Gregory Cogan

Dr. Gregory Cogan is an Associate Professor in Neurology at Duke University, with affiliations in Biomedical Engineering, Psychology & Neuroscience, and Neurosurgery. He directs the Cogan Lab, focusing on speech, language, and cognition using invasive electrophysiological recordings (ECoG, SEEG, µECoG). His research integrates neural signal analysis with clinical applications to improve treatment for neurological disorders like epilepsy.

Education: B.A., Queens University (2004); M.Sc., University of Edinburgh (2006); Ph.D., University of Maryland, College Park (2011). Postdoctoral training at Duke University's Department of Biomedical Engineering (2015–2017).

Research interests include human electrophysiology, speech perception/production, working memory, and neural decoding. Recent work emphasizes high-resolution neural interfaces for speech prosthetics and understanding sensory-motor integration. His lab collaborates across disciplines, publishing in Nature Communications, Brain, and Neuroimage.

Key achievements: Developed flexible thin-film electrodes for neural recordings (2021); demonstrated speech decoding improvements with high-density arrays (2023); explored neural mechanisms linking speech planning and execution (2024).