Principal Investigator
Ideator, Creator, and Supreme Ruler of the MontiLab.
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Postdoctoral Scholar
Lord of Chaos
Working on: Using graph theory, information theory, and nonlinear dynamics to characterize what’s happening in the brain whenever it’s unconscious – be it from seizures, anesthesia, or traumatic brain injury.
Graduate Students
Zoe Lee, 4th year PhD Student
GS in the Cognitive Neuroscience program
Amber Hopkins, 3rd year PhD Student
Countess of Consciousness (GS in the Cognitive Neuroscience program)
Working on: Combining non-invasive brain stimulation techniques, including TUS and TMS, with neuroimgaing methods, including MRI and EEG, to investigate how subcortical and cortical structures interact to support consciousness.
Sonya Ashikyan, 2nd year PhD Student
Queen of Cognition
Working on: Investigating mild traumatic brain injuries and cognitive impairments using MRI. Understanding the relationship of language and theory of mind processes in the Broca’s area using TMS and MRI.
Norman Spivak, 3rd year MD-PhD Student
Emperor of Echoencephalography
Working on: Developing novel MR sequences to visualize ultrasound waves; Exploring the safety and efficacy of focused ultrasound as a neuropsychiatric intervention
Former Lab Members
Alessandra Dallavecchia, Ph.D.
Post-Doctoral Fellow at UCLA
Giacomo Bertazzoli, Ph.D.
Post-Doctoral Fellow at Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, and Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Micah Johnson, Ph.D.
Post-Doctoral Fellow at Johns Hopkins University
Evan S. Lutkenhoff, Ph.D.
Senior Scientist at Magnus Medical
Federico Micheli
Jeff Chiang, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor at UCLA in Department of Neurosurgery
John Coetzee, Ph.D.
Post-Doctoral Fellow at Palo Alto Veteran Affairs
Julia Sophia Crone, Ph.D.
Senior Research Scientist at University of Vienna
Amy Zheng, Ph.D.
John Dell’Italia, Ph.D.
Josh Cain, Ph.D.
Branden Bio
MontiLab RA (Currently a graduate student at Princeton University)
Matthew Rosenberg
MontiLab RA (Currently a graduate student at CalTech)
Shawn M. Callahan
UG student at UCLA
Liz Brinson
UG student at UCLA