Debaleena Basu

Debaleena Basu is a Research Scientist at the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, focusing on the neural architecture of behavioral speed-accuracy trade-offs since January 2024. Prior to this role, Debaleena was a Postdoctoral Research Associate at Brown University, where functional MRI techniques were employed to investigate the brain's identification of sequential patterns in visual environments from March 2018 to February 2020. Debaleena's doctoral research at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) from August 2010 to June 2017 centered on understanding brain mechanisms involved in planning sequential behavior, particularly eye movements and single neuron activity. Additionally, Debaleena served as a Graduate Teaching Assistant, assisting in neuroscience lab courses and conducting advanced neurobiology experiments. Debaleena also worked as a freelance science writer for IndiaBioscience, producing accessible research summaries from January 2015 to June 2016. Debaleena holds a PhD in Neuroscience from IISc, a Master of Science in Genetics from the University of Calcutta, and a Bachelor of Science in Physiology from Presidency University, Kolkata.