Top Researchers
Top Researchers in Neuroscience at Georgia State University for 2025
Georgia State University’s neuroscience research in 2025 spans a wide range of questions, from brain network dynamics and imaging methods to behavior, autonomic function, and development. Across the year, researchers working in this field sampled a substantial body of work that shows how broad and interconnected the university’s neuroscience community has become.
Below, you’ll find a closer look at the scholars contributing most actively to this conversation. Their recent publications reflect both methodological innovation and studies of brain, body, and behavior, offering a useful snapshot of where neuroscience research at Georgia State University has been moving this year.
Featured Researchers
Armin Iraji
Armin Iraji’s recent work at Georgia State University centers on cognitive neuroscience and imaging, with publications on fMRI-EEG connectivity, early brain network development, and dynamic functional network connectivity.
Activity this year: 16 indexed journal articles.
Top publications:
- Integrating fMRI spatial network dynamics and EEG spectral power: insights into resting state connectivity (Jan 2025)
- Spatial development of brain networks during the first six postnatal months (Oct 2025)
- A Method for Estimating Dynamic Functional Network Connectivity Gradients ( dFNGs ) From ICA Captures Smooth Inter‐Network Modulation (Jul 2025)
Javier E. Stern
Javier E. Stern’s Georgia State University research brings together social psychology, endocrine and autonomic systems, and cellular neuroscience, with recent studies on heart and gut mechanosensation, amygdala angiotensin receptors, and microglia-vessel interactions.
Activity this year: 8 indexed journal articles.
Top publications:
- Mechanosensation of the heart and gut elicits hypometabolism and vigilance in mice (Jan 2025)
- Neurons of the Central Nucleus of the Amygdala That Express Angiotensin Type 2 Receptors Couple Lowered Blood Pressure with Anxiolysis in Male Mice (Feb 2025)
- Changes in Microglia-Vascular Interactions in the Brain of Rats with Heart Failure (May 2025)
Jingyu Liu
Jingyu Liu focuses on cognitive neuroscience and computational approaches at Georgia State University, with recent papers on deep learning for brain networks, white matter connectivity, and epigenetic links to cognitive development.
Activity this year: 6 indexed journal articles.
Top publications:
- DSAM: A deep learning framework for analyzing temporal and spatial dynamics in brain networks (Jan 2025)
- Evidence for white matter intrinsic connectivity networks at rest and during a task: A large-scale study and templates (Jan 2025)
- Adolescent White Matter Maturation Mediates Epigenetic Associations With Cognitive Development (Nov 2025)
Karen A. Scott
Karen A. Scott’s recent Georgia State University publications connect behavioral neuroscience with endocrine and autonomic systems, including studies of heart and gut mechanosensation, social defeat stress, and closed-loop blood pressure control.
Activity this year: 6 indexed journal articles.
Top publications:
Sergey Plis
Sergey Plis works across cognitive neuroscience, imaging, and signal processing at Georgia State University, with recent publications on a 3D printable brain-model tool, fMRI separation methods, and explainable self-supervised neuroimaging.
Activity this year: 5 indexed journal articles.
Top publications:
Michael J. Beran
Michael J. Beran’s Georgia State University work spans developmental and educational psychology with cognitive neuroscience, including studies of children’s cognitive offloading, monkeys’ wagering behavior, and odor-detection training in dogs.
Activity this year: 4 indexed journal articles.
Top publications:
- Cognitive offloading by children in perceptual discrimination tasks (Jan 2025)
- Will monkeys wager differently as a function of stimulus fluency or when making immediate versus delayed judgements of memory? (Apr 2025)
- One smell, two smells, intermixed, combined, or queued smells: What training procedure promotes the best generalization of odor detection by dogs? (Feb 2025)
Matthew K. Kirchner
Matthew K. Kirchner’s recent Georgia State University research overlaps social psychology, endocrine and autonomic systems, and cellular neuroscience, with papers on mechanosensation, amygdala angiotensin receptors, and microglia-vascular interactions.
Activity this year: 6 indexed journal articles.
Top publications:
- Mechanosensation of the heart and gut elicits hypometabolism and vigilance in mice (Jan 2025)
- Neurons of the Central Nucleus of the Amygdala That Express Angiotensin Type 2 Receptors Couple Lowered Blood Pressure with Anxiolysis in Male Mice (Feb 2025)
- Changes in Microglia-Vascular Interactions in the Brain of Rats with Heart Failure (May 2025)
Jiayu Chen
Jiayu Chen’s Georgia State University publications emphasize cognitive neuroscience, imaging, and genetics, including work on temporal-spatial brain-network dynamics, white matter connectivity, and cognitive biotypes in psychotic disorders.
Activity this year: 6 indexed journal articles.
Top publications:
- DSAM: A deep learning framework for analyzing temporal and spatial dynamics in brain networks (Jan 2025)
- Evidence for white matter intrinsic connectivity networks at rest and during a task: A large-scale study and templates (Jan 2025)
- Neurobiology-based cognitive biotypes using multi-scale intrinsic connectivity networks in psychotic disorders (Mar 2025)
What Georgia State University's Neuroscience Community Is Working On
The most common subfields point to a community that is actively linking cognitive neuroscience with brain imaging, signal analysis, and related computational methods. At the same time, there is strong activity in social psychology and endocrine-autonomic systems, suggesting sustained interest in how stress, behavior, and physiological regulation intersect with neural function. Cellular and molecular neuroscience also appears as an important thread, helping connect systems-level questions to mechanisms at the tissue and circuit level.- Cognitive Neuroscience - seen across 5 of the featured researchers
- Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging - seen across 3 of the featured researchers
- Social Psychology - seen across 3 of the featured researchers
- Endocrine and Autonomic Systems - seen across 3 of the featured researchers
- Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience - seen across 2 of the featured researchers
Taken together, these researchers show a department-wide effort to connect neural systems, physiology, development, and data-driven methods in ways that make the field feel both expansive and cohesive. If you’d like to track similar patterns in your own literature reviews or manuscript preparation, Resub can help streamline the research workflow.