Members
Current Lab Members
Current Collaborators
Suresh Krishna
Associate Professor, Department of Physiology, McGill.
MBBS (Med School), AIIMS, New Delhi; PhD, NYU, New York.
Spent time at Columbia University, CNRS (Lyon), German Primate Center (Goettingen), MPI for Human Development (Berlin), before coming to McGill (Jan 2020).
Yohai-Eliel Berreby
Ph.D. student, Department of Physiology, McGill
Diplôme d’Ingénieur (combined B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Engineering), Télécom Paris, Palaiseau, France
MPSI/MP CPGE (Math/Physics Classes Préparatoires aux Grandes Écoles), Lycée Hoche, Versailles, France
Buxin Liao
Ph.D. Student, Integrated Program in Neuroscience, McGill.
M.Eng. Student, Biomedical Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China.
B.Eng. in Biomedical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, China.
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Maya Aderka
M.Sc. Student, Department of Physiology, McGill.
B.Sc. in Psychology and Computer Science with an emphasis on Neuroscience, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
During my B.Sc, I worked as a research assistant in Prof. Nitzan Censor lab, which studies memory and learning. I assisted in conducting behavioral studies, as well as studies involving EEG, fMRI and TMS.
In the final year of my B.Sc, I joined Prof. Yuval Nir’s sleep lab to help with an initiative to create SleepEEGpy, a platform to pre-process and analyse sleep EEG data.
Alex Zhao
B. Sc student, Neuroscience program, McGill
My research interests lie in computational neuroscience, as I believe that computational models have the power to capture the brain’s inner workings. In my free time I enjoy reading and solo traveling.
Jacky Chen
B.A. in Psychology with double minors in Behavioral Science and Science for Art Students, McGill
As someone who enjoys playing the piano, I am curious to explore the ways cognitive processes impact musical expression and attentional shifts. My research interests lie at the intersection of psychology, music, and cognitive science.
I was born in Shanghai, China, where I spent the first 18 years of my life. After completing high school, I relocated to Montreal to pursue my studies at McGill University. I really enjoy the lovely summer in Montreal!
Manuel Hanna
B.Eng. Student, Software Engineering (major) and Biomedical Engineering (minor), McGill.
As a Software Engineering student I started my minor in Biomedical Engineering last year with the goal of studying neural systems. I’m interested in using computational modeling to help improve understanding of processes such as attention and motor learning.
I enjoy playing soccer in my free time.
Sophie Yun
B.Sc. Pharmacology, McGill University
I am interested in neuroscience, pharmacology, and human physiology, both on their own and how they connect. I love learning about how compounds that we consume and are exposed to in everyday life affect the body and brain, and how different systems like vestibular, visual, olfactory, and auditory all work together mechanistically and how that translates physically/behaviourally. I’m especially drawn to understanding how these areas overlap and influence each other in a medical context.
Wayne Wu
B.Sc. Neuroscience student, McGill University.
I’m interested in computational neuroscience, particularly in understanding how processes such as vision, attention, and eye movements arise from underlying structure and mechanisms. More broadly, I’m curious about how mathematical and computational ideas can be used to make sense of brain–behavior relationships.
Outside of school, I enjoy singing and songwriting.
Xueqing Zhai
Non-thesis M.Sc. student, Computer Science, McGill.
I completed my B.Sc. Honours in Computer Science at the University of Toronto, with a focus in Machine Learning and Game Design. I am interested in applying machine learning techniques to real-world problems, and in exploring practical frameworks such as retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) and model integration approaches.
I play video games and do digital painting in my free time.
Zifan Qian
M.M. in Analytics, McGill University.
B.Sc. Computing Science, University of Alberta.
Simmi Agnihotram
Master of Management in Analytics, McGill University
BA in Honours Economics, Concordia University
Interested in machine learning and LLM-based decision workflows. Previously interned at the McGill University Health Center doing statistical analysis on pediatric data, and I look forward to applying this curiosity in health analytics towards how AI workflows can better guide analysis and decision making in the scientific fields such as biology or neuroscience.
Jada Ke Thompson
M.Sc. student in Computer Science (Non-Thesis), McGill
B.Eng. Mechanical Engineering with a minor in Software Engineering, McGill
Interested in machine learning, particularly in areas such as robotics, healthcare, and neuroscience
Fatma Ozlem
Ph.D. student in Medical Physiology at the University of Health Sciences, Hamidiye Faculty of Medicine, Türkiye.
M.Sc. in Physiology from Dokuz Eylul University, Türkiye.
My research focuses on time perception, reward processing, food preferences, and music-induced modulation of cognition. I am interested in behavioral and cognitive neuroscience, particularly the mechanisms through which reward and affect influence temporal judgments and decision-making. My work combines psychophysical methods, EEG/ERP techniques, and quantitative data analysis to investigate the neural and behavioral mechanisms underlying perception and cognition.
Lavinia Azer
B.Sc Student, Major in Psychology & Minor in Linguistics, Mcgill
I’m interested in exploring how the brain perceives and integrates complex auditory and linguistic information, particularly music, sound, and language. Outside of school, you will find me learning songs on my piano or guitar.
Erik Mas
PhD student in Quantitative Life Sciences at McGill
My research has primarily been dedicated to bridging the gap between psychology and rigorous statistical methodology. Notably, I focus on leveraging the computational power of modern predictive and inferential models to advance neurocognitive research.
Meena Ramadan
B.Sc. Neuroscience Student, McGill University
Interested in understanding how the brain prioritizes visual information according to our goals and how this shapes perception and behavior.
Shuxin Peng
B.Sc. Student in Physiology, McGill University
I am interested in neuroscience, data analysis, and computational approaches to studying human physiology and behavior.
Outside of academics, I enjoy travelling, hiking, watching cozy mysteries, and exploring different cultures and languages.
Where we are from
Current / Past
Alumni
- Post-doctoral fellow - Katarzyna Jurewicz
- Masters
- Amanda Pruss (2025), IPN
- Xinning Le (2025), IPN
- Haoxiang Liu (2024), IPN
- Buxin Liao (2024), IPN
- Oren Gurevitch (2025), Physiology
- Noa Kemp (2025), Physiology
- PHGY 396 - Sean Solomon, Sarah Beydoun, Pegah Aghili, Jacky Chen, Manuel Hanna
- PHGY 461 - Isidore Victorri
- COMP 401 - Nevine Nzabonimpa, Evan Jiang
- COMP 396 - Evan Jiang
- COMP 693, COMP 694, and COMP 695 - Tanya Kumar
- COGS 401/444 - Injy Fouda, Romina Niksirat, Anna Rose Hunt-Isaak
- PSYC 385/395 - Anais Rubsamen, Alex Parent
- PSYC 494 - Youzhi Huang, Jacky Chen
- NSCI 410 - Alexandru Tecu, Lilia Fernane, Alex Zhao, Samantha Rogers
- BIOL 468 - Eliot Mudry Danisch
- Mackey-Glass Fellowship – Tim Yang
- CDSI Summer Research Fellow - Yiqing Zhu
- Volunteer Researcher - Claire Yang, Edward Tong
- McGill-UAE summer internship - Rashed Alhosani
- MITACS Globalink Interns - Linjing Wang, Jonathan Morris, Alison Jiaxi Wang
- NSERC SURA - Sabrina Du
- Summer interns - Evan Jiang, Yagya Joshi, Kevin (Yuze) Liu
- Undergraduate observers - Caden Welch, Max Tweedale, Elisa Niunin, Yavuz Shahzad, Divi Maheshwari, Lilie Jeanneaux, Yagya Joshi, Bradley Austin-Keiller, Lian Mouwes
- Interns (Google Summer of Code) - Dinesh Sathiaraj, Ioannis Valasakis, Prakanshul Saxena, Abhinav Venkatadri, Somnath Sharma, Jyothi Swaroop Reddy Bommareddy, Soham Mulye, Louis Martinez, Armaan Alam, Dinakar Chennupati, Dhruvanshu Joshi, Lihong Chen, Deepansh Goel, Mohd Faisal Ansari, Michael Lewis, Eva Ozturk, Faraz Shamim, Mat Vallejo, Mikaël Molliex, Abhishek Farshwal.
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