Human Brain Mapping Laboratory
We study how brain dynamics give rise to different cognitive and autonomic functions using intracranial EEG (iEEG, ECoG) and electrical brain stimulation in humans. We are part of The Institute of Bioelectronic Medicine at The Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research in the Northwell Health System in New York.
We aim to map and modulate functional and pathological networks in the human brain, by working with patients with epilepsy who have electrodes implanted in their brains in preparation for surgery to treat their seizures.
Our group works alongside the Epilepsy Monitoring Unit at NorthShore University Hospital and other epilepsy centers in the Northwell System.
News
November 2025Congratulations Akash for receiving the ASSFN Fellowship!
November 2025Sabina got promoted to Assistant Investigator. So well deserved!
September 2025Serdar's speech entrainment paper got accepted in Progress in Neurobiology. Congrats Serdar and all co-authors!
August 2025Akash's HFO motifs paper is published in Science Advances. Congrats Akash and all co-authors!
4/18/2025Liz succesfully defended her PhD thesis! Congratulations Dr. Espinal!! We are so proud of you! Thanks also go to the outstanding committee: Josh Jacobs, Ash Mehta, Maria Schultheis, Loren Frank. We are grateful for your support and guidance! Your mentors Stephan Bickel, Lila Chrysikou
March 2025Samruddhi Anikhindi joined the team as a RA with Jose!! Welcome!
1/16/2025Christine's abstract to the CNS meeting wins the postdoctoral fellow award. Congrats!
1/10/2025Akash's paper: *Hippocampal and cortical high frequency oscillations orchestrate human semantic networks during word list memory* was accepted for publication in iScience. Congratulations to Akash and everyone involved!
11/15/2024Akash is in the news, here and here!