Welcome! My name is Mohammad Ahsan Khodami, also known as Eithan. You can read about the name roots here (click to see why I chose Eithan), which also helps you separate me from Ethan (as famous as Ethan Hunt).
Current Position
I am a PhD Fellow Research at the Department of General Psychology at the University of Padua, Italy, working with Prof. Luca Battaglini.
Secured prestigious PhD funding from Marie Skłodowska-Curie Action (Horizon 2020) (Nov 2022 - Nov 2025).
Research Interests
Coming from an Engineering background, I have a passion for Vision, Visual processing speed, visual cognition, attention, emotion. I also conduct research on methodology and computational frameworks.
Academic Journey
Master's Degree - Cognitive Neuroscience
After my bachelor's, I moved to the medical field, focusing on medical imaging. Joined Ural Federal University under the Russian Open Door scholarship (prize winner among 1000+ applicants).
Completed Master's by research + research fellow in cognitive neuroscience. Thesis on neuroimaging and cognitive studies on patients under 18. GPA: 4.7/5 (top 5%).
Research Assistant
Worked as RA with multiple responsibilities including teaching and research.
PhD Research Fellow
PhD research fellow under the Uniphd program funded by EU Horizon 2020 and MSCA program, working with Professor Battaglini and Percup laboratory.
Collaboration with Harvard Medical School
Working with Professor Jeremy Wolfe on emotion in visual search and computational understanding of visual attention.
Visiting Scholar
Working with Prof. Dr. Melissa Lê-Hoa Võ on VR in vision search, scene grammar, and natural scene viewing.
My Work
I have published several works which can be found on my publications page, developed Python packages, and created jsPsych works.