Dr. Taufik Valiante (2023)

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April 25, 2024

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Neurosurgeon | Neuroscientist

Dr. Taufik is currently the Director of the Surgical Epilepsy Program at the Krembil Brain Institute, Co-Director, CRANIA: Center for Advancing Neurotechnological Innovation to Application; Director, CRANIA Neuromodulation Institute, University of Toronto; a Scientist at the Krembil Brain Institute; Co-Director Max Planck-UofT Center for Neural Science and Technology; Scientist at The KITE Research Institute, UHN and has a cross-appointment at the Institute of Biomedical Engineering & Electrical and Computer Engineering. His neurosurgical staff appointment is at the Toronto Western Hospital, and he is currently Associate Professor of Neurosurgery at the University of Toronto.

He is interested in understanding the building blocks of the human brain (neurons), and the ultimate manifestation of their collective activity (oscillations to cognition – depending on the scale of investigation). His collaborations with scientists and students allow him to contribute to research on memory, eye movements, epilepsy, biophysical properties of neurons, computational modeling, mathematical modeling, neuromodulation (electrical, music, optical), development of physical tools (optical, electrical), and brain-machine interfaces. These multi-scale endeavors likely satisfy a personal desire to realize the title of a very formative book introducing him to the field of experimental neuroscience, entitled “From Neuron to Brain” – which he has adopted as his lab’s name.

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