Mohammad Khazali

I am studying the neural basis of human memory 

Postdoctoral Researcher in neural basis of human memory                                 Since March 2021

Epilepsy Center, Freiburg University Hospital, Freiburg - Germany

• Carrying out fundamental experiments to elucidate the neural mechanisms underlying human memory using single-neuron recordings, intracranial EEG, direct brain stimulation and analyzing recorded data.
• Managing and sharing the data with our collaborators and present results in meetings and conferences. 

Postdoctoral Researcher in neurophysiology and behavior                         Apr 2017 – March 2021

Center for Neural Science, New York University, New York - USA

• Developed and utilized hardware (CAD) and software tools in Matlab and Python to conduct multimodal neural recordings during visual guided look (eye tracking) and reach (touch and joints tracking) behavior. 
• Analyzed the behavioral and neural data (Single-units, LFPs, ECoG) applying spectral and coherence analysis, multi-dimensional reduction (PCA, SVD, LDA), regression analysis, and generalized linear models.
• Applied statistical validation using hypothesis testing, permutation testing, multicomparisons correction.

Neuroscience Mentor                                                                                             Jun 2018 –Jun 2020

Center for Neural Science, New York University, New York - USA

• Mentor inNYU BrainWaves program, where students learn to carry out original brain experiments using EEG equipment in the classroom. There, I received the NYU BrainWaves Prize for mentors.

PhD Student Researcher                                                                                       Jan 2011 - Mar 2017

Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research, Tübingen University, Tübingen - Germany

• Designed and coded interactive setup which integrates visual stimulus, eye tracking, perceptual responses and neural recordings using Python.
• Designed and conducted experiments to study eye movement and motion sickness in humans. I analyzed the data using Matlab, and discovered a new type of eye movement. Due to this work I won “The 2017 Trainee Professional Development Award“given by the Society of Neuroscience, San Diego - USA, 2017.

Research Assistant - Internship                                                                           May 2010 - Dec 2010 

Medical Psychology and Neurobiology Institute, Tübingen University, Tübingen - Germany 

• Optimized the signal processing, data analysis pipeline applied on EEG recordings using Matlab.

Master Thesis                                                                                                          Sep 2009 - Apr 2010

Hochschule Furtwangen University, VS Schwenningen - Germany

• Applied model based analysis of static versus dynamic respiratory system adaptation in Matlab.

PhD, Behavioral Neuroscience                                                                                 Oct 2010 - Dec 2018

International Max Planck Research School, Tübingen – Germany

Master of Science, Biomedical Engineering                                                                       Oct 2008 - Aug 2010

Hochschule Furtwangen University, VS Schwenningen – Germany

Bachelor of Science, Biomedical Engineering                                                          Aug 2003 - Jul 2007

The Hashemite University, Zarqa - Jordan