Corey Keller MD, PhD

Principal Investigator

ckeller1@stanford.edu

Appointments

Education

  • Residency, Stanford University

  • MD and PhD in Neuroscience, Albert Einstein College of Medicine

  • BS in Electrical and Biomedical Engineering, Tufts University

Funding

  • 3 active NIH R01s

  • BWF Career Award for Medical Scientists

  • NIH Director’s Early Independence Award DP5

  • NIMH K23 Award (completed)

  • NIINDS F31 (completed)

“My purpose is to invent and refine the tools that let us see and shape the brain with unprecedented precision — so we can both unlock its deepest puzzles and create new treatments for brain disorders. Along the way, I want to mentor others to find the same joy in rigorous, big-idea science.”

Christopher Cline, PhD

Co-Director, Research Engineer

cccline@stanford.edu

About

Christopher Cline received a Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering with a minor in Neuroengineering from the University of Minnesota in 2018, and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 2013. His previous research has focused on EEG-based brain-computer interfaces, novel methods for concurrent TMS and EEG, and other neuroimaging approaches. As a Staff Scientist in the Keller Lab at Stanford, his research interests include development of real-time EEG-informed neuromodulation techniques to improve the efficacy and reliability of TMS for clinical interventions. During his free time, he enjoys hiking and playing around with home automation.

Education

  • PhD in Biomedical Engineering, University of Minnesota

  • BS in Electrical Engineering, University of Wisconsin

LAB MANAGER

  • JADE TRUONG, BS

    LAB MANAGER
    CLINICAL RESEARCH COORDINATOR 3
    B.S IN BIOPSYCHOLOGY
    Jade Truong received her bachelor’s degree in Biopsychology from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 2018. She has worked in several different clinical settings, from providing ABA services for individuals with autism to administering EEG and neurofeedback to patients with depression, anxiety, insomnia, ADHD, PTSD, and TBI. She has extensive experience managing grants, clinical trials, and clinical operations. Outside of the lab, Jade enjoys spending time with her three cats - Uzi, Miya & Nomi - reading, watching sports, and spending time with family and friends.

POSTDOCS

  • JESSICA ROSS, PHD

    INSTRUCTOR
    Jessica M. Ross is a postdoctoral researcher using neurophysiological techniques to study network contributions to typical and impaired cognition. Her recent work includes using TMS-EEG to explore aberrant brain plasticity, cortical reactivity, and connectivity in older adults who develop delirium and/or dementia. Jessica holds a Ph.D. in Cognitive & Information Sciences from the University of California, Merced, with a dissertation focused on auditory-motor interactions. Using a range of techniques including motion tracking, EEG, and TMS, this work demonstrates how bidirectional communication between motor and auditory systems can improve time sensitive neural prediction, such as for balance control and for musical rhythm perception. She has worked with healthy young and typically aging adult populations and patient populations, including with patients with Parkinson’s disease, delirium, and various forms of dementia. In her free time, Jessica can be found gardening, pet sitting, playing music poorly, doing crossword puzzles, and spending time with family, her fiancé Stephen and their crazy dog. jessicamarieross.com

  • ETHAN SOLOMON, MD, PhD

    INSTRUCTOR
    Ethan Solomon earned his MD, PhD in bioengineering at the University of Pennsylvania and is now a research-track resident in psychiatry at Stanford. His thesis work used intracranial EEG and electrical brain stimulation to characterize the patterns of functional connectivity that relate to human episodic memory. Ethan is interested in understanding psychiatric illness through the lens of direct brain recordings and stimulation, with a particular focus on hippocampal function in psychotic illness. In his free time, Ethan enjoys taking his cats for walks and advocating for better bike lanes and denser housing in the Bay Area.

  • YUHAO (DANNY) HUANG, MD

    NEUROSURGERY RESIDENT
    I am a neurosurgery resident and a post-doctoral researcher at Stanford University. As a physician-scientist with a focus on signal processing and neural electrophysiology, I work with multimodal datasets to understand how brain signals correlate with human behavior. I am interested in using computer vision and machine learning to parse neural correlates of behavior under naturalistic settings. Another area of interest involves building robust neuro-modulatory treatments for functional disorders and epilepsy. I received by BSc at University of Alberta and my MD at Stanford University.

  • UMAIR HASSAN, PHD

    POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW
    Umair Hassan received a Ph.D. in Translational Neuroscience, specializing in multimodal brain stimulation, from Prof. Til Ole Bergmann’s Neurostimulation lab at the Johannes Gutenberg University, Germany in 2022. He also holds an M.S. in Biomedical Engineering and a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from one of Pakistan's most prestigious universities, NUST. Umair's research has primarily focused on the use of real-time EEG triggered TMS, concurrent TMS-fMRI, concurrent TMS-TUS, EEG-TACS, as well as open-source and legacy software and hardware developments to conduct cutting-edge brain stimulation research during both sleep and wakefulness. His research interests lie in understanding the function of neural oscillations to develop and improve personalized neuromodulation protocols.

  • LEONHARD SCHREINER, PHD

    POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW
    Leo is a postdoctoral fellow at the Precision Neurotherapeutics Lab working on personalized real-time, closed-loop treatments for psychiatric disorders using TMS-EEG. He previously worked as a neural engineer at the Austrian-based neurotech company g.tec medical engineering, where he developed brain-computer interface stroke rehabilitation and high-resolution brain recording systems. He received an MSCA fellowship for his Ph.D. at g.tec and the Institute for Integrated Circuits and Quantum Computing at Johannes Kepler University, where he developed ultra-high-density EEG systems and wireless BCI integrations. During his MSCA fellowship, he was a visiting research scientist at Aalborg University Copenhagen and UPV Valencia. Outside the lab, Leo enjoys outdoor adventures, sports, and cooking.

  • CHARLIE DICKEY, MD, PHD

    PSYCHIATRY RESIDENT
    Charlie Dickey received his MD, PhD in Neurosciences with Prof. Eric Halgren at UCSD. He is currently a Research Track Resident in Psychiatry at Stanford. His research has used intracranial macroelectrode and microelectrode recordings to study the neurophysiology of human memory. In particular, his work has sought to understand how oscillations in the brain are coordinated with single unit spiking to facilitate plasticity underlying memory. Charlie is interested in leveraging his background toward advances in neuromodulation to improve treatments for neuropsychiatric disorders. In his free time, Charlie likes to produce music, bike, and barbecue.

  • AJAY SUBRAMANIAN, PHD

    POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW
    Ajay is a Kansas-born-and-raised Postdoctoral Fellow at Stanford housed in the Materials Science and Engineering department. He obtained his B.S. in Materials Science and NanoEngineering at Rice University and has worked in a variety of fields ranging from 3D printing and carbon nanomaterials synthesis, to solar cell and battery material research, to now work in the interdisciplinary field of neurotechnology. At Stanford, Ajay has been cultivating an expertise in flexible, stretchable electronic materials and biocompatible device design in parallel to investigating how novel devices can inform us about the brain. In the Keller Lab, Ajay is working on determining biomarkers for psychiatric disorders through human electrophysiological data, with the goal of delivering insight on new tool and device development for the treatment and diagnosis of those diseases. Outside of the lab, Ajay is an avid musician and video gamer, and loves to play tennis and soccer.

  • BINA KAKUSA, MD

    NEUROSURGERY RESIDENT
    Bina is a neurosurgery resident and a post-doctoral researcher interested in human neural electrophysiology and intracranial electrode signal processing to understand and modulate human behavior and cognition. He received his bachelors in neuroscience and computer science at the College of William and Mary and his medical doctorate at Stanford University. His research leverages machine learning to identify neural biomarkers of behavior and cognition in task-based and naturalistic recording paradigms. This works aims to validate actionable electrophysiologic biomarkers which can be used therapeutic targets in pathologic behavioral and cognitive disease. Bina is originally from Malawi and loves to eat, cook, travel, and explore the outdoors with his wife and two daughters.

  • CAMILLE WANG, MD, PHD

    PSYCHIATRY RESIDENT
    Camille completed her MD PhD in neuroscience at Vanderbilt University, where she worked in the labs of Lisa Monteggia and Ege Kavalali. Her graduate work used optical imaging of rodent hippocampal cultures to study fundamental mechanisms of synaptic function, including those related to ketamine’s antidepressant action. Now as a psychiatry research track resident at Stanford, she is transitioning from basic neuroscience to using EEG brain recordings and stimulation to study psychiatric illnesses such as trauma related disorders. Camille is originally from the Los Angeles area, and she loves to read, be outdoors, and spend time with friends and family.

  • JUHA GOGULSKI, PHD

    Juha Gogulski is an MD, PhD, and a clinical neurophysiology resident at Helsinki University Hospital, Finland. He is interested in the development of novel personalized neuromodulation treatments. His recent work includes studying TMS-evoked EEG potentials in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex. In the clinic, Juha has been analyzing and performing neurophysiological studies such as EEG and conducting rTMS treatments for chronic pain patients. In his PhD thesis, he used tractography-guided TMS to study the neural mechanisms of tactile working memory, metacognition, and tactile temporal perception. Juha is also experienced in fMRI analysis. During his free time, Juha likes hiking, running, making hip hop music in Finnish and spending time with his dog and his kids.

PHD & MD STUDENTS

  • CHRIS MINASI, BS

    PHD STUDENT, NEUROSCIENCE
    Chris Minasi is currently pursuing a PhD in Stanford’s neuroscience program. He received his bachelor’s degree in neuroscience from Florida Atlantic University in 2017. He subsequently spent two years at Harvard working in Pascal Kaeser’s lab, using viral strategies to genetically alter cultured hippocampal neurons to determine the mechanisms of ELKS in presynaptic active zone assembly. During this time, he also developed software designed to automatically analyze confocal & super-resolution microscope images of pre/postsynaptic proteins. His current research interests involve the development of non-invasive neuromodulation techniques, specifically in regard to how current methods could be improved using modern statistics and machine learning techniques. In his free time, he enjoys exploring nearby restaurants, beaches, parks, and hiking trails.

  • JAY GOPAL, BS

    MD STUDENT, COMPUTATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE
    Jay Gopal is a student in the Warren Alpert Medical School’s Class of 2029 via Brown University’s 8-year Program in Liberal Medical Education (PLME). At Brown, he is studying Computational Neuroscience. Jay started working with the Keller Lab in 2022, and his research interests focus on applying computer vision and natural language processing to improve patient care. He is also interested in refining neuromodulation using artificial intelligence (AI) and designing more explainable & trustworthy AI systems. In his free time, Jay enjoys volunteering at hospitals, reading science fiction, and playing the violin and piano. Jay aims to become a physician-entrepreneur who solves healthcare’s most pressing problems on a global scale.

  • ZANE NORVILLE, BS

    MD STUDENT, BIOENGINEERING / NEUROSCIENCE, BEHAVIOR & COGNITION
    Zane is a medical student at Stanford interested in electrophysiology and neuromodulatory therapeutic interventions. He earned his B.S.H. in bioengineering from Stanford in 2022, where he conducted in-vivo systems neuroscience research with Drs. Robert Malenka and Neir Eshel. He continued this work at MapLight Therapeutics, where he applied in-vivo optical techniques toward neuropsychiatric drug discovery. In his free time, Zane enjoys participating in long-distance trail races with Stanford Running Club and exploring the Bay Area's microclimates.

  • SAMANTHA GRAY, BS

    PHD STUDENT, NEUROSCIENCE
    Sam is currently pursuing a PhD in Stanford's Neuroscience program. She received her bachelor's degree from the University of California, San Diego in 2021, where she majored in Cognitive and Behavioral Neuroscience with a minor in Psychology. During her post-bacc at Northwestern University, she used intracranial EEG and single neuron recordings from neurosurgical patients to investigate the neural mechanisms of memory within the human hippocampus and frontal cortices. She is broadly interested in understanding how single neurons and large-scale brain dynamics give rise to emotional processing and behavior. In her free time, Sam enjoys going to concerts, camping, thrifting, and hot yoga.

  • SABRA SISLER, BS

    PHD STUDENT, BIOENGINEERING
    Sabra Sisler is pursuing a PhD in Stanford’s Bioengineering PhD Program. She received her Bachelors of Computer Science and Behavioral Neuroscience from Northeastern University in 2023. Her research interests center on understanding pain using multimodal audio, video, and intracranial neural data. Outside of the lab, Sabra can be found somewhere in the mountains or the ocean.

  • ALEXANDER ATALAY, BS

    PHD STUDENT, NEUROSCIENCE
    Xander is a first-year PhD student in the Neurosciences program. He earned his bachelor's degree in Neuroscience from the University of Virginia in 2023, where he conducted research in the UVA Functional Neuroradiology Lab. Following graduation, Xander worked as a data analyst in the Laboratory for Neuroimaging of Coma and Consciousness at Massachusetts General Hospital. His research lies at the intersection of neuroscience and data science, combining multimodal neuroimaging with non-invasive stimulation to better understand the structure/function relationships of the human brain. Outside of research, Xander enjoys endurance sports, music, and astrophotography.

RESEARCH COORDINATORS

  • HANSONG LEE, MS

    ASSISTANT CLINICAL RESEARCH COORDINATOR
    M.S. IN MATERIALS AND BIOMATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
    Hansong Lee graduated from the University of California, Merced in 2023 with a M.S. in Materials and Biomaterials Science and Engineering. Her research interests lie broadly at the intersection of cognitive neuroscience, technology, emotion, and mental health. Previously, she worked on an EEG project investigating music perception using binaural beats. She is particularly interested in how internal and external factors--such as music--can modulate brain activity and influence neuropsychiatric conditions including depression, anxiety, and stress-related disorders.
    In her free time, Hansong enjoys drawing, hiking, playing musical instruments, and anything that sparks her creativity, including picnics with her dog, ChaCha.

  • EMMA KLEBANER, BS

    ASSISTANT CLINICAL RESEARCH COORDINATOR
    B.S. IN PSYCHOLOGY AND MINOR IN BIOTECHNOLOGY
    Throughout her undergraduate career, Emma developed a strong interest in neuroscience, particularly in understanding neurodegenerative disorders, and is deeply motivated by the potential for medical innovation at the intersection of psychology and biotechnology. Emma has contributed to multiple research projects, including work in a haptic perception and HD-TMS lab, where she explored the relationship between tactile feedback and brain stimulation. She also conducted EEG-based research investigating how auditory distraction impacts sustained attention, gaining hands-on experience in both experimental design and data analysis. Outside of her academic and professional interests, Emma enjoys cooking, traveling, surfing, playing pickleball, and spending time with her friends, family, and her dog.

  • TRISTAN BRENNAN

    RESEARCH DATA COORDINATOR
    Tristan Brennan is a recently separated Marine Corps veteran with experience spanning across academia, government, and the private sector. His work has included administering rTMS to veteran patients at the VA and developing scripts to automate patient screening and recruitment processes. Tristan has focused on a range of patient populations, including those affected by PTSD, TBI, Gulf War Illness, Operator Syndrome, and Major Depressive Disorder. His research interests center on understanding and influencing brain networks in mental health treatments, exploring BCI neuroengineering, and integrating manifold-learning and computational topology into neuroscience. Through this interdisciplinary approach, Tristan aims to advance precision neurotherapeutics to deliver more effective and personalized patient care. Outside the lab, Tristan enjoys practicing Lethwei and boxing.

UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS

  • JANELLE CHEUNG

    COMPUTER SCIENCE & COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY
    Janelle is a coterminal student at Stanford University pursuing a B.S. in Computer Science on the AI track and a M.S. on the Computational Biology track. She has always had a strong interest in psychiatric disorders and seeks to apply her studies in CS and AI to investigating more precise matching of treatments to individual patients. For fun, she loves bouldering, dancing bhangra, reading, and outdoor adventuring.

LAB ALUMNI

  • Austin Talbot, PhD

    MACHINE LEARNING ENGINEER
    PILLAR BIOSCIENCES

  • JEFFREY WANG, PHD

    MD/PHD STUDENT
    NEUROSCIENCE

  • LEWIS KERWIN, MD

    PSYCHIATRY RESIDENT
    WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY

  • NIKITA BASTIN

    BIOLOGY / ENGLISH
    UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA

  • GAYATHRI GANESAN

    ENGINEERING PHYSICS

  • BENYAMIN MESCHEDE-KRASA

    PHD STUDENT
    STANFORD UNIVERSITY

  • MANJIMA SARKAR, MS

    MD/PHD STUDENT
    UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLNA

  • SERGEI TUGIN, PHD

    POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW
    AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY

  • FRANCESCO DONATI, MD

    PSYCHIATRY RESIDENT
    UNIVERSITY OF MILAN

  • CLAUDIA TISCHLER, BS

    MD/PHD STUDENT
    BAYLOR UNIVERSITY

  • SAMUEL ANH, MD

    NEUROLOGY RESIDENT
    UCLA

  • SAACHI MUNOT

    ENGINEERING PHYSICS

  • JESSICA YANG

    HUMAN BIO / PSYCHOLOGY

  • CIARA GIBBS

    MECHE / BME
    IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON

  • JENNIFER XU

    BIOMEDICAL COMPUTATION

  • DILLON VIJAYA

    VISITING STUDENT
    NEUROSCIENCE
    UNIVERSITY OF EXETER

  • GIOVANNI TALLEDOS

    VISITING STUDENT
    RADIOLOGIC TECHNOLOGY
    FOOTHILL COLLEGE

  • SARA PARMIGIANI, PHD

    POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW
    UNIVERSITY OF OREGON

  • FLAVIA ZAULI, PHD

    POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW
    UNIVERSITY OF MILAN

  • NAI-FENG CHEN, PHD

    POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW
    STANFORD UNIVERSITY

  • DAVIDE MOMI, PHD

    POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW
    STANFORD UNIVERSITY

  • LILY FORMAN, BS

    OT STUDENT
    CHICAGO

  • WINN HARTFORD, BS

    MD STUDENT
    UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (USC)

  • NARYEONG KIM

    BIOENGINEERING
    GENENTECH

CURRENT COLLABORATORS

  • JOSEF PARVIZI, MD, PHD

    PROFESSOR OF NEUROLOGY
    STANFORD UNIVERSITY

  • AARON BOES, MD, PHD

    ASSOC PROF NEUROLOGY
    UNIV OF IOWA MEDICAL CENTER

  • FIONA BAUMER, MD

    ASST PROF OF NEUROLOGY
    STANFORD UNIVERSITY

  • NOLAN WILLIAMS, MD

    ASST PROFESSOR OF PSYCHIATRY
    STANFORD UNIVERSITY

  • JONG YOON, MD

    ASSOC PROF OF PSYCHIATRY
    STANFORD UNIVERSITY

  • CASEY HALPERN, MD

    ASST PROFESSOR, NEUROSURGERY
    STANFORD UNIVERSITY