Our team members

Team members

Portrait of Habib Benali

Habib Benali, PhD
Lab Director, Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Canada Research Chair in Biomedical Imaging and Healthy Aging, Member Applied AI Institute


Neuroimaging, Computational Neuroscience, Mathematical Models and Statistics, Signal and Image Processing, Functional and Anatomical Connectivity, Healthy Aging, Motor Learning, Neurodegenerative Diseases

Portrait of Elkaïoum Moutuou

Elkaïoum Moutuou, PhD
Research Associate


Operator Algebras, Algebraic Topology, Mathematical Physics, Network Neuroscience, Connectomics, Complex Systems

Portrait of Laetitia Jeancolas

Laetitia Jeancolas, PhD
Postdoctoral Researcher & Lab coordinator


Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, neuroimaging, early detection, voice analysis, ASL, signal processing, machine learning, classification, predictive modeling, statistics

Portrait of Obaï Bin Ka'b Ali

Obaï Bin Ka'b Ali, PhD
Research Scientist


neuron-glial paradigm; whole-brain network dynamics; network mass modeling; multilayer network modeling; bifurcation analyses; structural connectivity; functional connectivity; local field potential; glutamate; gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA)

Portrait of Bahar Moadeli

Bahar Moadeli, BSc
Master’s Student


Statistics, Neuroimaging, Functional and Anatomical Connectivity

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Leila Mousavi, BSc
Master’s Student


Multimodal brain connectomes, neural networks, Alzheimer's disease, neuroimaging

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Pierre Berroir, MSc.
PhD candidate


Stroke, fMRI, neurovascular coupling, CBF, perfusion, perilesional tissue, VMHC, homotopic connectivity, hemodynamic, HRF