Bio:

Maedeh joined the Allen Institute for Neural Dynamics in September 2024 as a Scientist I in the Optical Physiology group. Maedeh is broadly interested in how the brain processes and transforms information, from large-scale network dynamics to computations within individual neurons. Her current research focuses on understanding how single neurons integrate and transform thousands of synaptic inputs into spiking outputs using two-photon imaging and combinations of voltage, calcium, and glutamate indicators.

Prior to joining the Allen Institute, she received her Ph.D. in Physics from Northeastern University. During her doctoral research, she designed and developed microfluidic devices and combined them with in vivo calcium imaging and confocal microscopy to study brain-wide neural dynamics underlying decision-making and sexually dimorphic behaviors in C. elegans.

Maedeh received her B.Sc. in Physics from Sharif University of Technology in Tehran, Iran.