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NCAN Leaders

Jonathan Wolpaw, M.D.

NCAN Director, Research Physician

National Center for Adaptive Neurotechnologies
Albany Stratton VA Medical Center
113 Holland Ave, Albany, NY 12208

wolpaw@neurotechcenter.org

NCAN Scientific Advisory Board

William Z. Rymer, MD, PhD

Professor of Physical Medicine,
Rehabilitation & Physiology

Vice President for Research
at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago

Feinberg School of Medicine
Northwestern University

w-rymer@northwestern.edu

Rymer website

Kip A. Ludwig, Ph.D.

Associate Director of Technology
Neural Engineering Laboratory
Mayo Clinic Rochester

ludwig.kip@mayo.edu

Ludwig website

Hilton Kaplan, MBBCh FCSSA PhD

Associate Research Professor
New Jersey Center for Biomaterials
Rutgers, State University of New Jersey

kaplanh@dls.rutgers.edu

Kaplan website

Charles J. Robinson, DSc

Director of the Center for Rehabilitation Engineering Science & Technology
Dept. Electrical & Computer Engineering
Clarkson University

Professor, Herman L Shulman Endowed Chair
Rehabilitation Engineering Science & Technology
Dept. Electrical & Computer Engineering
Clarkson University

robinson@clarkson.edu

Robinson website

Carolee J. Winstein, PhD, PT, FAPTA

Professor of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy
Division of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy
Laboratory of Motor Behavior and Neurorehabilitation
University of Southern California

winstein@usc.edu

Winstein website

NCAN Administration

Diane M. Ray

Administrative Assistant

National Center for Adaptive Neurotechnologies
Albany Stratton VA Medical Center
113 Holland Ave, Albany, NY 12208

diane.ray@health.ny.gov

518-852-9103

NCAN TR&D Leaders

Aiko Thompson, Ph.D. TR&D 1 Leader Associate Professor Barbara S. Christie Evoked Potential Operant Conditioning Laboratory Dept. Health Sciences and Research College of Health Professions Medical University of South Carolina thompsai@musc.edu Collaborative project description	Alessandro Vato, Ph.D. TR&D 2 Leader National Center for Adaptive Neurotechnologies Albany Stratton VA Medical Center 113 Holland Ave, Albany, NY 12208 vato@neurotechcenter.org Dr. Vato's website
Peter Brunner, M.S., Ph.D. TR&D 3 Leader Associate Professor National Center for Adaptive Neurotechnologies Washington University School of Medicine 660 S. Euclid Avenue, Campus Box 8057, St. Louis, MO 63110 Department of Neurology Albany Medical College brunner@neurotechcenter.org

NCAN Staff

Bruce Herron, Ph.D. Research Scientist Wadsworth Center, NYS Dept Health Center for Medical Sciences 150 New Scotland Avenue, Albany, NY 12208 bruce.herron@health.ny.gov 518-473-6033 Herron website	Jonathan Carp, Ph.D. Research Scientist National Center for Adaptive Neurotechnologies Albany Stratton VA Medical Center 113 Holland Ave, Albany, NY 12208 carp@neurotechcenter.org
C. Steven Carmack, M.S. Senior Hardware/Software Engineer National Center for Adaptive Neurotechnologies Albany Stratton VA Medical Center 113 Holland Ave, Albany, NY 12208 charles.carmack@health.ny.gov	Xiang Yang Chen, Ph.D. Research Scientist National Center for Adaptive Neurotechnologies Albany Stratton VA Medical Center 113 Holland Ave, Albany, NY 12208 chenxy@neurotechcenter.org
Disha Gupta, Ph.D. Research Scientist National Center for Adaptive Neurotechnologies Albany Stratton VA Medical Center 113 Holland Ave, Albany, NY 12208 gupta@neurotechcenter.org	Sue Heckman, MS OT/L, MS Ed. Clinical Research Specialist National Center for Adaptive Neurotechnologies Albany Stratton VA Medical Center 113 Holland Ave, Albany, NY 12208 heckman@neurotechcenter.org
Jeremy Hill, D.Phil Research Scientist National Center for Adaptive Neurotechnologies Albany Stratton VA Medical Center 113 Holland Ave, Albany, NY 12208 jeremy.hill@neurotechcenter.org	Lynn M. McCane, M.S. Research Scientist National Center for Adaptive Neurotechnologies Albany Stratton VA Medical Center 113 Holland Ave, Albany, NY 12208 mccane@neurotechcenter.org
James Norton, Ph.D. Research Scientist National Center for Adaptive Neurotechnologies Albany Stratton VA Medical Center 113 Holland Ave, Albany, NY 12208 norton@neurotechcenter.org	Theresa Vaughan, B.A. Research Scientist National Center for Adaptive Neurotechnologies Albany Stratton VA Medical Center 113 Holland Ave, Albany, NY 12208 vaughan@neurotechcenter.org

NCAN Support Staff

Alexander Belsten Research Assistant National Center for Adaptive Neurotechnologies Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Dept. of Neurosurgery 660 S. Euclid Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63110 belsten@neurotechcenter.org	Lu Chen Assistant Research Scientist National Center for Adaptive Neurotechnologies Albany Stratton VA Medical Center 113 Holland Ave, Albany, NY 12208 chenl@neurotechcenter.org
Nicholas Luczak Research Assistant National Center for Adaptive Neurotechnologies Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Dept. of Neurosurgery 660 S. Euclid Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63110 luczak@neurotechcenter.org	Qiufan Tao Laboratory Technician National Center for Adaptive Neurotechnologies Albany Stratton VA Medical Center 113 Holland Ave, Albany, NY 12208
Timothy Fake Computer Scientist National Center for Adaptive Neurotechnologies Albany Stratton VA Medical Center 113 Holland Ave, Albany, NY 12208 fake@neurotechcenter.org	Xinxin Yang Laboratory Technician National Center for Adaptive Neurotechnologies Albany Stratton VA Medical Center 113 Holland Ave, Albany, NY 12208 xinyangpu@neurotechcenter.org

Collaborators

David Reinkensmeyer, Ph.D. Collaborative Project: Stroke BCI-based EEG Rehabilitation Professor Dept. Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Dept. Anatomy and Neurobiology Dept. Biomedical Engineering University of California, Irvine dreinken@uci.edu Reinkensmeyer website, NCAN project description	Ellyn Riley, Ph.D. Collaborative Project: BCI-based Aphasia Rehabilitation Associate Professor Dept. Communication Sciences & Disorders Syracuse University Assistant Research Professor Dept. Neurology SUNY Upstate Medical University earil100@syr.edu Riley website, NCAN project description
Kathleen M. Friel, Ph.D. Collaborative Project: Reflex Conditioning in Cerebral Palsy Lab Director Clinical Laboratory for Early Brain Injury Recovery Burke Neurological Institute Assistant Professor of Neuroscience Brain and Mind Research Institute Weill Cornell Medicine Co-Director of Research Director of Cerebral Palsy Research Blythedale Children's Hospital kaf3001@med.cornell.edu Friel website, NCAN project description	Nancy Kanwisher, Ph.D. Collaborative Project: Cortical Connectivity by DTI and Stimulation Investigator McGovern Institute Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience Dept. Brain and Cognitive Sciences MIT ngk@mit.edu Kanwisher website, NCAN project description
Robert Knight, M.D. Collaborative Project: Decoding the Prefrontal Cortex Professor Depts. Psychology and Neuroscience University of California, Berkeley rtknight@berkeley.edu Knight website, NCAN project description

Post-Doctoral Associates

Amin Nourmohammadi, M.Sc, PhD Post-Doctoral Associate National Center for Adaptive Neurotechnologies Albany Stratton VA Medical Center 113 Holland Ave, Albany, NY 12208 nourmohammadi@neurotechcenter.org	Hohyun Cho, Ph.D. Post-Doctoral Associate National Center for Adaptive Neurotechnologies Albany Stratton VA Medical Center 113 Holland Ave, Albany, NY 12208 hohyuncho815@gmail.com
James Swift, M.Sc.E, PhD Post-Doctoral Associate National Center for Adaptive Neurotechnologies Albany Stratton VA Medical Center 113 Holland Ave, Albany, NY 12208 swift@neurotechcenter.org

Visiting Scientists

Guangye Li Visiting Ph.D. Candidate Center for Medical Science Wadsworth Center New York State Dept. Health liguangye.hust@gmail.com 518-898-4501	Jennifer Barnes, Ph.D. Visiting Research Scientist National Center for Adaptive Neurotechnologies Albany Stratton VA Medical Center 113 Holland Ave, Albany, NY 12208 barnes@neurotechcenter.org
Shubhada Joshi, Ph.D. Visiting Research Scientist National Center for Adaptive Neurotechnologies Albany Stratton VA Medical Center 113 Holland Ave, Albany, NY 12208 sjoshi@neurotechcenter.org	Tao Xie Visiting Ph.D. Candidate National Center for Adaptive Neurotechnologies Albany Stratton VA Medical Center 113 Holland Ave, Albany, NY 12208 Depts. Mechanical and Electronic Engineering Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai, China xie@neurotechcenter.org 518-898-2893

Graduate Students

Markus Adamek, M.Sc.

Ph.D. Student

Division of Biological & Biomedical Sciences
Washington University in Saint Louis

Department of Neurosurgery
Washington University in Saint Louis

adamek@neurotechcenter.org

Alumni

Graduate Students

Joshua Fialkoff, Will Coon, Adriana de Pesters, Ladan Moheimanian

Visiting Scientists

Brendan Allison, Nick Anderson, Andreas Dantele, Gregor Fabiani, Helene Floriach, Jan Kubanek, Gregor Malischnig, Peter Mandl, Juergen Metzler, Jakob Miklautz, Kai Miller, Ursula Mochty, Juan Carlos Montes-Castillo, Juerg Moser, Markus Neuper, Javier Temprano, Zuoguan Wang, Lawrence Crowther, Sivylla Paraskevopoulou

Undergraduate Students

Sean Austin, Richmund Fries, Paul Ignatenko, Sanandeesh Kamat, Chuizheng Kong, Nicholas Mathias, Griffin Milsap, Kathleen Sheridan

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