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​Sepehr Mortaheb, PhD​

With a background in Electrical Engineering and signal processing, I am principally experienced in neuroimaging and cognitive neuroscience. I completed my master’s degree at the Isfahan University of Technology, Iran, int he field of Communication Systems, where I principally worked on event-related potentials and their application in understanding time perception mechanisms in human beings. 

I continued my research as a PhD student at the University of Liège, Belgium, under the supervision of Dr. Athena Demertzi, where my research explored the intricate relationship between the brain's functional and structural connectomes and ongoing cognition. My work was about the neural mechanisms underlying various mental states, including mind blanking, and examined how extreme conditions, such as psychedelic states and space travel, impact the brain’s connectome. I also investigated the potential for predicting ongoing mental states at rest solely through neuroimaging data. 

Currently, I am a post-doctoral researcher at LEIA, University of Antwerp, where I explore the effect of microgravity and space travel on the brain’s structural and functional networks.