Invited talks, seminars, and colloquia. marks talks with a recording you can watch here.

2026
Brain Dynamics and the Capacity for Change 6th Annual Precision Mental Health Symposium — From Circuits to Mindsets, Stanford University · Stanford, CA
Mapping and Modeling Individual Human Brain Dynamics: From Measurement to Perturbation Brain Mind Institute (BMI) Distinguished Seminar, EPFL · Lausanne, Switzerland
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2025
Beyond Symptoms: Toward a Mechanistic, Neuroimaging-Based Nosology Using Deep Learning, Latent Representations and Dynamical Systems AI4MH Monthly Symposium, Stanford University · Stanford, CA
Beyond the Mean: Revealing the Hidden Scaffolding of Brain Dynamics through Topological Data Analysis Center for Studies in Physics and Biology, The Rockefeller University · New York, NY
Real-time 7T neurofeedback to reinforce positive memory states Launch of the 7T MRI Scanner, Stanford University · Stanford, CA
7+ Myths about creativity Minds in the Making workshop, CogSci 2025 · San Francisco, CA
Beyond the Average: Using TDA-Based Mapper to Reveal the Hidden Shape of fMRI Data University of Iowa · Iowa City, IA
Noise to Insight: Advancing Precision Psychiatry through Brain Dynamics and Computational Modeling University of Minnesota · Minneapolis, MN
Unleashing Creativity: Insights from Brain Dynamics and Neural Correlates Rice University · Houston, TX
Beyond the Mean: TDA as a Lens to Reveal the Hidden Scaffolding of Brain Dynamics in Healthy and Clinical Populations The Topology of Human and Synthetic Minds — King's Institute for Human and Synthetic Minds · London, UK
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Leveraging AI and ML to Anchor Psychiatric Diagnoses into Biological Features Center of Intelligent Robotics, IIIT-Allahabad · Prayagraj, India
International
2024
Using Topological Data Analysis to characterize fluctuations in brain activity patterns Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, UCLA · Los Angeles, CA
Characterizing brain activity dynamics in healthy and patient populations Psychology & Brain Sciences, Indiana University · Bloomington, IN
Capturing brain dynamics using topological data analysis Università degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata · Rome, Italy
International
Decoding Brain Dynamics: Leveraging Topological Data Analysis and Neuroimaging to Advance Psychiatric Nosology Center for Neuroscience, Indian Institute of Science (IISc) · Bangalore, India
International
Higher-order interactions between brain regions are better at profiling tasks in healthy and patient populations TopoNets 2024, NetSci · Quebec City, Canada
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2023
Interacting minds: Hyperscanning MIND Summer School, Dartmouth College · Hanover, NH
Precision dynamical mapping to better characterize fluctuations in brain activity in healthy and patient populations Applied Algebraic Topology Network (AATRN), Dr. Henry Adams
Teamwork + group (design) thinking Master Class, Society for Neuroscience of Creativity, International Monetary Fund (IMF) · Washington, D.C.
ideAIte: a synergistic human-machine framework for ideation and prototyping Army Research Lab workshop on Hybrid Thinking, Stanford · Stanford, CA
Topological data analysis and its application to neuroimaging and genetics Greicius Lab, Stanford University · Stanford, CA
Precision dynamical mapping to capture intrinsic and evoked transitions in cortical activity Computational & Systems Neuroscience Laboratory, Monash University · Melbourne, Australia
International
2022
Meditation: An Approach to Handle Anxiety and Uncertainty Mountain View Public Library · Mountain View, CA
Topological Data Analysis for revealing intrinsic and evoked transitions in brain activity Neural Prosthetic Systems Lab (NPSL), Stanford · Stanford, CA
Topological Data Analysis for revealing intrinsic and evoked transitions in brain activity Center for Neuromodulation in Depression and Stress (CNDS), Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Finding the shape of data Center for Sleep and Circadian Sciences (CSCS) Retreat, Stanford · Stanford, CA
2021
Precision dynamical mapping using topological data analysis reveals a unique hub-like transition state at rest Brain Space Initiative Talk Series, Georgia Tech
Visualizing evoked and resting brain activity dynamics National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) workshop
Characterizing cognitive states associated with creative thinking using network neuroscience and topological data analysis Neurodesign Lecture, Hasso Plattner Institute (WT 2020/21)
Characterizing brain dynamics at rest and while interacting with others using topological data analysis Dartmouth College · Hanover, NH
From Robotics to the Brain and back (hopefully) Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) Allahabad (Virtual) · Allahabad, India
International
2019
Using Topological Data Analysis to Capture and Quantify Transitions in Intrinsic Brain Activity in Individuals with Fragile X Syndrome Organization for Human Brain Mapping (OHBM) Annual Meeting · Rome, Italy
International
Computational Neuropsychiatry — New Approaches to Psychiatric Diagnosis BrainMind Summit, Stanford University · Stanford, CA
2018
Neuroscience of Contemplative Practices Contemplation By Design Summit, Stanford University · Stanford, CA
Computational Neuropsychiatry: new approaches to psychiatric diagnosis Ritter Lab, Berlin Institute of Health, Charité · Berlin, Germany
International
2017
Revealing the brain's dynamical organization Selective Vulnerability Research Lab, UCSF Memory & Aging Center · San Francisco, CA
Understanding Brain Dynamics The brainLENS Lab, UCSF · San Francisco, CA
2016
The Resting Brain and its dynamics Clinical Neuroscience Course, Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship, UCSF · San Francisco, CA
Extracting computational insights from brain dynamics Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University · Chicago, IL
Extracting insights from brain dynamics Department of Bioengineering, University of California, Riverside · Riverside, CA
Quantifying brain dynamics in healthy and clinical populations Department of Psychology, Utah State University · Logan, UT
2014
Finding the neural correlates of creativity and its enhancement across lifespan Center for Childhood Creativity, Bay Area Discovery Museum · Sausalito, CA
2013
Unleashing Creativity: Longitudinal changes in neural activity and behavioral measures associated with creativity training Department of Psychiatry Grand Rounds, Stanford University · Stanford, CA
2011
A computational analysis of meditation International Computer Science Institute, UC Berkeley · Berkeley, CA
A computational analysis of meditation Department of Neurology, UC Irvine · Irvine, CA