People

Takuji Hayashi, PhD (The University of Tokyo)
Postdoctoral fellow
thayashi at g dot harvard dot edu

Research Interests: effect of inter-trial interval on movement variability

Laith Alhussein, BS (George Mason University)
SEAS Bioengineering PhD Program
laithalhussein at g dot harvard dot edu

Research Interests: motor planning, effect of stiffness in motor adaptation

Rishi Singh, MS (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)
SEAS Bioengineering PhD Program
rishibalsingh at g dot harvard dot edu

Research Interests: effect of feedback latency in motor skill learning

Tanvi Ranjan, BS (Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur)
SEAS Applied Math PhD Program
tanvi_ranjan at g dot harvard dot edu

Research Interests: errors driving motor learning

George Abraham, BS (Swarthmore College, Pennsylvania)
SEAS Bioengineering PhD Program
gabraham at g dot harvard dot edu

Research Interests: effect of feedback latencies on motor learning

Andrew (Jin Soo) Byun, BS (Duke University)
SEAS Bioengineering PhD Program
jinsoobyun at g dot harvard dot edu

Research Interests: reward and error based motor learning

Sarah Burrous, BS (Providence College)
Lab Technician
sburrous at g dot harvard dot edu

J. Ryan Morehead, PhD (UC Berkeley)
Here: Postdoctoral fellow (2015-2019)
ryanmorehead at seas dot harvard dot edu

Research Interests: motor learning and control, visuomotor adaptation, watching people reach for things

Andrew Brennan, MS (Queen's University)
Here: SEAS Bioengineering PhD Program (2011-2018)
abrennan at fas dot harvard dot edu

Research Interests: structural learning, decay of proprioceptive memory

Yohsuke Miyamoto, BS (Harvard University)
Here: SEAS Bioengineering PhD Program (2010-2017)
yrm at seas dot harvard dot edu

Research Interests: reward-based learning

Emerson Fang, MS (Syracuse University)
Lab Technician
efang at seas dot harvard dot edu

Alkis Hadjiosif, PhD (Harvard University)
Postdoctoral fellow
alkis at seas dot harvard dot edu

Research Interests: motor variability and learning, decay and generalization of motor memories

Josh Grossman (Harvard College)
Undergraduate Research Assistant, concentration: Neurobiology
joshuagrossman at college dot harvard dot edu

Research Interests: motor models related to handedness

Curren Iyer (Harvard College)
Here: PRISE Program | Summer 2014

Research Interests: relationship between movement speed and motor learning rates

Shengxin Wang
Here: Research fellow
sxwang at seas dot harvard dot edu

Research Interests: visuomotor learning

Jonas Matzen, BS (Hamburg University of Technology)
Here: Research fellow for Masters thesis
jmatzen at seas dot harvard dot edu

Research Interests: motor memory, anticipatory postural adjustments, implementation of arithmetic calculations in the motor system

Katherine Mallett
Here: Undergraduate Research Assistant, concentration: Neurobiology
kmallett at college dot harvard dot edu

Research Interests: visuomotor learning, generalization of motor learning, working memory

Biljana Petreska, PhD (EPFL / Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne)
Here: Postdoctoral Fellow
petreska at seas dot harvard dot edu

Research Interests: motor neuroscience, computational neuroscience, machine learning, nonlinear dynamical systems, neuropsychology

Jasmine Bailey, MFA (Colgate University)
Here: Lab Technician
jvbailey at seas dot harvard dot edu

Se-Ho Kim
Here: Summer research project
Where: SEAS Applied Mathematics program
kim at seas dot harvard dot edu

Research Interests: visuomotor learning, generalization of motor learning

Fionnuala Connolly, BSc (National University of Ireland, Galway)
Here: Lab Rotation
Where: SEAS Bioengineering PhD Program
fconnolly at seas dot harvard dot edu

Research Interests: motor learning, micrographia in Parkinson's disease

Jordan Brayanov, PhD (Harvard University)
Here: SEAS Bioengineering PhD Program 2005-2012
jordan12 at seas dot harvard dot edu

Research Interests: sensorimotor integration, decision theory, imaging, instrumentation

L. Nicolas Gonzalez Castro, PhD (Harvard University)
Here: SEAS/Harvard-MIT HST, Medical Engineering & Medical Physics PhD Program 2006-2011
Where: Harvard Medical School
lngonzal at seas dot harvard dot edu

Research Interests: movement disorders, motor control, motor learning generalization, rehabilitation medicine

Howard Wu, PhD (Harvard University)
Here: SEAS Bioengineering PhD Program 2006-2012
howard at seas dot harvard dot edu

Research Interests: visuomotor rotation, movement disorders

Gary Sing, PhD (Harvard University)
Here: SEAS Bioengineering PhD Program 2005-2011
gcsing at seas dot harvard dot edu

Research Interests: state-dependent motor primitives, timescales in motor adaptation

Wilsaan Joiner, PhD (Johns Hopkins University)
Here: Postdoctoral Fellow 2007-2008
Where: Postdoctoral Fellow, National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health
joinerw at nei dot nih dot gov

Research Interests: motor control, motor learning generalization

Bijan Najafi, PhD (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology)
Here: Postdoctoral Fellow 2007-2008
Where: Assistant Professor of Biomechanics, Rosalind Franklin University
bijan dot najafi at rosalindfranklin dot edu

Research Interests: motor control, movement disorders, medical devices, instrumentation

Thrishantha Nanayakkara, PhD (Saga University)
Here: Postdoctoral Fellow 2007-2008
Where: Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, King's College
thrish at deas dot harvard dot edu

Research Interests: learning primitives, handedness

Marytheresa Ifediba, MS (University of Utah)
Here: Lab Rotation
Where: SEAS/Harvard-MIT HST, Medical Engineering & Medical Physics PhD Program
ifediba at fas dot harvard dot edu

Research Interests: motor learning retention

Gaston Fiore, MS (MIT)
Here: Lab Rotation
Where: SEAS Bioengineering PhD Program
gafiore at fas dot harvard dot edu

Research Interests: evolution of specific sub-components of motor learning

Matt Hemphill, BS (Washington University in St. Louis)
Here: Lab Rotation
Where: SEAS Bioengineering PhD Program
mah at seas dot harvard dot edu

Research Interests: understanding factors contributing to modulation of learning rates

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