Meet The Team
Current members
István Ulbert, MD, DSc
Director, Principal Investigator, Full Professor
István Ulbert obtained his MSc in electrical engineering from the Budapest University of Technology in 1988, and his MD degree from Semmelweis University, Budapest in 1997. In 2002, he obtained his PhD in neuroscience at the Doctoral School of Semmelweis University, Budapest later he was awarded the title of Doctor of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in 2014. He spent his postdoctoral years at Stanford University Medical Center, Department of Neurosurgery, and Harvard University Medical School, Department of Radiology. He is currently group leader and director of the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience and Psychology, HUN-REN Research Centre for Natural Sciences, full professor at the Faculty of Information Technology and Bionics, Pázmány Péter Catholic University, Budapest and deputy research director at Department of Neurosurgery and Neurointervention, Semmelweis University. He is author of more than 140 articles, including some published in the most prestigious journals in the field of neuroscience, such as Science, Nature Neuroscience, Neuron, PNAS, Brain and The Journal of Neuroscience. His main area of interest is the development of implantable bioelectronics and the investigation of intracortical generators of brain oscillations in humans. He is founder, owner, and co-owner of two neurotechnology companies., CV
Email: ulbert.istvan@ttk.hu
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Lucia Wittner, DSc
Senior Research Associate
Lucia Wittner received her MSc degree in biology at Eötvös Loránd University in 1999, and her PhD in neuroscience in 2004 at Semmelweis University, and her DSc in 2023 at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary. She is an expert in the anatomy of human and rodent neocortical and hippocampal neuronal networks and synchronisation mechanisms – especially in relation to epilepsy. Her research interests also include the validation of neural probes and the potential use of optogenetic techniques in preclinical animal models and human organotypic slice cultures prepared from neocortical brain samples. CV
Email. wittner.lucia@ttk.hu
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Richárd Fiáth, PhD
Senior Research Associate
Richárd Fiáth received his M.S. degree in electrical and computer engineering from the Faculty of Information Technology, Pázmány Péter Catholic University, Budapest, Hungary, in 2009 and his Ph.D. degree in neurosciences from the Semmelweis University, Budapest, in 2017. He is currently working as postdoc at the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience and Psychology, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Budapest. His current research interests include neural interfaces, high-density neural recording methods, thalamocortical oscillations and the physiology of sleep. CV
Email: fiath.richard@ttk.hu
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Gergely Márton, PhD
Senior Research Associate
Dr. Gergely Márton has an MSc degree in electrical engineering and a PhD in neurosciences. He is a researcher, inventor, hardware designer and programmer working on MEMS neural microelectrode arrays, human-computer interfacing and wearable electronic devices. He is experimenting with the application of deep learning and advanced image processing in neurosciences, and is one of the two Artificial Intelligence Ambassadors of the HUN-REN RCNS. He also likes building tech companies (such as MindRove), and playing touch rugby and strategy games.
Email: marton.gergely@ttk.hu
Kinga Tóth, PhD
Research Associate
Kinga works on surgically removed human neocortical tissues from epileptic and non-epileptic patients. She studies the spontaneous synchronous population activity which is generated in the slice-preparations of these specimens. By applying electrophysiological and anatomical methods, she examines the role of perisomatic inhibition in generating physiological and pathological activities. CV
Email: toth.kinga@ttk.hu
Domonkos Horváth, PhD
Domokos Meszéna, PhD
Research Associate
- In collaboration with Massachusetts General Hospital / Harvard Medical School in Boston, MA, USA -
Domokos is an engineer and neuroscientist with translational and clinical research interests. Over the past two years, he has been a research fellow at the Center for Neurotechnology and Neurorecovery within the Department of Neurology at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), Harvard Medical School in Boston, MA, USA. He is a senior postdoctoral research associate in the Integrative Neuroscience Group at the HUN-REN Research Centre for Natural Sciences in Budapest, Hungary. Domokos obtained his Ph.D. (summa cum laude) in 2020 from Pázmány Péter Catholic University, Faculty of Information Technology and Bionics in Budapest. His recent collaborative work with MGH/Harvard focuses on exploring cutting-edge intraoperative neurotech solutions using high-density electrophysiology that may have significant human clinical and therapeutic perspectives. CVEmail: meszena.domokos@ttk.hu
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Ágnes Kandrács, PhD
Research Associate
- Currently at L'Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière, Paris, France (MSCA Fellowship)-
Agnes Kandracs earned her Ph.D. degree at the Roska Tamas Doctoral School of Sciences and Technology at Pazmany Peter Catholic University in Budapest Hungary under the supervision of Dr. Lucia Wittner. She completed her BSc and MSc at the Faculty of Information Technology and Bionics at the Pazmany Peter Catholic University with a specialization in molecular bionics and info-bionics engineering. She is currently a postdoctoral research fellow at UlbertLab. Her main research project is the electrophysiological and anatomical examination of cortical neural networks. CV
Email: kandracs.agnes@ttk.hu
Csaba Köllőd, PhD
Research Associate
Csaba received his master degree in Info-bionics engineering at Pázmány Péter Catholic University, Faculty of Information Technology and Bionics. His research topic is about Brain-Computer Interfaces supported by Deep Learning technologies. Currently he is developing an application, which will be challenged in the next Cybathlon competition in BCI discipline. He is the manager and the leader programmer of this project. In his free time he loves to teach skiing, playing Ultimate Frisbee, go to theater, scouting and learning new things like guitar playing, photography and more. CV
Email: kollod.csaba@ttk.hu
János Rokai, MD, PhD
Research Associate
Short Bio, CV
Email: rokai.janos@ttk.hu
Balázs Barkóczi, PhD
Research Associate
Balázs has several years of research experience in biological sciences, especially in the field of neurobiology, electrophysiology and microscopy. He has already worked with a great variety of laboratory animals (mouse, rat, cat), and he participated in numerous life science experiments. He also gained experience in government administration, and participated in the evaluation of clinical investigations according to EU Medical Device Regulations. At present he is a member of the HYPERSTIM Project, that aims the development of next generation implantable visual prostheses inserted in the visual cortex. CV
Email: barkoczi.balazs@ttk.hu
Ward Fadel, MSc
Barnabás Kocsis, MSc
András Adolf, MSc
PhD Candidate
After receiving his master's degree in Info-Bionics Engineering at Pázmány Péter Catholic University, András has started his PhD studies at Roska Tamás Doctoral School. His topic is about Brain-Computer Interfaces supported by Artificial Intelligence and Deep Learning for the classification of EEG signals. He focuses on Neural Networks with a limited amount of input data, and on different Channel Selection algorithms. Currently, he is also working on the Cybathlon project. In his free time, he likes running, learning Spanish, hiking, and playing on electric guitar.
Email: adolf.andras@itk.ppke.hu
Réka Bod, MD
Rebeka Stelcz, MSc
Mihály Rámpay, MA
PhD Student
Misi began his research career working for several years with the Environmental Adaptation and Space Exploration Group at Hun-REN TTK—including a multi-week research visit to DLR/ESA—before completing his degree in psychology. In 2023, he joined the Integrative Neuroscience Research Group led by Lucia Wittner and István Ulbert, and shortly thereafter enrolled as a PhD candidate in Theoretical Medicine at the Szentágothai Neuroscience Research Division of Semmelweis University, where he investigates non-classical correlations in the human neocortex using data-science methods and AI. He is currently also pursuing an MSc in Healthcare Data Science at Semmelweis University. Outside the lab, Misi is an avid triathlete and enthusiastic home chef, while working as a child psychologist. CV
Email: mihaly.rampay@ttk.hu
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