Steve Mehrkanoon
Dr Mehrkanoon is a senior mathematical neuroscientist with a strong interest in infant’s brain-function and neuro-development. He was awarded his PhD in Mathematical Neuroscience (major in large-sale cortico-cortical network dynamics, The UNSW - AUSTRALIA). His academic research spectrum integrates network theory, nonlinear dynamics, dynamical system theory, advanced signal processing methods, multiscale neuronal (and neuronal population) dynamics and clinical neuroscience to reveal how the preterm birth disrupts the defined trajectory of neurotypical development in infants born very preterm. He has a large network of collaborators in neuroscience, applied mathematics and engineering throughout his established research linkages with the Florey Department of Neuroscience and Mental Health, Department of Electrical Engineering at The University of Melbourne, Department of Neuroscience at Monash University, Queensland Brain Institute (QBI) and University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research (UQCCR) and School of Mathematics at Queensland University of Technology (QUT).
His research interests include, but not limited to:
- Infant's brain dynamics
- Neuro-developmental disability, neuro-protection, cognitive and motor impairments, neuronal bursts, brain oscillations and cortical network dynamics in infants born extremely preterm and very preterm, disability prediction and systematic design of clinical interventions, neurophysiology and neuronal dynamics modelling.
- Epilepsy and TBI
- Epileptic seizure prediction, neuronal mechanisms of epilepsy, causal interactions between multiscale neuronal populations in the pre-ictal and inter-ictal states, prediction of TBI-caused seizures, mTBI development and emergent severe TBI.
- Electrical neuroimaging and brain imaging
- Multichannel EEG, MEG, SEEG, MRI and DTI.
To find out more see Dr Steve Mehrkanoon's Monash profile.