Team
Lab Members
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Luka Milosevic, PhD
Principal Investigator
Scientist - KBI
Ast. Professor - Inst. of Biomedical Engineering, UToronto
Ast. Professor - Inst. of Biomedical Engineering, UToronto
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Maximilian Scherer, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
DBS mechanisms & basal ganglia physiology.
Previous: PhD, University of Tübingen, Germany
Previous: PhD, University of Tübingen, Germany
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Leon Amadeus Steiner, MD, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
DBS mechanisms & synaptic plasticity.
Previous: MD, PhD, Charité Berlin, Germany.
Previous: MD, PhD, Charité Berlin, Germany.
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Srdjan Sumarac
PhD Candidate
Closed-loop DBS & biomarker identification.
Previous: BEng & BComm, Monash University, Australia.
Previous: BEng & BComm, Monash University, Australia.
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Prerana Keerthi
PhD Student
Closed-loop DBS & biomarker identification
Previous: BEng, McMaster University, Canada.
Previous: BEng, McMaster University, Canada.
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Luis Antonio Franco
PhD Candidate
Closed-loop DBS & biomarker identification.
Previous: BEng, The Autonomous University of Queretaro, Mexico.
Previous: BEng, The Autonomous University of Queretaro, Mexico.
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David Crompton
PhD Candidate
Computational modelling.
Previous: BSc, University of Toronto, Canada.
Previous: BSc, University of Toronto, Canada.
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Dallas Leavitt
PhD Candidate
Non-motor features of Parkinson's disease.
Previous: BSc, University of Toronto, Canada.
Previous: BSc, University of Toronto, Canada.
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Luka Zivkovic
PhD Student
DBS targeting & mapping optimizations.
Previous: iBiomed, McMaster University, Canada.
Previous: iBiomed, McMaster University, Canada.
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Filip Miščević
PhD Student
BCI devices for speech and audio perception.
Previous: MSc & BSc, University of Toronto, Canada.
Previous: MSc & BSc, University of Toronto, Canada.
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Muhammad Shan Sohail
PhD Student
Optogenetics & Striatopallidal circuit.
Previous: BSc, Osaka University, Japan.
Previous: BSc, Osaka University, Japan.
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Yijinmide Buren
MASc Student
DBS mechanisms and basal ganglia physiology.
Previous: BHSc, McMaster University, Canada.
Previous: BHSc, McMaster University, Canada.
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Claire Lipton
Research Assistant
Interoceptive physiology.
Current: BHSc, Queens University, Canada.
Current: BHSc, Queens University, Canada.
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Reese Clinton
Research Assistant
Basil ganglia physiology.
Current: BSci, Queens University, Canada.
Current: BSci, Queens University, Canada.
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Tristan Lawson
Research Assistant
Computational Modelling.
Previous: BASc, Queens University, Canada.
Previous: BASc, Queens University, Canada.
Collaborators
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Mojgan Hodaie
Functional Neurosurgery
Scientist - KBI
Professor - Division of Neurosurgery, University of Toronto
Professor - Division of Neurosurgery, University of Toronto
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Suneil K. Kalia
Functional Neurosurgery
Scientist - KBI
Associate Professor - Division of Neurosurgery, University of Toronto
Associate Professor - Division of Neurosurgery, University of Toronto
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Andres M. Lozano
Functional Neurosurgery
Senior Scientist - KBI
Professor - Division of Neurosurgery, University of Toronto
Professor - Division of Neurosurgery, University of Toronto
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Taufik A. Valiante
Functional Neurosurgery
Scientist - KBI
Associate Professor - Division of Neurosurgery, University of Toronto
Associate Professor - Division of Neurosurgery, University of Toronto
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Alfonso Fasano
Movements Disorders Neurology
Clinician Investigator - KBI Associate Professor - Division of Neurology, University of Toronto
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Milad Lankarany
Computational Neuroscience
Scientist - KBI
Assistant Professor - Inst. of Biomedical Engineering, UToronto
Assistant Professor - Inst. of Biomedical Engineering, UToronto
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Milos R. Popovic
Biomedical Engineering
Research Director - KITE
Professor - Inst. of Biomedical Engineering, UToronto
Professor - Inst. of Biomedical Engineering, UToronto
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Robert E. W. Chen
Movements Disorders Neurology
Senior Scientist - KBI Associate Professor - Division of Neurology, University of Toronto
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Nir Lipsman
Neurosurgery
Scientist - SRI
Associate Professor - Division of Neurosurgery, University of Toronto
Associate Professor - Division of Neurosurgery, University of Toronto
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Clement Hamani
Neurosurgery
Senior Scientist - SRI
Professor - Dept. of Surgery, University of Toronto
Professor - Dept. of Surgery, University of Toronto
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Jennifer S. Rabin
Neuropsychology
Scientist - SRI
Assistant Professor - Division of Neurology, University of Toronto
Assistant Professor - Division of Neurology, University of Toronto
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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
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Kiah Alyssa Spencer
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Emily Haniff
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Anna Popovic
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Supreet Phangura
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Camille Guerin