Leon Iasemidis, PhD

Professor
Neural Engineering, Crises Prediction, Brain Dynamics, Epilepsy

Iasemidis Laboratory

Leon Iasemidis, PhD, is a professor in the Department of Translational Neuroscience and the Department of Neurology at Barrow Neurological Institute.

Dr. Iasemidis leads the Brain Dynamics Laboratory at Barrow. He researches the dynamics of electrical and magnetic signals from healthy and diseased human and animal brains. He is a fellow of the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering, the National Academy of Inventors, and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).

Dr. Iasemidis earned his bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the National Technical University of Athens in Greece. He earned his doctorate in biomedical engineering from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, where he also received master’s degrees in biomedical engineering and physics. He also completed postdoctoral research fellowships in the Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering and the Department of Neurology at the University of Michigan.

Dr. Iasemidis is internationally recognized as a founder of the seizure prediction field, with more than 150 peer-reviewed publications and patents and 7,000 citations to his work. His research interests and expertise include biomedical signal processing, complex systems, nonlinear dynamics, and neurophysiology. He is expertly involved in the monitoring, analysis, and control of the electrical and magnetic activities of the brain in epilepsy and other dynamic brain disorders. His research has been supported by the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, Veterans Affairs, various foundations, and industry.