Our Team

Max
PI

mr287@georgetown.edu

Plamen “Bulgaria” Nikolov
Postdoctoral Affiliate

Research interests: computational modelling, motor control systems, internal models, brain and language, random Kaggle challenges

pn243@georgetown.edu

Flo Martinez Addiego
Lab Associate; current postdoctoral fellow at Georgia Tech.

Research interests: computational modeling, sensorimotor integration (especially visuomotor), generalization, and abstraction.

fam53@georgetown.edu

Lillian Chang
Postdoctoral Fellow

Research interests: Learning and memory, systems and connectivity in the brain, language and speech processing, neuroimaging methods. Fun fact: I learned how to make kimchi at home during the COVID lockdown.

 lc1152@georgetown.edu

Neel Banerjee
MD/PhD Candidate at UC San Diego

sb1884@georgetown.edu

Noah Steinberg
MD/PhD Student

Research interests: I really just want to figure out how the brain works.

njs90@georgetown.edu

Bernard Kripkee
Sponsored University Associate

My research interest is how descending connections in the cortex and thalamus acquire and use their specificity. In 2019 I became the United States Powerlifting Association New York State record holder for contestants age 75-79 in the 163 pound class.

kripkee@post.harvard.edu

Vlad Dobrin
MD/PhD Student at Georgetown

Vlad, a Romanian MD-PhD student at Georgetown with a background in computer science and prior AI research experience, is currently working in MaxLab to understand speech production learning. When he is not in class or the lab you can find Vlad training for his next fitness event.

Drew Di Donna 
Master’s Student Intern

Research interests: the neuroscience of language, connectomics, brain-computer interfaces, and NeuroAI.

Alexander Farahbod
Lab Manager and Undergraduate Research Assistant

Junior in the College of Arts and Sciences studying Neurobiology.

awf44@georgetown.edu

Yuri Jung 
Undergraduate Research Assistant

Freshman undergraduate majoring in biochemistry.

Andrew Kim
Undergraduate Research Assistant

Sophomore undergraduate in the Walsh School of Foreign Service, majoring in STIA.

ack144@georgetown.edu

Julia Shi
High School Intern

Jonathan Yu
High School Intern