Our Team

STEFANO RECANATESI - Post doc
Stefano uses tools at the interface of theoretical neuroscience and machine learning to study how the brain processes information. His work aims to elucidate mechanisms of manifold learning seeking to understand how local neural network properties contribute to the global function of broader circuits. His work provides insight into how neural circuits learn, represent and process the immensely complex stimuli encountered in nature. Stefano has a doctoral degree in Theoretical Neuroscience from the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel and master’s and bachelor’s degrees in Theoretical Physics from Scuola Normale Superiore, Italy.

LIA PAPADOPOULOS - Post doc

Prior to beginning at Oregon, Lia completed her Ph.D. in Physics at the University of Pennsylvania, where she was advised by Prof. Danielle Bassett. She is interested in utilizing biophysically-motivated models to study the collective activity patterns exhibited by large neural populations, and to understand the consequences of those dynamics for neural function.


ANDREW LESAK
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Graduate Student (Physics)


DANIEL BURNHAM
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Graduate Student (Biology)


​VALERIE BEALE
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Graduate Student (Physics)


CONNER CARNAHAN
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Graduate Student (Physics)


AUDRA MCNAMEE

Research Assistant
Resident Artist working on a graphic novel on the neuroscience of psychedelics. Website.


MERAV STERN

Visiting Faculty
(Hebrew University)
Homepage

ALIREZA TAVANFAR - Visiting Faculty
Ali's research focuses on the novel theoretical aspects and the interdisciplinary applications of quantum many body systems and on neuroethological decision making and reinforcement learning. He received his PhD in particle physics and Theoretical High Energy Physics from IPM (Freydoon-Mansouri PhD Fellow) and CERN (Marie-Curie EST Fellow). His postdoctoral positions has encompassed Harvard University, CERN, where he continues to be a Visiting-Scientist Member, and Champalimaud Center for the Unknown - Zachary Mainen Laboratory.

COOKIE - Resident Theorist

Her main research interest is in songbirds, especially Blue Jays. She spends most days carefully annotating their behavior at the window.

Alumni


DAVID WYRICK

Graduate Student (Biology), PhD 2022 -> Scientist at the Allen Institute for Brain Science


NICU ISTRATE

Graduate Student (Physics), PhD 2022 -> Data Scientist at Brentwood Industries


PEREGRINE PAINTER

Research Assistant
(co-supervised with the Fishbourne lab)



ZAHARA GIRONES
Postdoc
Moved on to Paul Bays lab at Cambridge University (UK)


MAHBOUBEH KHODDAM

Rotation student