
Alan Degenhart, Ph.D.
Scientist II
alan.degenhart@alleninstitute.org
Alan joined the Allen Institute in 2020 as a Scientist in the Neural Coding group. He received his Ph.D. in Bioengineering (Neural Engineering track) from the University of Pittsburgh, where he worked to develop brain-computer interfaces for individuals with upper-limb paralysis. Following his Ph.D., Alan completed a postdoctoral fellowship with Drs. Byron Yu (Carnegie Mellon University) and Aaron Batista (University of Pittsburgh) where he investigated constraints on neural population activity in the motor cortex.

Research
Research Interests
My research interests center on how neural circuits perform computation. Specifically, I am interested in how studying neuronal activity at the population level can reveal computational properties that are not evident at the single-neuron level.
Expertise
- Computational Neuroscience
- Electrophysiology
- Machine Learning
- Brain-machine interfaces
Research Programs
- Neural Coding
Selected Publications View Publications
Nature and Biomedical Engineering
July 4, 2020
Degenhart AD, Bishop WE, Oby ER, Tyler-Kabara EC, Chase SM, Batista AP, Yu BM
New neural activity patterns emerge with long-term learning
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
July 23, 2019
Oby ER, Golub MD, Hennig JA, Degenhart AD, Tyler-Kabara EC, Yu BM, Chase SM, Batista AP
Clinical and Translational Science
February 7, 2014
Collinger JL, Kryger MA, Barbara R, Betler T, Bowsher K, Brown EH, Clanton ST, Degenhart AD, Foldes ST, Gaunt RA, Gyulai FE, Harchick EA, Harrington D, Helder JB, Hemmes T, Johannes MS, Katyal KD, Ling GS, McMorland AJ, Palko K, Para MP, Scheuermann J, Schwartz AB, Skidmore ER, Solzbacher F, Srikameswaran AV, Swanson DP, Swetz S, Tyler-Kabara EC, Velliste M, Wang W, Weber DJ, Wodlinger B, Boninger ML
An electrocorticographic brain interface in an individual with tetraplegia
PloS One
February 6, 2013
Wang W, Collinger JL, Degenhart AD, Tyler-Kabara EC, Schwartz AB, Moran DW, Weber DJ, Wodlinger B, Vinjamuri RK, Ashmore RC, Kelly JW, Boninger ML
Decoding and cortical source localization for intended movement direction with MEG
Journal of Neurophysiology
November 10, 2010
Wang W, Sudre GP, Xu Y, Kass RE, Collinger JL, Degenhart AD, Bagic AI, Weber DJ
2009 Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
September 3, 2009
Wang W, Degenhart AD, Collinger JL, Vinjamuri R, Sudre GP, Adelson PD, Holder DL, Leuthardt EC, Moran DW, Boninger ML, Schwartz AB, Crammond DJ, Tyler-Kabara EC, Weber DJ