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Dr Miriam Matamales

Faculty: Science
Fields of Research (FoR): Neurosciences, Behavioural neuroscience, Animal physiology - systems, Reinforcement learning, Biological psychology

Miriam obtained her PhD in Neuroscience from the University Pierre and Marie Curie (Paris) under the direction of Jean-Antoine Girault.
Dr Karly Turner

Faculty: Science
Fields of Research (FoR): Behavioural neuroscience, Neurosciences, Biological psychology, Animal behaviour, Decision making, Cognition, Learning, motivation and emotion, Animal Behaviour, Biological Psychology (Neuropsychology, Psychopharmacology, Physiological Psychology), Mental Health
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I am a behavioural neuroscientist interested in cognitive processes that go awry in neuropsychiatric disorders. Using animal models I study the brain circuits underlying attenti
Dr Chamini Jayamali Perera

Faculty: Medicine & Health
Fields of Research (FoR): Gastroenterology and hepatology, Cancer cell biology, Tumour immunology, Neurosciences
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I am a Senior Lecturer working with the Pancreatic Research Group, South West Sydney Clinical Campuses/Ingham Institute, Liverpool.
Dr Erin Goddard

Faculty: Science
Fields of Research (FoR): Vision science, Sensory processes, perception and performance, Neurosciences, Machine learning, Pattern recognition, Cognitive neuroscience
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I received my PhD in 2011 from the University of Sydney, before completing postdoctoral positions at the University of Sydney and Macquarie University in Sydney, and at McGill University in Montréa
Dr Negin Hesam Shariati

Faculty: Science
Fields of Research (FoR): Neurosciences, Biomedical engineering, Pain
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Negin is an early career postdoctoral researcher at NeuroRecovery Research Hub, School of Psychology, UNSW and Neuroscience Research Australia with a PhD in Medical Sciences and a Master's degree i
Dr Didu Sanduni Thamarasa Kariyawasam

Faculty: Medicine & Health
Fields of Research (FoR): Neurology and neuromuscular diseases, Paediatrics, Neurosciences, Genetics, Genomics

Dr Didu (Sandi) Kariyawasamn is a paediatric neurologist, and post doctoral researcher at UNSW Sydney.
Associate Professor Richard Vickery

Faculty: Medicine & Health
Fields of Research (FoR): Sensory processes, perception and performance, Sensory systems, Neurosciences, Animal physiology - systems
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I am a researcher and educator focussed on understanding the internal language of the brain: its neural code, to enable us to improve brain-machine interfaces such as a bionic hand.
Dr Felix Aplin

Faculty: Medicine & Health
Fields of Research (FoR): Neurosciences, Biomedical engineering, Neural engineering, Sensory systems
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Felix Aplin is a postdoctoral fellow at the Translational Neuroscience Facility, Faculty of Medicine & Health at UNSW Sydney.
Dr John Michael Power

Faculty: Medicine & Health
Fields of Research (FoR): Cellular nervous system, Neurosciences, Central nervous system, Learning, motivation and emotion, Cellular Nervous System, Nervous system and disorders
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My research focuses on understanding the cellular mechanisms that underlie the brain’s ability to remodel neural circuits thus enabling learning and memory formation.