Thomas Naselaris, Ph.D., Primary Investigator
Thomas majored in Math and Philosophy as an undergraduate at Indiana University. He received a Ph.D. in Neuroscience under Apostolos Georgopoulos at the University of Minnesota. He completed a postdoctoral fellowship under Jack Gallant at University of California, Berkeley. He joined the Department of Neurosciences at MUSC as an Assistant Professor in 2012. He is now an Associate Professor in the Department of Neuroscience at the University of Minnesota, and a member of the Medical Discovery Team on Optical Imaging and Brain Science at the Center for Magnetic Resonance Research. He is co-founder and currently Executive Chair of the Conference on Cognitive Computational Neuroscience.
Ghislain St-Yves, Ph.D., Post-Doc
Ghislain completed a Biophysics B.Sc. and Physics M.Sc. at UQTR, Québec. He subsequently studied at the University of Calgary, where he received his Ph.D. in Physics under Prof. Joern Davidsen in 2015. His main thesis work focused on simulations, modeling, and analysis of the statistical properties of 2D and 3D spatiotemporal chaos in chemical and electrochemical systems. Ghislain started postdoctoral studies in neurosciences at MUSC in June 2015.
Tiasha Saha Roy, Ph.D., Post-Doc
Tiasha completed a B.Sc(Hons) degree in Mathematics from the University of Calcutta and M.Sc in Mathematics and Computing from IIT Guwahati. She received her Ph.D. from IISER Kolkata in 2021. Her PhD thesis focused on exploring the neural timeline of different real world perceptual decision making tasks. She is currently a postdoc in the Naselaris Lab.
Koustav Banerjee, M.S., Research Assistant
At the University of Minnesota, Koustav is a Master's student in Robotics. He completed his Bacheleor's in Electronics from Ramaiah Institute of Technology, Bangalore. He enjoys all things related to Cognitive Neuroscience and Computational Imaging, and at the Naselaris Lab, his thesis is focused on probabilistically reconstructing an imagined image and studying the stability of it. Outside of work, he avidly loves films, books, and photography, but tragically isn’t a gifted artist himself.
Reese Kneeland, Ph.D, Graduate Student
Reese is a Master's student in Machine Learning and Cognitive Sciences at the University of Minnesota, and completed his Bachelor's degree in Computer Science here at UMN. He specializes in computer vision and is working on the "Second Sight" project decoding stimulus images from fMRI brain activity signals. Outside of work he enjoys cooking, climbing, and contemplating the nature of mind and conscious experience.
Hayden Johnson, Post-Bacc., Researcher
Hayden explored psychology, neuroscience, and philosophy before ending with a B.Sc. in computer science from the University of Minnesota. He maintains this interdisciplinary approach in his current work where he uses machine learning, Bayesian statistics, and information theory to better understand the generative nature of the brain. Outside of the lab, he enjoys reading, traveling, and wandering about the local music scene.
Elizabeth Alene, Research Assistant
Elizabeth Alene is a senior at Highland Park Senior High School who is currently working as a research assistant at the Thomas Naselaris laboratory. She is a full IB Diploma Candidate and Mandarin Immersion Student. She is part of the HealthPartners Teen Leadership Council where she serves as an activity leader for consultations with doctors, She hopes to explore the intersection between neuroscience, economics, healthcare, and public policy in her University years. She also is an 2023 International Civics Unplugged Civic Innovation Fellow and a National Leadership Enterprise for A Diverse America (LEDA) Cohort 19 Scholar)
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