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Hema Nawani

Neuroscientist (PhD, Post Doctorate)
Bengaluru

Summary

Worked with state of art Neuroimaging, EEG and brain stimulation techniques during PhD and Post Doctorate

Passionate about using ML and AI to solve business and scientific problems, did capstone projects on chatbots, sentiment analysis etc during Data Science and AI certification. Https://github.com/hemanawani/Assignments

Now pursuing Generative AI with OpenAI, LangChain, and LlamaIndex V2 course

Published numerous research articles in highly reputed scientific journals including first authorship in advanced meta- analysis , EEG, neuroimaging and ML : semi supervised SVM (https://doi.org/10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2022.0020 K means algorithm https://www.biologicalpsychiatryjournal.com/article/S0006-3223(18)31021-7/fulltext) meta-analysis (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2023.120051) , full list of publications https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=t8GuTYgAAAA

Overview

17
17
years of professional experience
19
19
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Postdoctoral Fellow

Cognitive Neuroscience Research Group, The Arctic University of Norway
10.2020 - 10.2023

Projects 1. Modulation of mind wandering using tDCS, A meta-analysis based on electric field mapping. 2. EEG microstates during normal sleep and sleep deprivation 3.EEG microstates during reinforcement learning

Mentor: Prof. Gabor Csifcsak and Prof Matthias Mittner

Postdoctoral Fellow

Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
03.2019 - 02.2020

Project: Neuroanatomical subtypes of Late life depression using semi supervised machine learning algorithm


Mentor: Prof Christos Davazikos

Postdoctoral Fellow

Brainconnectivity lab, Hospital for Sick children
11.2017 - 10.2018

Projects: Correlation between resting state fMRI derived graph network measures and health related quality of life in children with epilepsy Similarity Network Fusion algorithm to cluster youth based on multimodal neuroimaging data

Mentor: Dr Anne Wheeler

Junior Research Fellow

Cognitive Neuroscience Centre, Neuropsychology Unit, NIMHANS
01.2011 - 01.2012

ERP correlates of cognitive and emotional decision making


Mentor - Prof. Keshav Kumar

Research Trainee

Brain and Music Group, Freie University
01.2007 - 01.2008

Effect of different filter settings on emotionality coefficients.


Mentor - Prof. Stefan Koelsch

Education

Advanced Certification - Mastering Generative AI With OpenAI, LangChain, An

INeuron.ai
Online
04.2001 -

Advanced certification in Data Science and Artificial Intelligence -

Intellipaat And IIT Madras
01.2022 - 04.2023

Ph.D. - Psychiatry

National Institute of Mental Health And Neurosciences (NIMHANS)
04.2001 - 04.2019

M.Sc., Biochemistry - undefined

Jamia Hamdard University, Delhi, India

Post Graduate Diploma in Molecular and Biochemical technology - undefined

Sri Venkateswara College, University of Delhi, India

B.Sc Biochemistry - undefined

Deshbandhu College, University of Delhi, India

Skills

Python (basic)

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Accomplishments

  • Research article nominated for best research articles of 2019 by American Journal of Neuroradiology

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth: 03/23/83
  • Nationality: Indian

Publications

  • EEG correlates of feedback processing during reinforcement learning do not necessarily distinguish between action-contingent versus random outcomes, Gabor Csifcsak, Hema Nawani, Matthias Mittner (in preparation)
  • Modulation of mind wandering with tDCS: a meta-analysis based on electric field mapping, Nawani H, Matthias Mittner, Gabor Csifcsak, Neuroimage, 03/23/23
  • Characterizing Heterogeneity in Neuroimaging, Cognition, Clinical Symptoms, and Genetics Among Patients With Late-Life Depression, Junhao Wen, Cynthia H Y Fu, Duygu Tosun, Yogasudha Veturi, Zhijian Yang, Ahmed Abdulkadir, Elizabeth Mamourian, Dhivya Srinivasan, Ioanna Skampardoni, Ashish Singh, Hema Nawani, Christos Davatzikos, JAMA Psychiatry, 2022
  • Functional Connectivity Associated with Health-Related Quality of Life in Children with Focal Epilepsy, Nawani H, Smith ML, Wheeler AL, Widjaja E, AJNR Am J Neuroradiol, 2019
  • Effect of fronto-temporal transcranial direct current stimulation on corollary discharge in schizophrenia: A randomized, double-blind, sham-controlled mediation analysis study, Bose A, Nawani H, Agarwal SM, Shivakumar V, Kalmady SV, Shenoy S, Sreeraj VS, Narayanaswamy JC, Kumar D, Venkatasubramanian G, Schizophr Res, 2019
  • Enhanced error related negativity amplitude in medication naïve, comorbidity-free obsessive compulsive disorder, Hema Nawani, Janardhanan. C. Narayanaswamy, Basavaraj Shrinivas, Anushree Bose, Sri Mahavir Agarwal, Ganesan Venkatasubramanian, Y.C. Janardhan Reddy, Psychiatry Res, 2018
  • Modulation of corollary discharge dysfunction in schizophrenia by tDCS: preliminary evidence, Nawani H, Bose A, Agarwal SM, Shivakumar V, Chhabra H, Subramaniam A, Kalmady S, Narayanaswamy JC, Venkatasubramanian G, Brain Stimul, 2014
  • Neural basis of tDCS effects on auditory verbal hallucinations in schizophrenia: a case report evidence for cortical neuroplasticity modulation, Nawani H, Kalmady SV, Bose A, Shivakumar V, Rakesh G, Subramaniam A, Narayanaswamy JC, Venkatasubramanian G, J ECT, 2014
  • Online theta-frequency trans-cranial alternating current stimulation (tACS) for cognitive remediation in Schizophrenia: A case report, Vanteemar S Sreeraj, Venkataram Shivakumar, Selvaraj Sowmya, Anushree Bose, Hema Nawani, Janardhanan C. Narayanaswamy, Ganesan Venkatasubramanian, J ECT, 2019
  • Insight facilitation with add-on tDCS in Schizophrenia, Bose A, Shivakumar V, Narayanaswamy JC, Nawani H, Subramaniam A, Agarwal SM, Chhabra H, Kalmady SV, Venkatasubramanian G, Schizophr Res, 2014
  • Rapid improvement of auditory verbal hallucinations in schizophrenia after add-on treatment with transcranial direct current stimulation, Shivakumar V, Bose A, Rakesh G, Nawani H, Subramaniam A, Agarwal SM, Kalmady SV, Narayanaswamy JC, Venkatasubramanian G, J ECT, 2013
  • Monotherapy with tDCS for Schizophrenia: a case report, Rakesh G, Shivakumar V, Subramaniam A, Nawani H, Amaresha AC, Narayanaswamy JC, Venkatasubramanian, Brain Stimul, 2013

Timeline

Advanced certification in Data Science and Artificial Intelligence -

Intellipaat And IIT Madras
01.2022 - 04.2023

Postdoctoral Fellow

Cognitive Neuroscience Research Group, The Arctic University of Norway
10.2020 - 10.2023

Postdoctoral Fellow

Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
03.2019 - 02.2020

Postdoctoral Fellow

Brainconnectivity lab, Hospital for Sick children
11.2017 - 10.2018

Junior Research Fellow

Cognitive Neuroscience Centre, Neuropsychology Unit, NIMHANS
01.2011 - 01.2012

Research Trainee

Brain and Music Group, Freie University
01.2007 - 01.2008

Advanced Certification - Mastering Generative AI With OpenAI, LangChain, An

INeuron.ai
04.2001 -

Ph.D. - Psychiatry

National Institute of Mental Health And Neurosciences (NIMHANS)
04.2001 - 04.2019

M.Sc., Biochemistry - undefined

Jamia Hamdard University, Delhi, India

Post Graduate Diploma in Molecular and Biochemical technology - undefined

Sri Venkateswara College, University of Delhi, India

B.Sc Biochemistry - undefined

Deshbandhu College, University of Delhi, India
Hema NawaniNeuroscientist (PhD, Post Doctorate)