Team
Principal Investigators
Luka Milosevic, PhD
Scientist | Krembil Brain Institute
Ast. Professor | Inst. of Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto
Ast. Professor | Inst. of Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto
Luka Milosevic completed a PhD in Biomedical Engineering at the University of Toronto, after which he pursued a Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of Tübingen, Institute for Neuromodulation and Neurotechnology, Germany. He is currently a Scientist at the Krembil Research Institute, Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Associate Member of the University of Toronto Institute of Medical Science, and Affiliate Scientist at the KITE Research Institute. His research interests include neuromodulation, brain-machine interfaces, and synaptic plasticity.
William D. Hutchison, PhD
Senior Scientist | Krembil Brain Institute
Professor | Dept. of Physiology, University of Toronto
Professor | Dept. of Physiology, University of Toronto
William D. Hutchison completed a PhD in Pharmacology at the Australian National University. He pursed Postdoctoral Fellowships at the University of Würzburg, Germany, and at the University of Toronto. He is a Senior Scientist at the Krembil Research Institute, Full Professor in the University of Toronto Department of Physiology, and Affiliate Scientist at the KITE Research Institute. He is known for his pioneering work in human single neuron research and he is currently interested in neural substrates of cognition.
Lab Members
Maximilian Scherer, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow | PI: LM
DBS mechanisms & basal ganglia physiology.
Previous: PhD, University of Tübingen, Germany
Previous: PhD, University of Tübingen, Germany
Leon Amadeus Steiner, MD/PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow | PI: LM
DBS mechanisms & synaptic plasticity.
Previous: MD/PhD, Charité Berlin, Germany.
Previous: MD/PhD, Charité Berlin, Germany.
Srdjan Sumarac
PhD Candidate | PI: LM
Closed-loop DBS & biomarker identification.
Previous: BEng, Monash University, Australia.
Previous: BEng, Monash University, Australia.
Frhan Alanazi, MSc
PhD Candidate | PI: WDH
Cognitive processing in the basel ganglia.
Previous: MSc, University of Toronto, Canada
Previous: MSc, University of Toronto, Canada
Dallas Leavitt
PhD Student | PI: LM
Non-motor features of Parkinson's disease.
Previous: BSc, University of Toronto, Canada.
Previous: BSc, University of Toronto, Canada.
Luis Antonio Franco
PhD Student | PI: LM
Biofeedback for Closed-loop DBS.
Previous: BEng, The Autonomous University of Queretaro, Mexico.
Previous: BEng, The Autonomous University of Queretaro, Mexico.
Kiah Alyssa Spencer
MASc Student | PI: LM
Basal ganglia physiology & synaptic plasticity.
Previous: BSc, University of Toronto, Canada.
Previous: BSc, University of Toronto, Canada.
David Crompton
MSc Student | PI: LM
Computational modelling.
Previous: BSc, University of Toronto, Canada.
Previous: BSc, University of Toronto, Canada.
Yijinmide Buren
MASc Student | PI: LM
DBS mechanisms and basal ganglia physiology.
Previous: BHSc, McMaster University, Canada.
Previous: BHSc, McMaster University, Canada.
Emily Haniff, RN
Research Assistant | PI: LM
Basal ganglia physiology & synaptic plasticity.
Previous: BNSc, Queen's University, Canada.
Previous: BNSc, Queen's University, Canada.
Tameem Al-Ozzi, MSc
Research Assistant | co-PI: LM
Substantia nigra physiology.
Current: University of Tübingen, Germany.
Current: University of Tübingen, Germany.
Luka Zivkovic
Research Assistant | PI: LM
Machine learning & signal processing.
Current: iBiomed, McMaster University, Canada.
Current: iBiomed, McMaster University, Canada.
Collaborators
Mojgan Hodaie
Functional Neurosurgery
Scientist - KBI
Professor - Division of Neurosurgery, University of Toronto
Professor - Division of Neurosurgery, University of Toronto
Suneil K. Kalia
Functional Neurosurgery
Scientist - KBI
Associate Professor - Division of Neurosurgery, University of Toronto
Associate Professor - Division of Neurosurgery, University of Toronto
Andres M. Lozano
Functional Neurosurgery
Senior Scientist - KBI
Professor - Division of Neurosurgery, University of Toronto
Professor - Division of Neurosurgery, University of Toronto
Taufik A. Valiante
Functional Neurosurgery
Scientist - KBI
Associate Professor - Division of Neurosurgery, University of Toronto
Associate Professor - Division of Neurosurgery, University of Toronto
Alfonso Fasano
Movements Disorders Neurology
Clinician Investigator - KBI Associate Professor - Division of Neurology, University of Toronto
Milad Lankarany
Computational Neuroscience
Scientist - KBI
Assistant Professor - Inst. of Biomedical Engineering, UToronto
Assistant Professor - Inst. of Biomedical Engineering, UToronto
Milos R. Popovic
Biomedical Engineering
Research Director - KITE
Professor - Inst. of Biomedical Engineering, UToronto
Professor - Inst. of Biomedical Engineering, UToronto
Robert E. W. Chen
Movements Disorders Neurology
Senior Scientist - KBI Associate Professor - Division of Neurology, University of Toronto
Nir Lipsman
Neurosurgery
Scientist - SRI
Associate Professor - Division of Neurosurgery, University of Toronto
Associate Professor - Division of Neurosurgery, University of Toronto
Clement Hamani
Neurosurgery
Senior Scientist - SRI
Professor - Dept. of Surgery, University of Toronto
Professor - Dept. of Surgery, University of Toronto
Jennifer S. Rabin
Neuropsychology
Scientist - SRI
Assistant Professor - Division of Neurology, University of Toronto
Assistant Professor - Division of Neurology, University of Toronto
Sean M. Nestor
Psychiatry
Scientist - SRI
Assistant Professor - Dept. of Psychiatry, University of Toronto
Assistant Professor - Dept. of Psychiatry, University of Toronto
Alumni
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Samantha Chau
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Cindy Nguyen