Alex Nguyen

Alex graduated from McGill University in 2015 with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology. He then obtained a Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Exercise Science at Concordia University in 2018. He is currently pursuing his Master of Science under the supervision of Dr. Dang-Vu. His research awards include the NSERC Canada Graduate Scholarships Master’s Award (2018), Concordia’s Graduate Fellowship Scholarship (2018), Concordia Undergraduate Student Research Award (2018), NSERC Undergraduate Research Award (2017), and the FRQNT Scholarship Award (2017).

Alex was first exposed to sleep research at McGill where he studied the neuronal sleep mechanisms in chick embryos through immunohistochemistry. While pursuing his second undergraduate studies, his honours thesis focused on the investigation of automated versus visual methods of sleep spindle detection in patients with chronic insomnia. Currently, his master’s thesis investigates the effects of sleep deprivation on the functions of brain rhythms and cognition using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and electroencephalography (EEG).