People

Mac Shine, Principal Investigator – I am a systems neurobiologist working to understand the mechanisms of cognition and attention using functional brain imaging, both in health and disease. I have a particular interest in understanding how the different arms of the ascending arousal system flexibly modulate the cross-scale organisation of the brain to facilitate adaptive behaviour. I am currently working as a joint NHMRC/Bellberry fellow at The University of Sydney.

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=Uxvu7CsAAAAJ&hl=en

Twitter: @jmacshine

Eli Müller, Postdoctoral researcher – Eli is a postgraduate researcher in physics and neuroscience within the Brain and Mind Centre at the University of Sydney. His research focusses on systems neuroscience, using dynamical systems theory to guide analysis of large scale biophysical brain models of arousal, Parkinson’s disease, and deep brain stimulation treatments. He uses insights gleaned from these models, and their anatomical underpinnings, to shape novel techniques for analysing whole-brain neuroimaging datasets with a particular focus on brain state trajectories across cognition and consciousness.

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=h1gl_ckAAAAJ

Twitter: @eli_j_muller

Brandon Munn, Postdoctoral researcher – I am a post-doctoral research fellow at the University of Sydney. My career goal is to understand the hidden order of complex systems through physics-inspired insights. I have a particular interest in the brain and how its many cross-scale systems interact to give rise to a singular unified conscious experience. This passion was ingrained from my doctoral studies within the Complex Systems group at the University of Sydney’s School of Physics. I am currently a research fellow at the University of Sydney’s Brain and Mind Centre, where I am applying my novel skillset to understand the machinations of the human mind.

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=D9bDLRoAAAAJ

Twitter: @DrBMunn

Vicente Medel, Postdoctoral researcher – My interest focuses on multiscale information processing in the brain, and the modulatory role of neurotransmitters in shaping brain complex dynamics and behavior. My research combines scalp and intracranial electrophysiology, fMRI, pupil diameter analysis, and computational modeling.

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=MuAn7LkAAAAJ&hl=en

Twitter: @medelero