Hello there👋
Hi! hello, welcome to my page! I am Apurba, a Master's student at University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) , specializing in Biomedical Imaging technologies.
Before joining UCSF, as a summer researcher at the Paris Brain Institute, Inria NERV Lab, I worked on formulating interpretable deep learning tools for BCI applications, where I implemented spatial filtering methods to better classify the left and right motor imagery tasks. Prior to that, I did a year-long full-time research on Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) as a Post-Baccalaureate researcher at Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India. There, I worked to elucidate the underlying large-scale neural mechanisms of motor imagery in non-invasive BCI training. I graduated in May 2024 with a Bachelor's degree in Biotechnology from National Institute of Technology Durgapur, India. As an undergraduate researcher, I worked on Drug Delivery Systems under Prof. Dalia Dasgupta Mandal.
My primary research interest lies in uncovering the conundrum behind brain dynamics🧠 through computational approaches and advanced imaging modalities.
Research Experience
Paris Brain Institute - ICM, Paris, France
Advised by: Marie-Constance Corsi
Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India
Advised by: Parul Verma (IIT Madras) & Marie-Constance Corsi (Paris Brain Institute)
National Institute of Technology Durgapur, India
Advised by: Prof. Dalia Dasgupta Mandal
Publications
Biophysical modeling approach to elucidate the underlying neural mechanisms in Brain-Computer Interface training
The paper introduces a biophysical model to elucidate the underlying neural mechanisms of motor-imagery in non-inavasive BCI training.Education
University of California, San Francisco
National Institute of Technology Durgapur, India
Technical Skills & Expertise
Programming Languages
Machine Learning
Research Areas
Tools & Platforms
Awards & Honors
- IBSE Post-Baccalaureate Fellowship ($6000 in total) [2024-2025]
"To pursue research in the filed of Computational Neuroscience to elucidate the underlying neural mechanisms of Brain-Computer Interface" - Paris Brain Institute Travel Award for OHBM 2025, Brisbane [2025]
"To present my research work as poster presentaion at OHBM 2025 Annual Meeting in Brisbane, Australia" - IBSE Travel Award for Physics of Cells & Tissues 3.0 Symposium, IISc [2025]
"To present my research work as poster presentaion at Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bengaluru, India" - NEC State Merit Scholarship to pursue Bachelor’s degree ($1140 in total) [2020
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2024]
"Recognized for outstanding high school score in Science stream to pursure Bachelor's degree" - Top 0.9% nationally (out of 1.2 million) in all India engineering entrance exam JEE
2020 [2020]
- Top 1.6% nationally (out of 1.5 million) in all India medical entrance exam NEET
2019 [2019]
Contact Information
apurba.debnath@ucsf.edu
orapurba.debnath.mail@gmail.com