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Dr. Alejandro Lopez Valdes

Assistant Professor (Electronic & Elect. Engineering)

 ALEJANDRO.LOPEZ@tcd.ie

 


Biography

Currently, an Assistant Professor in Neural Engineering and Brain Health affiliated to the School of Engineering and The Global Brain Health Institute. I strive to contribute to the creation of applicable and scalable methods and solutions to support brain health throughout the lifespan. My research focuses on applied neural engineering supporting, aging, sensory dysfunction and cognition. Born in Mexico in 1987, I have a background in biomedical engineering, and specialized in neural engineering. I have industry experience in the fields of ophthalmology surgery medical device service and management, medical device design, and auditory assistive devices research and development. I obtained a Bachelor's Degree in Biomedical Engineering from ITESM in Monterrey, Mexico. Completed my Master's of Science in Bioengineering from the University of Groningen and Trinity College Dublin through the CEMACUBE programme funded by the European Union. I hold a PhD in Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, specialized in neural engineering, from Trinity College Dublin. Before joining Trinity College Dublin as faculty, I carried out research in the area of cognitive hearing sciences and brain hearing technologies at Eriksholm Research Centre in Denmark.

Research Tags

  AUDITORY EVOKED RESPONSE   Bioengineering   Brain Health   Brain Health in Ageing   COCHLEAR IMPLANT PATIENTS   DEMENTIA, NEURODEGENERATIVE   DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING   EEG   Electrophysiology   HEARING LOSS   Hyperscanning   Medical Devices   NEURAL ACTIVITY   Neuroscience and Cognition   Unobtrusive EEG

Languages

Language Skill Reading Skill Writing Skill Speaking
Danish Basic Basic Basic
English Fluent Fluent Fluent
French Medium Basic Basic
Italian Medium Basic Basic
Spanish Fluent Fluent Fluent

Memberships

Membership of Professional Institutions, Associations, Societies

Details Date From Date To
IEEE Senior Member 2021
IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society 2021
IEEE Young Professionals 2021
Correia Guilherme, Crosse Michael, Lopez Valdes Alejandro, Brain Wearables: Validation Toolkit for Ear-Level EEG Sensors, 2024, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI  URL
Farrell Sean, Valdes Alejandro Lopez, 'The Mind' promotes brain synchronization: an ecological evaluation of brain synchronization in co-operative tasks, 2023, 2023, pp1 - 4, Conference Paper, PUBLISHED  DOI  URL
Ignacio Calderon De Palma, Alejandro Lopez Valdes, Effects of spectral and temporal modulation degradation on intelligibility and cortical tracking of speech signals, INTERSPEECH, Dublin, Ireland, 20-24 August 2023, edited by International Speech Communication Association , 2023, Conference Paper, PUBLISHED  URL  URL
Sara Solis-López, Aníbal Gutiérrez-Torres, Alejandro López-Valdés, José Alberto Ávila-Funes, Carmen García-Peña, Brian Lawlor, Roman Romero-Ortuno, Age-friendly initiatives: Mexico, The Journal of nutrition, health and aging, 2023, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI  URL
Carta S, Mangiacotti AMA, Valdes AL, Reilly RB, Franco F, Di Liberto GM., The impact of temporal synchronisation imprecision on TRF analyses., Journal of neuroscience methods, 385, 2023, p109765 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Manjarrez Elias, Curia Giulia, Stecina Katinka, Lopez Valdes Alejandro, Editorial: Bridging the gap between integrative neuroscience and translational neuroscience, Frontiers in integrative neuroscience, 17, 2023, p1296701-, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI  URL
Origin and Dynamics of Biomedical Signals in, editor(s)Ahad, Md Atiqur Rahman; Ahmed, Mosabber Uddin , Signal Processing Techniques for Computational Health Informatics, Springer International Publishing, 2021, [Nahiyan, K. M. Talha; Arefin, A. S. M. Shamsul; Rabbani, Mamun; Lopez Valdes, Alejandro], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED  URL
Boenitz Hanna, Lunner Thomas, Finke Mareike, Fiedler Lorenz, Lyxell Bjoern, Riis Soeren Kamaric, Ng Elaine, Valdes Alejandro Lopez, Buechner Andreas, Wendt Dorothea, How Do We Allocate Our Resources When Listening and Memorizing Speech in Noise? A Pupillometry Study, Ear and hearing, 42, (4), 2021, p846 - 859, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI  URL
Thomas Lunner, Alejandro Lopez Valdes, Henrik Bendsen, Claus Christensen, Peter Schmidt, Ole Andersen, Mikkel Nielsen, Tanveer Bhuiyan, 'A portable system for gathering and processing data from EEG, EOG, and/or imaging sensors', United States of America, 2021, 30 January 2024, Oticon S/A, Patent, GRANTED  URL
Simões-Franklin, C., Flood, I., Sechler, S., Lopez-Valdes, A., Waechter, S.M., Thapa, J., Glynn, F., Walshe, P., Reilly, R.B., Viani, L., Sequential bilateral implantation in older children: Inter-implant map differences and their effects on functional outcomes, Clinical Otolaryngology, 2020, Journal Article, PUBLISHED
  

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Carta Sara, Alickovic Emina, Zaar Johannes, Lopez Valdes Aleiandro, Di Liberto Giovanni, Cortical over-representation of phonetic onsets of ignored speech in hearing impaired individuals, 2023, -, Notes: [Pre-Print], Miscellaneous, PUBLISHED
Connelly JP, Boland Erin, Buckley Brenda, Curley Niall, Refaie Amr El, Galvin Miriam, Gibb Matthew, Graham Liz, Lennon Brendan, Valdes Alejandro Lopez, Mullally Anne-Michelle, Muller Nicole, Nolan-Palmer Janice, O'Nolan Gerald, O'Reilly Ciara, Rezk Valeria Raaft, Rochford-Brennan Helen, Tobin Katy, Tormey Helen, Trepel Dominic, Leroi Iracema, SENSE-Cog Residential Care: Hearing and vision support for residents with dementia in long-term care in Ireland: Protocol for a pilot cluster randomised controlled trial, 2023, -, Notes: [Pre-Registered Study], Miscellaneous, PUBLISHED

  

Awards and Honours

Award Date
Trinity Research Doctorate Award (School Award) (PhD Student Fees and Stipend) 01 September 2024
Trinity Research Doctorate Award (College Award) (PhD Student Fees and Stipend) 01 September 2024
TCD Alumni Trust Fund: Neural Engineering Outreach and Teaching funding (11,325.00 EUR) 27 November 2023
William Demand Foundation and SFI Co-Funded, Co-Investigator Grant. Investigating attention switching in realistic listening scenarios. (170,686.08 EUR) April 2022
William Demant Foundation Co-Investigator Grant. Implementation of hearing aid signal processing strategies on hierarchical cortical processing of speech. (13,388.35 EUR) 01/09/2022
Demant Annual Innovation Challenge Winner January 2019
Demant Annual Innovation Challenge Winner January 2018
Collin Cherry Award January 2016
Engineers Ireland Biomedical Research Medal Finalist January 2016
3rd Prize Thesis-in-3 presentation at the Trinity Centre for Bioengineering Winter Symposium October 2015
Travel Grant Award for the 36th Association for Research in Otorhinolaryngology (ARO) Midwinter Meeting October 2015
CEMACUBE Erasmus Mundus Scholarship (Full MSc Scholarship) 01/09/2010
HEA Graduate Research in Education Programme Scholarship (Full PhD Scholarship) 01/09/2012

Research Interests

Description Of Research Interests

My research interests focus on applied neural engineering supporting, aging, sensory dysfunction and cognition. Aiming to help better understand changes in brain health as individuals move through their life. By including contextual information to capture the nuances of individual lifestyles and allow for individualized approaches to brain health. This would facilitate early detection of cognition difficulties before they become acute and support a healthy brain ageing.