Rosa lab members
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| Professor Marcello Rosa Head, Laboratory for Cognitive and Sensory Systems Neuroscience Email: marcello.rosa@monash.edu Telephone: +61 3 9905 2522 |
| Dr. Nafiseh Atapour NHMRC-funded postdoctoral Fellow: Cellular components of the thalamus and cerebral cortex, and circuit plasticity following damage to the visual system |
| Mr. Shi Bai Software engineer and web developer: Implementation of computational resources for data analysis and sharing via web interfaces |
| Ms Melissa Chong PhD student: Subcortical neuroplasticity following primary visual cortex lesion |
| Ms Gaoyuan Ma PhD student: Recovery of vision following cortical damage: anatomy and behaviour |
| Ms Sadaf Teymornejad PhD student: Characterisation of Inhibitory Neurons in the Healthy and Aged Brain. |
| Rui Zhu PhD student: The project focuses on analyzing neuroanatomical connections between brain areas using neural tracers. |
| Thuy Vy (Eri) Nguyen Research Officer |
| Vincent Day Technical assistant |
| Emmanual Cho Technical Officer |
| Ms. Cecilia Cranfield Administrative assistant – Compliance |
Alumni | |
| Mrs. Katrina Worthy Laboratory manager: Development of experimental surgery and histological techniques. Laboratory safety and compliance. |
| Konstantinos Chatzidimitrakis Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, University of Bologna |
Hsin-Hao Yu Senior AI consultant and data scientist at IBM Consulting. He has been leading AI-related projects for the Australian government and clients in the finance and energy sectors | |
| James Bourne Senior Investigator, Section on Cellular and Cognitive Neurodevelopment, NIMH. |
| Dr. Piotr Majka Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, Warsaw, Poland, and ARC Centre of Excellence for Integrative Brain Function: Development of Neuro-informatic resources for analysis of cellular types in the primate brain, and their connectivity |
| Dr. David Reser School of Rural Health, Monash: Structure and function of the claustrum, and interactions between the claustrum and cortex |
| Dr. Sofia Bakola ARC-funded postdoctoral Fellow: Cortical pathways for visual-motor and visual-limbic interactions |
| Dr. Jonathan Chan Healthcare Sales Account Manager delivering healthcare solutions that accelerate growth and elevate patient care, while bridging science and commercial strategy. |
| Dr Leo Lui Business Development Manager, The University of Melbourne, Faculty of Medicine Dentistry and Health Sciences (MDNS) and Research Innovation and Commercialisation (RIC). Specialising in neuroscience including therapeutics. devices and behavioural applications. |
| Mr. Declan Rowley PhD student: Functional organisation of the visual cortex |
| Ms. Kirsty Watkins Research assistant – Histology |
| Dr. Răzvan Gămănuț Staff Scientist at Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University: Computational models and physiology of the interaction between the serotonergic system and the claustrum. |