016-2017)

• Stephen’s Honours thesis investigated the predictors of learning in a dynamic context-dependent feature-based learning task.
• Stephen assisted in the development of the USE suite.

Alireza Tajadod, B.Sc. – Honours Thesis Student, Mathematics (2015-2017)

• Alireza’s Honour’s thesis investigated the information carried by error saccades made by nonhuman primates on a gaze-contingent task.