Summary
- My research focused on decoding the neural substrates and mechanisms of auditory perception, time and music perception, speech and language networks, working memory, and unsupervised learning of sound sequences.
- I used a combination of behavioral, imaging, and electrophysiological methods to analyse brain data from humans, patients, and animal models in-vitro and in-vivo.
- I analysed data from human MRI, MEG as well as electrophysiological data recorded from populations of neurons in the auditory cortex using computational, statistical and machine learning techniques.
- I have published more than 40 papers with 2500+ citations (h-index: 25).
- My research is described in detail in the following pages: Speech, Time, Memory
Experience
- Sir Henry Wellcome Fellow, University of Oxford
- I led an independent research program funded by the Wellcome Trust focused on unsupervised learning and neural representation of sound sequences using a combination of electrophysiological, imaging and computational methods.
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Ecole Normale Supereiure
- I investigated unsupervised learning and memory for random noise sequences in the auditory cortex using a combination of in-vivo electrophysiological, computational and anatomical techniques.
- Postdoctoral Fellow, University College London
- Auditory Scene Analysis (how does the brain separate meaningful sounds from noisy backgrounds)
- Rhythm and Time Perception (how does the brain compute time in rhythmic sound sequences)
- Mapping changes in the language network in Stroke patients' brains after therapeutic interventions
- Working memory (how does the brain encode and remember acoustic features like pitch and time)
- PhD Candidate, University College London
- PhD in Cognitive Neuroscience with Prof. Tim Griffiths, FMedSci at the Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging
- Received Full PhD Scholarship funded by UCL and the Wellcome Trust
- My research was recognised with numerous awards from the Royal Society, Wellcome Trust, Max Planck Institute
- Gave 40+ talks at international conferences on Neuroscience & AI
- My research was covered by: BBC, ABC, IndiaAI, World Economic Forum, Business Insider, Science Museum (London)
- MSc Candidate, University of Oxford
- Clarendon Scholar (Awarded to the top 1% of all graduates)
- Graduate member of Balliol College
- Member of the Oxford University Quiz Society (represented Oxford in BBC quizzes - Pointless & Battle of the Brains)
- Member of the Oxford University Table Tennis Club (represented Balliol College)
- Member of the Oxford Entrepreneurs Club (undertook a course in Building a Business at Said Business School)