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Biography
Dr Mehrkanoon is a senior academic scientist in mathematical-computational neuroscience - Department of Paediatrics and Department of Neuroscience. He was awarded his PhD in Neuroscience (major in computational neuroscience and large-sale cortico-cortical dynamics), MEng.Sc in Biomedical Engineering, and Electrical Engineering (Honors).
- Dr Mehrkanoon has been a distinguished visiting computational neuroscientist at the University of Geneva and Geneva University Hospitals (Switzerland; 2012). He has been the Chief Investigator of the ARC-DECRA-equivalent Research Fellowship, the so-called Advanced Queensland Research Fellowship, funded by the Queensland State Government (2017-2019) at the University of Queensland. He established the first leading mathematical-clinical neonatal neuroscience research trajectory in Australia through partnerships with Prof Paul Colditz (Director of Perinatal Research Centre, Deputy Director of the UQ Centre for Clinical Research and Head of School of Clinical Medicine) and Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital (RBWH).
- Dr Mehrkanoon was the first computational neuroscientist at UQ and UQ Faculty of Medicine who was awarded the Advanced Queensland Research Fellowship.
Research interests
- Dr Mehrkanoon has a large network of collaborators in neuroscience, applied mathematics and engineering throughout his strong research linkages with the Florey Department of Neuroscience and Mental Health, Department of Neuroscience at Monash University, Queensland Brain Institute (QBI), University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering (University of Melbourne) and School of Mathematics and Statistics (University of Melbourne). Dr Mehrkanoon has successfully supervised six honors and two PhD students.
Research themes:
- Complex multiscale biological systems,
- Neurodevelopment outcomes in preterm infants
- Brain development and neuronal network dynamics,
- Advanced signal processing and graph theory,
- Array signal processing,
- Microscale, mesoscale and macroscale neuronal dynamics,
- Brain dynamics and seizure prediction,
- Nonlinear systems and human brain behaviour,
- Brain network dynamics in epilepsy and traumatic brain injury (TBI),
- Spatio-temporal and temporo-spatial cortico-cortical organisation,
- Chaotic dynamics and stochastic bifurcation theory,
- Dynamical systems theory and systems neuroscience,
- Computational modelling of neuronal network dynamics,
- Nonlinear oscillators,
- Differential equations and collective complex dynamics
Supervision interests
- Cracking one of the brain codes: Mathematical-computational model of the multiscale brain network dynamics in patients with epilepsy (Honors, Masters Degree, PhD).
- Localising the epileptogenic-zone in the brain: A dynamic network connectivity approach (Honors, Masters Degree, PhD)
- Modelling complex spatiotemporal dynamics of multiscale networked biological systems: Computational spike propagation (Honors, Masters Degree, PhD)
https://supervisorconnect.med.monash.edu/research-projects?combine=Dr%20Steve%20Mehrkanoon
- Modelling the cortical dynamics in patients with epilepsy and TBI (Honors, Masters Degree, PhD).
If you are interested in initialisation of your PhD trajectory in computational-mathematical neuroscience under my supervision, please send your updated CV to me via the following emails: [email protected] and [email protected]
Clinical activities
- Identifying the epileptogenic zone and heterogenous cortical behaviours in patients with epilepsy
- Characterising the Traumatic Brain Injury spectrum in young patients.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
Mathematical-computational neuroscience, PhD, Cortico-cortical oscilaltions and brain network dynamics, University of New South Wales (UNSW)
External positions
Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne
1 Sept 2020 → …
Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Melbourne
1 Feb 2020 → …
The Florey Department of Neuroscience and Mental Health, University of Melbourne
2 Jan 2019 → …
Research area keywords
- Time-Frequency Signal Processing
- Dynamic brain networks
- EEG, MEG, SEEG
- Infant brain dynamics
- Epileptic cortical oscillations
- Brain development
- Neural circuits and behavior
- Multiscale cortical modelling
- TBI
- Ageing brain
- Alzheimer's Disease
- Dynamical systesms in neuroscience
Projects
- 1 Active
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EEG biomarkers of altered conscious states and clinical translation capability
Kwan, P. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Mehrkanoon, S. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & Choi, J. (Project Manager)
23/09/24 → 22/09/25
Project: Research
Prizes
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Advance Queensland Research Fellowship
Mehrkanoon, S. (Recipient), 1 Mar 2017
Prize: Competitive Fellowships
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University of Wollongong VC Research Fellowship
Mehrkanoon, S. (Recipient), 1 Apr 2015
Prize: Competitive Fellowships