Center for Mind, Brain, Computation and Technology

Anthony M Norcia

My research program centers around spatial vision and involves the use of behavioral, oculomotor, electrophysiological and functional MRI techniques in humans. My research has focused for many years on normal visual development as well as abnormal visual development in patients with strabismus, autism and cortical visual impairment. To inform this work, I also work with normal adults and animal models. I have published over 30 papers on the normal developmental process, the first in 1977.

Liqun Luo

Dr. Luo grew up in Shanghai, China, and earned his bachelor's degree in molecular biology from the University of Science and Technology of China. After obtaining his PhD in Brandeis University, and postdoctoral training at the University of California, San Francisco, Dr. Luo started his own lab in the Department of Biology, Stanford University in December 1996. Together with his postdoctoral fellows and graduate students, Dr. Luo studies how neural circuits are assembled during development, and how their architectures enable them to perform specific functions in adults. Dr.

Jin H Lee

The Lee Lab uses interdisciplinary approaches from biology and engineering to analyze, debug, and manipulate systems-level brain circuits. We seek to understand the connectivity and function of these large-scale networks in order to drive the development of new therapies for neurological diseases. This research finds its basic building blocks in areas ranging from medical imaging and signal processing to genetics and molecular biology.

Hannah Field

Hannah graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with a double major in Physics and Electrical Engineering & Computer Science. She received her Master of Engineering from MIT, where she designed power electronic systems for wireless neuromodulation and investigated the use of magnetothermal modulation to stimulate nerve growth. Hannah is currently pursuing her PhD in Bioengineering as a Stanford Interdisciplinary Graduate Fellow, focusing on closed-loop neuromodulation of the central and peripheral nervous systems.

Syamantak Payra

Syamantak (he/him) is a PhD student in Electrical Engineering in Professor Todd Coleman's group. As an undergraduate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, he majored in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science with minors in both Public Policy and Entrepreneurship & Innovation.

Kenji Marshall

Kenji (he/him) graduated from McGill University in 2022 with a B. Eng. in Bioengineering. He is now working with Professor Paul Nuyujukian to earn a PhD from Stanford's Department of Bioengineering. He's interested in using experimental neuroscience to model the basic ways networks of neurons can control movement and make decisions. He has a long term interest in the marriage between neurotechnology and mental health. He also really enjoys creative writing, playing piano, and watching nature documentaries!

Alisa Hathaway

Alisa (she/her/hers) graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with a BS in Computation and Cognition, and a minor in Mechanical Engineering. Alisa plans to pursue her PhD in Electrical Engineering in Professor Todd Coleman’s lab, focusing on neurotechnology research and device development within the gut-brain axis. She hopes to design and test devices, with implications to understand and move towards the tracking and treatment of neurological disorders. In her spare time, Alisa enjoys hiking, playing piano, and reading. 

Alice Tor

Alice (she/her/hers) graduated from UC San Diego with a BS in Bioengineering: BioSystems and a minor in Literatures of the World. She is currently pursuing her PhD in Dr. Paul Nuyujukian's Brain Interfacing Lab. Her research interests broadly include motor learning, stroke recovery, and understanding neural dynamics to improve brain-computer interfaces.

Subscribe to Center for Mind, Brain, Computation and Technology