About Us
Current treatment techniques for neural diseases and disorders such as Alzheimer’s, schizophrenia, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), autism etc. are invasive. With the 3 year grant funding from National Science Foundation, under the Neural and Cognitive Systems (NCS) program to support multidisciplinary research related to the brain and behavior, Dr. Fow-Sen Choa, Professor and Principal Investigator at Computer Science and Electrical Engineering Department in University of Maryland Baltimore County, in collaboration with Dr. Mary Kay Lobo, Principal Investigator at University of Maryland, School of Medicine, with their team of graduate and post-doc students, are building critical tools that can non-invasively activate or block any part of the brain, along studying their individual roles in functional networks. By doing this, full potential of neural modulation for neural disease treatment and alteration of, for example, addictive behaviors will be explored.
UMBC Team Members
Dr. Fow-Sen Choa
Lab Director
Professor – Computer Science and Electrical Engineering
University of Maryland Baltimore County
Research Areas:
Dr. Choa's current research focuses on the optoelectronic devices, optical network, and optical materials.
Mohmmad Islam
PhD Student
PhD Student, University of Maryland Baltimore County, 2012-Present
M.S. Electrical Engineering, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
B.S. Electrical, Electronic and Communication Engineering, MIST, Bangladesh
Research Interests:
1. MOCVD, Material growth, Fabrication process
2. Characterization of semiconductor devices, Optics
3. Neuroscience
Qinglei
Meng
PhD Student
Visiting Fellow of NIDA/NIH
PhD Student, University of Maryland Baltimore County, 2012-Present
M.S. Electrical Engineering, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, 2015
B.S. Microelectronics and Solid State Electronics, Tianjin University, 2011
Research Interest:
1. Development of targeted transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) for human and animals;
2. EEG data processing;
3. Development of sensors for induced electric field and transient magnetic field measurement.
Deepa
Gupta
PhD Student
PhD Student, University of Maryland Baltimore County, 2014-Present
Software Engineer, 2011-2013
M.S. Computer Engineering, University of Florida, 2010
B.S. Computer Science and Engineering, Jaypee Instt. of IT, 2009
Research Interests:
1. EEG data gathering, processing and computational analysis
2. fMRI data processing
Past work:
1. Microfabrication and nanoelectrode arrays development
2. Photoacoustic sensing
contact us
Address
Dr. Fow-Sen Choa
TRC 274/ UMBC
5200 Westland Blvd
Baltimore, MD 21228
Phone:410-455-3272
Email: choa@umbc.edu
Website: www.csee.umbc.edu/~choa/