Lezio Soares Bueno, Ph.D.

Biologist with Psychology MSc and Neuroscience PhD. Expertise in electrophysiology and behavioral monitoring in multiple rodent species. Experienced in the analysis of human electroencephalography and polysomnography. Past/present research involve collaborations with biologists, psychologists, psychiatrists, and neurologists in a range of neuroscientific topics, including operant conditioning, interval timing, synaptic plasticity, drug sensitization, cholinergic modulation of brain states, sleep, psychiatric comorbidities in epilepsy, animal models of depression, social bonding, behavioral rhythms, somatotopy, and neural activity in forebrain (hippocampus, thalamus and neocortex). Skills include programming, brain recording/stimulation, electrode making, whisker/pupil videography, pose estimation, sensory stimulation, histology, 3D printing, video editing, and figure making.