Team

Prof Ernst Niebur, PhD

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Resume
Universität Dortmund, West Germany: Diplom Physiker (MS).
Advisor: Hellmut Keiter.
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL): Certificate in Artificial Intelligence.
Université de Lausanne, Switzerland: Docteur `es sciences (PhD).
Advisor: Paul Erdös.
Caltech: Postdoctoral Training. Mentor: Christof Koch.
Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia.
Adjunct Professor of Information Technology and of Life Sciences.
Currently
Professor of Neuroscience, School of Medicine.
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Whiting School of Engineering.
Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Krieger School of Arts and Sciences.
Affiliated Faculty, Institute for Computational Medicine, Whiting School of Engineering.

Personal/Hobbies

Dr. Aaron Sampson

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Resume
Massachusetts Institute of Technology: S.B. in Physics.
Massachusetts General Hospital: Research Technician, P.I.: Patrick Purdon.
University of California San Diego: Ph.D. in Neurosciences, Advisor: Terrence Sejnowski

Currently
Postdoctoral Fellow, Zanvyl Krieger Mind/Brain Institute, Johns Hopkins University.
Mentor: Ernst Niebur, Co-Mentors: Veit Stuphorn, Sridevi Sarma.
NIH D-SPAN K00 Fellowship

Personal/Hobbies
Hiking, Indoor (windowsill) gardening

Dr. Mahsa Khoshkhou

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Postdoctoral research fellow, Zanvyl Krieger Mind/Brain Institute, Johns Hopkins University.

Mentor: Ernst Niebur

Justin Joyce

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Resume:
B.S. Computer Engineering JHU
M.S. Mechanical Engineering JHU
Computational Neuroscientist, JHUAPL
Computational Neuroscientist, HHMI Janelia

Currently:
PhD Candidate, Neuroscience
Advisors: Ernst Niebur, Srinivas Turaga
Computational Neuroscientist, JHUAPL


Personal/Hobbies

Wildlife photography, board games, cooking

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Tianshu (Anya) Ouyang
Sophomore majoring in Neuroscience and Mathematics at Johns Hopkins University. Research interests include computational neuroscience and cognitive science.

Personal/hobbies
Music, biking

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Kavya Velliangiri

Resume:
Johns Hopkins University, B.S. in Computational Neuroscience and B.A. in Computer Science (exp) May 2025.
Research interests include decision-making, learning and memory, and computational modeling. Hopes to pursue an MD-PhD program in the future.

Personal/Hobbies:
Baking, reading, hiking, and playing guitar.

Kexin (Karol) Sun

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Resume:
Johns Hopkins University, M.S.E. in Neuroengineering (exp) May 2025.
Research interests include attention and decision-making.

Personal/Hobbies:
Basketball, coffee and cats.

Rohan Venkatdas 

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Resume:
Freshman @ Johns Hopkins University, Pursuing a B.S. in Neuroscience.

Research interests
Include infectious disease, neurobiology, and computational medicine

Personal/Hobbies:
Cricket (Huge Virat Kohli Fan), Tennis, Soccer, Hiking

Nandita Balaji

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Resume:

Senior at Johns Hopkins University, B.S. In Neuroscience and B.S. In Computer Science, expected May 2024.

Research interests

Include decision-making, computational neuroscience, and digital health. 

Crystal Li

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Freshman at Hopkins majoring in Applied Math and Neuroscience.
Interested in neural oscillatory mechanisms behind learning/memory, attention, and decision-making.

See section “Lab Alumnae/Alumni” for information about some former lab members

Of historical interest

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Pandemic Lab Meeting (summer 2021; not all lab members were on the Zoom call)