Principal Investigator

Mesut Sahin, Ph.D., Professor | Email: sahin@njit.edu

Research Interests:

  •       Major Field:
  •       – Neural Engineering/Neuromodulation 
  •       Current Research Areas:
  •       – Neuromodulation of the Cerebellum (tACS and FUS)
  •       – Sensori-Motor Content of the Cerebellar Activity

      Sahin's Linkedin Page  

      Academic WebPage  

Post-Doctoral Researcher

Amir R. Talesh, PhD   | Email

  • Start Date: Summer 2023 -

    Research Projects:

    •       – Project Design and Management
    •       – Data Analysis and Code Development
    •      

      Amir's Page  

    • Post-Doctoral Researcher

    Sofyan Hamad, PhD. | Email

  • Dates: September 2023 - December 2025

    Research Projects:

    •       – tACS of Cerebellum in Chronic Animal Models 
    •       – Analysis of Chronic Data 

      Sofyan's Page  

    • Post-Doctoral Researcher

    Qi Kang, M.S. | Email

  • Start Date: Fall 2025-

    Research Projects:

    •   – Design and Management of Acute Experiments
    •   – Data Collection and Hardware Development

    •   Qi's Page  

    • Ph.D. Student

    Nuran Kavakli Email

  • Dates: Fall 2020 - May 2026

    Research Projects:

    •       – Neural Recording in the Cerebellar Nuclei 
    •       – Carbon Fiber Electrodes

      Nuran's Page  

    • Ph.D. Student

    Enes Tarik Aras Email

  • Starting Date: Fall 2024

    Research Projects:

    •       – Cerebellar Stimulation and Behavior 

      Tarik's Page  

  • Group Pictures

  • Former Neural Prosthetics Laboratory Members

    Year Lab Alumni Graduated Degree Current Position

    2026

     

    		 Nuran Kavakli Ph.D.

    2025

     

    		 Qi Kang Ph.D.

    2023

     

    		 Ozan Cakmak Ph.D.

    2022

     

    		 Esma Cetinkaya  Ph.D.

    2021

     

    		 Bemin Gobreal Ph.D.

    2021

     

    		 Manan Sathia M.S. 

    2020

     

    		 Ahmed S Asan  Ph.D.
    2018 Ferhat Erdogan Ph.D.
    Sinan Gok Ph.D.
    2016 Ali Ersen Ph.D.
    Ahmet Sait Asan MS.
    2015 Jonathan Growth Ph.D.
    2014 Gokhan Ordek Ph.D.
    Yi Guo Ph.D.
    2013 Eren Alay MS.
    Deniz Ozgulbas MS.
    Ammar Abdo Ph.D.
    Atabek C. Yucel MS.
    2012 Hua Meng MS.
    Ujwal Parikh MS.
    2011 Ali Ersen MS.
    Rimi Sahu MS.
    2010 Abhishek Prasad Ph.D.
    Anirudh Chaturvedi MS.
    2008 Faysal Ahmed MS.
    2007 Mustafa Patan MS.
    Ashwini Nikam MS.
    2005 Ravi Shankar MS.
    Syed Shakeel Ur Rahman MS.
    Sunil Aditya Kavuri MS.
    Kiran Kumar Medevarapu MS.
    Yanmei Tie Ph.D.
    JingTao Huang Ph.D.
    2004 Anand Rane MS.
    Nappinnai SundarRajan MS.

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