Curriculum Vitae

Visiting Research Fellow, Aga Khan University, Brain & Mind Institute
Chief Technology Officer, Precision Neuroscopics, Inc
On leave: Post-doctoral Fellow / Special Faculty
Carnegie Mellon Neuroscience Institute (Grover Lab and LiMN Lab)

Academic Experience

Education

Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) - 2019 to 2021
- Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering - May 2021
- Affiliations: Neuroscience Institute, Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition
Boston University (BU) - 2014 to 2018
- Master of Science in Biomedical Engineering - 2017
- Affiliation: Hearing Research Center
Washington University in St. Louis (WashU) - 2009 to 2013
- Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Engineering
- Minor in Electrical Engineering
Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy (IMSA) - 2006 to 2009
- 3 total years of high school

Teaching Experience

Boston University Graduate Teaching Fellowships

CN 560: Perception and Quantitative Physiology of the Auditory System - 2017
BE 401: Signals and Systems in Biomedical Engineering (studio / flipped format) - 2016
- Rating: 4.7/5.0
BE 401: Signals and Systems in Biomedical Engineering (lecture format) - 2015
- Rating: 4.4/5.0

Washington University Teaching Assistant Positions

Publications

Kwasa, J., Noyce, A., Bressler, S., Bonacci, L., Ruesch, A., & Shinn-Cunningham, B. “Differences in neural representations of auditory and visual inputs dictates different metrics to quantify selective attention” (Under Review)
Kwasa, J., Mensah-Agyekum, E., Etienne, A., Phillips, R., Patterson, C., and Grover, P. “Clinical Evaluation of Sevo Systems: Equitable EEG for Coarse, Dense, and Curly Hair” IEEE Proceedings of the IEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Conference, 2024
Kwasa, J., Peterson, H. M., Karrobi, K., Jones, L., Parker, T., Nickerson, N., & Wood, S. “Demographic Reporting and Phenotypic Exclusion in fNIRS". Frontiers in Neuroscience Brain Imaging Methods (2023). https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.11.08.515730
Ricard J.A.*, Parker T.C.*, Dhamala E., Kwasa, J., Allsop, A.S., and Holmes A.J. “Confronting racially exclusionary practices in the acquisition and analyses of neuroimaging data.” Nature Neuroscience, 26, 4–11 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41593-022-01218-y
Webb, E.K., Etter, J.A. & Kwasa, J.A. “Addressing racial and phenotypic bias in human neuroscience methods.” Nature Neuroscience 25, 410–414 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41593-022-01046-0

D. E. Bradford*, A. DeFalco*, E. R. Perkins, I. Carbajal, J. Kwasa, F. R. Goodman, F. Jackson, L. N. S. Richardson, N. Woodley, L. Neuberger, J. A. Sandoval, H. J. Huang, & K. J. Joyner. “Whose Signals Are We Amplifying? Towards a More Equitable Clinical Psychophysiology” Invited Commentary, Clinical Psychological Science (2022) https://doi.org/10.1177/2167702622111211
Kwasa, J. A., Noyce, A. L., Torres, L. M., Richardson, B. N., & Shinn-Cunningham, B. G. (2023). “Top-down auditory attention modulates neural responses more strongly in neurotypical than ADHD young adults.” Brain Research, 1798, 148144. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brainres.2022.148144
Noyce, A. L., Kwasa, J. A. C., & Shinn-Cunningham, B. G. (2022). “Defining attention from an auditory perspective.” WIREs Cognitive Science, e1610. https://doi.org/10.1002/wcs.1610

Lia Bonacci, Scott Bressler, Jasmine Kwasa, Abigail Noyce, Barbara Shinn-Cunningham, “Effects of Visual Scene Complexity on Neural Signatures of Spatial Attention”, Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, Volume 14, March 2020, ISSN 1662-5161. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2020.00091
Nithya J. Jesuraj, Laura M. Marquardt, Jasmine A. Kwasa, Shelly E. Sakiyama-Elbert, “Glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor promotes increased phenotypic marker expression in femoral sensory and motor-derived Schwann cell cultures”. Experimental Neurology, Volume 257, July 2014, Pages 10-18, ISSN 0014-4886. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2020.00091
Jenny Liu, Will Ransohoff, Jason Dunkley, Jasmine Kwasa, David Welshon, Maisie Mahoney, Matt Everett, Jake Lefkowitz. “Eyereader: SSVEP-Based BCI”. 2013 IEEE Neural Engineering Short Papers No. 0673.

Awards / Prizes

2022 1st Place Virtual Poster (International Neuroethics Society)
2022 Illinois Math and Science Academy Titan Alumni Award
2022 Johns Hopkins, Columbia Rising Stars in Engineering in Health
2019 New England Science Symposium 1st place poster prize (Harvard Medical School)
2019 Travel Award Winner (Asso. for Research in Otolaryngology)
2018 Best Presentation Award, Quantitative Biology & Physiology Symposium (BU)
2018 MIT Rising Stars Program Honoree (Mass. Inst. of Technology)
2018 Graduate Student Award Nominee (BU Black Student Union)
2017 U.S. Delegate to the International Science of Learning Conference (National Science Foundation)
2017 Travel Award Winner (Advances & Perspectives in Auditory Neuroscience Meeting)
2013 Frankie Muse Freeman Community Service Prize (WashU)
2013 New Faces in Engineering College Edition Winner (DiscoverE)

Grants / Fellowships / Scholarships

2023-2024 Fulbright U.S. Scholar; “Expanding access to quality epilepsy monitoring in Kenya”
2022 Rebecca Kaufman Clinical Award in Ethical Neuropsychiatry (American Epilepsy Society)
2022 Burroughs Wellcome Fund Post-doctoral Enrichment Program Fellow
2019 Blueprint Neuroscience D-SPAN F99/K00 Fellow (National Institutes of Health)
2018 IMPACT Program Fellow (MIT)
2017 Neuroscience Scholars Program Fellow (Society for Neuroscience)
2016 Teaching as Research Fellow (NSF Center for the Integration of Teaching, Research, Learning)
2015 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (NSF)
2015 Ford Foundation Pre-Doctoral Fellowship (National Academies of Science, Eng., and Med.)
2014 Quantitative Biology and Physiology (QBP) Fellowship (National Institutes of Health)
2014 Distinguished Biomedical Engineering Fellow (BU)
2011 Undergrad Student Training in Academic Research Fellowship (National Institutes of Health)
2009 WU Summer Scholar in Biology and Biomedical Research (Howard Hughes Medical Institute)
2009 John B. Ervin Full Tuition Scholarship (WashU)
2009 James McKelvey Engineering Research Grant (WashU)

Service Positions

2024 Co-chair, Ford Foundation Fellowship Annual Conference
2023-present Executive Board Member, Black in BME
2020-present Founder, Black Alumni Association (BAA) of the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy
2022 Member, Ford Foundation Fellowship 2022 Conference Organizing Committee
2016-2019 Founder, Boston University (BU) Underrepresented Graduate Student Organization (UGSO)
2017-2020 At-Large Member, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy Alumni Association (IAA)
2016 Student Representative, Quantitative Biology and Physiology (QBP) Training Program Steering Committee (BU)
2015-2018 National Director, E^3: Girls in STEM Mentoring Program
2014 Founder and Chair of Outreach Programs, BU BME Graduate Student Committee

Formal Mentorship