Surya Rajan Selvam, M.S.

Research Technologist Sr.

Department of Neurological Surgery


220 Abraham Flexner Way

Surya Rajan Selvam is a cognitive neuroscience research technologist in the Human Cognitive Neurophysiology Lab. In this lab, the team uses multiple techniques such as intraoperative and intracranial EEG recordings to study human cognition. Surya's primary task is to program experiments and analyze data using a wide array of software such as MATLAB, MonkeyLogic2, Wave_clus, and others. Additionally, Surya contributes to the Cognitive Neuroscience of Memory Lab in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences where functional MRI is used to study the role of sleep in memory. Surya is pursuing a doctoral program in the field of cognitive sciences in the near future.

Before joining the team at University of Louisville, Surya completed a Master's in Chemical and Biological Engineering at the State University of New York in Buffalo, New York. During that time, he participated in stem cell research involving human epidermal neural crest stem cells.

Surya's research interests include:

  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • fMRI
  • Intraoperative Neurophysiology
  • Intracranial EEG