Generators of Knowledge

• B.S. Brandeis University '02 - Mentor: Michael Kahana
• PhD Princeton Unviersity *08 - Mentor: Ken Norman
• Post Doctoral Training at Boston University - Mentor: Michael Hasselmo

PhD, Institute of Neurobiology, National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), Queretaro, México, and Biomedical Research Center of Michoacán (CIBIMI), Michoacán., México.

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I have a bachelor of science in mathematics along with minors in biology and french from north carolina state university. my research interests involve the use of computational data analysis and modeling approaches combined with electrophysiological and chemical imaging measurements to understand the spatiotemporal dynamics of information encoding, processing, decoding and flow in the brain. this includes the clarification of pathways (e.g. circuits and white matter bundles) and mechanisms of the brain such as neural rhythms and neuromodulation.

How does neuronal activity gives rise to phenomenal experience and how do neurons represent information? These questions are important not just because they seem "cool" but rather because they will enable us to build artificial systems that can be sentient. Accordingly, my professional goal is to find principles that we need to know for building sentient machines and transfer information from biological brains into those machines.

I received my pharmacy doctorate from SUMS in Iran and I have been trying to address these questions through different methods such as psychophysics, Electrophysiology, animal behavior, and theoretical analysis. As a graduate student in Newman memory lab, I'm interested in studying neural coding and information transfer in Hippocampus and its interrelated structures. The hope is that this line of research will contribute to elucidation of neural mechanisms of information coding and transfer in neural systems. This is beneficial since experience seems to be nothing more than binding of representations(transfer of coded information). Another angle to attack this problem is theoretical investigation of "consciousness as a state of matter". This hypothesis asserts that consciousness happens when neural ensembles undergo a critical phase transition.

Having these ideas in mind, I will be more than happy to hear about what fellow researchers think about mechanisms of information coding and transfer in neural systems and how we can recreate them in artificial substrates. So don't hesitate to contact me if you want to share your thoughts on these topics!

I received my B.S. in Neuroscience from University of Delaware in 2013. Previous to my joining the Newman Lab I served as the lab manager in the Griffin laboratory at the University of Delaware. My research interests include the role of neural oscillations in spatial navigation, learning and memory & I am also interested in the dynamics of cortical activity particularly how interneurons control and modulate that activity. In addition I hope to in the future do research that spans multiple levels, from molecules to behavior and understand the philosophical underpinnings and assumptions of the field.

I'm an undergraduate student here at IU with a B.S in Psychology and Neuroscience but with a strong growing interest in Business and Clinical Science. I joined the Newman Memory Lab back in December of 2015 beginning my journey through behavioral and systems neuroscience. In my time here, I have become proficient in drive building, surgery, electrophysiology and am now venturing into the project management aspect of our workspace. I am currently applying to graduate programs in industrial/organizational psychology and hope to continue my work in research and industry post-graduation!

What are the underpinnings behind the human brain and ultimately the mind itself? Where is humanity heading? Will 15 minutes really save me 15% or more on my car insurance? These questions, and many many others keep me motivated through the day - and up at night. To tackle the first question, I am studying neuroscience and cognitive science here at IU.

I am intrested in the dynamics of complex adaptive systems, which is what drew me to the brain - one of the most complex of the bunch - and how it learns and remembers.I have my hands in a lot of baskets, but now-a-days they seem to be glued to a keyboard. The last Q is still up for vigorous scientific debate... For more info about me, check out my website

I'm an undergrad pursuing B.S. degrees in Neuroscience and Astrophysics, with a minor in math. I'm captivated by the philosophies and topics of the two (very different!) fields I'm studying, and hope to hold interest in both as I explore them. Many of my interests in neuroscience fall on the computational side, including both biological/artificial neural networks and how they can used to craft simulations and theories. I'm especially curious as to how these ideas, when used in the context of systems neuroscience, can help us understand mechanisms behind learning, memory, and cognition.

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I was born and raised in Evansville, Indiana, and I am now a freshman studying at Indiana University. During my time at IU, I am majoring in neuroscience and planning to minor in chemistry and psychology. Currently, I am working in the Newman lab on a study over the hippocampus’ role in memory retrieval. I’m fascinated by memory formation and degradation in the brain and plan to do work in the future on neurodegenerative diseases.

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Hello! I’m Hannah, an undergraduate student at IU pursuing a major in Neuroscience and a minor in Music. While classes exploring the brain first peaked my interest in neuroscience, it was my research on age, the dentate gyrus of the hippocampus, and traumatic brain injury that solidified my ever-growing fascination with the brain (as my brain tells me). Musical training has been a significant aspect of my life from a young age, with focuses on piano, violin, and voice. Ultimately, I hope to become a surgeon, while still keeping music alive and well in my life.

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I received my B.S. in Physics with a minor in Mathematics from Bethel University in 2014. My undergraduate advisor at Bethel was Adam Johnson, with whom I mostly studied computational neuroscience. Our work focused on learning algorithms, such as reinforcement learning algorithms and nonparametric bayesian statistical methods, and neural reconstruction of place cells in the hippocampus, looking specifically at hippocampal replay within various tasks. Broad interests of mine include understanding the neural mechanisms underlying learning and memory and methods the brain might use to encode information.

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Sarah took her talents to the other team at Princeton University. Although she lives on in every rat she babied, the hole she left in the lab could never be filled, like the hole in her castle on Planet Coaster, which she never finished building, because she was "too busy publishing".

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