Dr Ali Mazaheri PhD

Dr Ali Mazaheri

School of Psychology
Associate Professor
Director of Undergraduate Studies
Programme lead for BSc Psychology

Contact details

Email
a.mazaheri@bham.ac.uk
Address
School of Psychology
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Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT
UK

Dr Mazaheri is an expert on the role of oscillations in cognition and behaviour. His research focuses on the neural interactions underlying different facets of  cognitive control in both the healthy and clinical populations.

Qualifications

  • MSc University of Toronto, Toronto Canada
  • PhD  Donders Center for Cognitive Neuroimaging, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Biography

Dr Mazaheri completed his B.Sc and M.Sc degree in Neuroscience at the University of Toronto, Canada.  He obtained his PhD degree at the Donders Institute for Cognitive Neuroimaging, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.  After a post-doctoral fellowship at the University of California, Davis, he was appointed as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Psychiatry at the AMC-University of Amsterdam. He joined the School in 2015.

Teaching

Neurobiology of Mental Illness – 3rd year Module
Year-2 Tutor

Postgraduate supervision

  • Tara Van Viegen - PhD Candidate
  • Daniel Elport - PhD Candidate
  • Rosanne Van Diepen - PhD candidate (University of Amsterdam)
  • Katrin Bangel - PhD candidate (University of Amsterdam)
  • Rachel Marchant (University 麻豆精选) 
  • Chun Yuen Fong (University 麻豆精选)
  • Emma Staley (University 麻豆精选) 
  • Katrin Bangel (University of Amsterdam)
  • Sophie Hardy(University 麻豆精选)
  • Eszter Toth (University 麻豆精选)
  • Charlotte Poulisse (University 麻豆精选)
  • Leonie Balter (University 麻豆精选)

Research

The aim of Dr Mazaheri's research is to investigate what insight electrophysiological activity measured at the scalp using EEG and MEG can provide on how the brain processes information from the outside world. He is also particularly interested in why certain individuals are more vulnerable than others to developing neurodegenerative disorders.

Research ID:
0000-0001-5732-7555

Website:

Publications

Recent publications

Article

RAGA Study Investigators, Li, T, Li, J, Jiang, C, Yuan, L, Wu, J, Mazaheri, A, Wang, M, Jin, S, Myles, PS, Yao, Y, Wu, J, Chen, J & Smith, FG 2025, '', Anaesthesia.

Markiewicz, R, Mazaheri, A & Segaert, K 2024, '', iScience, vol. 27, no. 9, 110802.

DeLuca, V, Voits, T, Ni, J, Carter, F, Foyzul, R, Mazaheri, A, Krott, A & Segaert, K 2024, '', Cerebral Cortex, vol. 34, no. 2, bhae029.

Carter, F, DeLuca, V, Segaert, K, Mazaheri, A & Krott, A 2023, '', NeuroImage, vol. 273, 120085.

Markiewicz, R, Rahman, F, Apperly, I, Mazaheri, A & Segaert, K 2023, '', Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition.

Fong, CY, Law, WHC, Fahrenfort, JJ, Braithwaite, JJ & Mazaheri, A 2022, '', The Journal of Headache and Pain, vol. 23, no. 1, 44.

Markiewicz, R, Mazaheri, A & Krott, A 2022, '', European Journal of Neuroscience, pp. 1-19.

Hardy, SM, Jensen, O, Wheeldon, L, Mazaheri, A & Segaert, K 2022, '', Cerebral Cortex.

Segaert, K, Poulisse, C, Markiewicz, R, Wheeldon, L, Marchment, D, Zoe, A, Howett, D, Chan, D & Mazaheri, A 2021, '', Psychophysiology.

Chapter (peer-reviewed)

Mazaheri, A 2022, . in P Gable, M Miller & E Bernat (eds), The Oxford Handbook of EEG Frequency. Oxford Library of Psychology, Oxford University Press.

Letter

Millard, SK, Furman, AJ, kerr, A, Seminowicz, D, Naidu, B, Gao Smith, F & Mazaheri, A 2022, '', British Journal of Anaesthesia, vol. 128, no. 6, pp. e346-e348.

Preprint

Millard, SK, Chiang, AKI, Humburg, P, Chowdhury, N, Rehan, R, Furman, AJ, Mazaheri, A, Schabrun, SM & Seminowicz, DA 2023 '' eLife, eLife Sciences Publications.

Fong, CY, Law, WHC, Fahrenfort, JJ, Braithwaite, JJ & Mazaheri, A 2021 '' medRxiv.

Review article

UK mTBI Predict Consortium, Sassani, M, Ghafari, T, Arachchige, PRW, Idrees, I, Gao, Y, Waitt, A, Weaver, SRC, Mazaheri, A, Lyons, HS, Grech, O, Thaller, M, Witton, C, Bagshaw, AP, Wilson, M, Park, H, Brookes, M, Novak, J, Mollan, SP, Hill, LJ, Lucas, SJE, Mitchell, JL, Sinclair, AJ, Mullinger, K & Fernandez-Espejo, D 2025, '', Brain Communications.

Millard, SK, Speis, DB, Skippen, P, Chiang, AKI, Chang, WJ, Lin, AJ, Furman, AJ, Mazaheri, A, Seminowicz, DA & Schabrun, SM 2024, '', European Journal of Neuroscience.