Neural Engineering Lab - Group

Nathalia Peixoto, PhD

I am an assistant professor of Bioengineering with the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department of GMU.  Until August 2006 I was a postdoctoral researcher at the Krasnow Institute, focusing on seizure control with low frequency electric fields.  I also developed microfabricated oxygen sensors to profile metabolic activity in cardiac cells at Stanford. During my PhD at USP (Brazil) I developed microelectrode arrays and investigated primary neuronal cultures. As part of my PhD project, I spent almost two years in Germany (in Bonn) as a researcher with the German Retina Implant project. During my Masters (at Unicamp, Brazil) I investigated the spreading depression phenomenon in the chicken retina.

My research interests include implantable electrodes and systems, hybrid systems (cell cultures and electronics), control of assistive technology, bioMEMS (bio-micro-electro-mechanical systems), and experimental models of neuro­pathologies such as epilepsy and spreading depression.

Current research group

Name	email (all at gmu.edu)	Research Project	Office	Website / status
Hossein G. Nik	hghaffar	Smooth control of assistive technology	STII-268	http://mason.gmu.edu/~hghaffar/ M.S. student
Saugandhika Minnikanti	sminnika	Carbon nanotube based structures	STI-6	PhD student
Keith Jamison	kjamison	Biosensors with cell cultures	STI-4	pseudo scientist
Daniel Tabatabai	dtabatab	Processing of Biological Signals	off-site	M.S. student
Mona Singh	...	Quantifying brain damage	KI 126	undergraduate apprentice (Fall 07)
Michael Sullivan	msulliv2	Bioamplifier and EMG wearable computer	STII-268	undergrad apprentice (Spring 07)
Zach Wester	...	Circuis for oscillators and measurement of physiological signals	KI 126	high school research project (Spring 07 on)
Philip Naudus	pnaudus1	Apnea detection in ECG signals	STII-208	undergrad apprentice (Summer 07)
Ashutosh Priyadarshy	...	Project selection phase (Fall 07)	STII-268	high school research project (Fall 07 on)

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