Abed Khorasani
CHICAGO,IL
Summary
A dedicated clinical researcher with diverse experience in clinical environments, including the Shirley Ryan Ability Lab (the #1 rehabilitation research hospital for over 25 years in the US) and Northwestern Memorial Hospital. Proficient in evaluating and diagnosing tests, as well as reporting on medical research products such as wearable biosensors. Author/co-author of 34 journal manuscripts and conference proceedings, co-inventor of a US patent, and co-principal investigator on two research grants. Designer, manufacturer, and programmer for research biomedical devices, with expertise in electronic hardware design and expertise in programming languages such as MATLAB, C, C++, and Python. Proficient in engineering software tools, including MATLAB, LabVIEW, Altium Designer, EAGLE, Pspice, Proteus, Code Vision, AVR, Arduino, CorelDraw, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Premiere, and Microsoft Word.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Northwestern University
CHICAGO, USA
09.2021 - Current
- Leading, executing, and analyzing experiments of two clinical trials involving game-based rehabilitation on more than 100 acute and chronic stroke survivors.
- Overseeing the recruitment of stroke patients for research studies and providing call assistance for at-home stroke rehabilitation .
- Developing home-based Myoelectric Computer Interface (MyoCI) for Neurorehabilitation to improve arm and leg movement in chronic stroke survivors.
- Combining MyoCI with targeted memory reactivation (TMR) during sleep to improve motor recovery after stroke.
- Using transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) and StartReact and MRI to understand the mechanism of motor recovery in acute and chronic stroke.
- Evaluating, testing, and reporting on Myomo company wearable sensors, with a focus on biosignal quality and battery efficiency.
- Evaluating, testing, and reporting on stretchable biosensors of a startup company, emphasizing electrode-body compatibility and long-term signal quality.
- Developing automated algorithms for monitoring patients' behaviors and neural data in a home setting, incuding parameters such as arm and leg kinematics and electromyograms (EMGs).
- Serving as an associate editor at the Journal of Frontiers in Neuroscience.
- Co-supervising one PhD student and one MSc student.
- Reviewing biomedical engineering, neuroscience and neurorehabilitation journals.
Research Assistant Professor
Kerman University Of Medical Sciences
Kerman, Iran
11.2018 - 09.2021
- Designed and constructed a programmable constant current stimulator capable of being controlled by cortical signals.
- Built an 8-channel pre-amplifier for cortical recording, which includes an online spike-sorter and cortical signal processor.
- Contributed to the development of multi-channel Tungsten microelectrode arrays for intracortical recording.
- Served as the co-principal investigator on a research grant from the National Institute of Medical Sciences Research (NIMAD) for the design of an implantable neural interface aimed at restoring forelimb movement in rats with cervical spinal cord injuries.
- Served as a co-principal investigator on a research grant from Kerman University of Medical Sciences, focusing on the design of a neural activity control system by combining brain-computer interface techniques with cortical reward area stimulation.
- Participated as a committee member for two PhD students in Neuroscience.
- Contributed as a member of the executive and scientific committees for two conferences.
Research Scientist
University Of Washington
Seattle, USA
02.2017 - 03.2018
- Developed a brain-controlled spinal cord stimulation system to reanimate movement after spinal cord injury.
- Implemented brain-spinal cord rehabilitative system in an implantable electronic hardware.
- Developed an online noise removal system for intracortical signals of freely moving animals.
- Analyzed the quality of biocompatible glassy carbon microelectrode arrays in recording cortical activity.
Research Scientist
Neural Engineering Laboratory
Tehran, Iran
09.2013 - 01.2017
- Controlled robotic arm in real-time using intracortical motor cortex signals.
- Designed and constructed a conditioning chamber for behavioral experiments in rodents.
- Developed an automatic detection system for ALS, Parkinson, and Huntington diseases using Hidden Markov Models.
- Designed, built, and tested real-time vital signs tele-monitoring system for spinal cord injured patients.
- Provided instruction to MSc students at the Electrophysiology lab for recording biosignal data.
- Conducted teaching sessions at a workshop, offering guidance on the surgical operations involved in microwire array implantation on rodents.
Research Scientist
Iran Neural Technology Center
Tehran, Iran
09.2010 - 07.2012
- Restored walking movement in animals with intramuscular functional electrical stimulation.
- Designed and implemented an online closed-loop control system for multichannel intramuscular stimulation.
Education
Ph.D. - Electrical Engineering - Bioelectric
Iran University of Science And Technology
Tehran, Iran08.2018
Master of Science - Biomedical Engineering - Bioelectric
Iran University of Science And Technology,
Tehran, Iran07.2012
Bachelor of Science - Electrical Engineering - Electronics
University of Kerman
Kerman, Iran09.2009
Selected Publications
- Ganjali M, Mehridehnavi A*, Rakhshani S and Khorasani A*. (2023) Unsupervised neural manifold alignment for stable decoding of movement from cortical signals, under review at international journal of neural systems. (*Corresponding authors)
- Samejima S*, Khorasani A*, Ranganathan V, Nakahara J, Tolley N.M, Boissenin A, Shalchyan V, Daliri M.R, Smith, J.R., and Moritz C.T. (2021) Brain-Computer-Spinal Interface restores upper limb function after spinal cord injury. IEEE transaction on neural system and rehabilitation engineering, 28(1), 17-26. (* equal contribution)
- Khorasani A, Shalchyan V, and Daliri MR. (2019) Adaptive artifact removal from intracortical channels for accurate decoding of force signal in freely moving rats. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 13(1), 350-358.
- Khorasani A, Foodeh R, Shalchyan V, Daliri MR. (2017) Brain control of an external device by extracting the highest force-related contents of local field potentials in freely moving rats. IEEE transaction on neural system and rehabilitation engineering. 26(1): 18-25.
- Khorasani A, Heydari N, Shalchyan V, Daliri MR. (2016) Continuous force decoding from local field potentials of the primary motor cortex in freely moving rats. Scientific reports, 6(2).
Patent
- Mortiz, C.T., Khorasani A., Samejima S. and Tolley N., University of Washington, 2023. High frequency epidural stimulation to control sensation. U.S. Patent Application 18/007,948.
Awards
- Travel grant, 2023 big date analysis (ACNN) conference, Columbus, Ohio, US.
- Research grant, National Institute of Medical Sciences Research, Tehran, Iran, Role: Co-PI.
- Research grant, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran, Role: Co-PI.
- Best PhD thesis in neuroscience, Basic and clinical neuroscience society, Tehran, Iran.
- Research grant, Paul G. Allen family foundation, University of Washington, USA.
- Diversity travel grant, Society for the Neural Control of Movement (NCM), Dubrovnik, Croatia.
- Diversity travel grant, Society for the Neural Control of Movement (NCM), Toyama, Japan.
- Travel grant, German neuroscience society, Göttingen, Germany.
- Second rank among electrical engineering BSc students, University of Kerman.
Skills
- Research grants
- Data analysis
- Experiment design
- Deep science research
- Software and hardware programming
- Presentation management
- Clinical research expertise
- Managing clinical trials
- Interdisciplinary collaboration
- Medical device assessment
Timeline
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Northwestern University
09.2021 - Current
Research Assistant Professor
Kerman University Of Medical Sciences
11.2018 - 09.2021
Research Scientist
University Of Washington
02.2017 - 03.2018
Research Scientist
Neural Engineering Laboratory
09.2013 - 01.2017
Research Scientist
Iran Neural Technology Center
09.2010 - 07.2012
Ph.D. - Electrical Engineering - Bioelectric
Iran University of Science And Technology
Master of Science - Biomedical Engineering - Bioelectric
Iran University of Science And Technology,
Bachelor of Science - Electrical Engineering - Electronics
University of Kerman