Moataz Assem

Moataz Assem is a Wellcome Trust Early Career Fellow at the MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge. Affiliated with the Cambridge Neuroscience network, his work focuses on the neural basis of human intelligence through advanced neuroimaging techniques.

• School: Clinical Medicine

His research examines the multiple-demand (MD) cortical circuit—its anatomical precision, functional dynamics, and role in cognitive control. Using fMRI, intracranial EEG, and concurrent TMS-fMRI, he explores how this network organizes thoughts and behavior, including its interaction with sensory-biased regions.

Key publications span 2025-2019 in journals like Neuropsychologia, Cerebral Cortex, and Trends in Cognitive Sciences, addressing topics such as domain-general vs. domain-specific brain regions, task coding, and neurostimulation protocols. His 2025 work reveals a patchwork organization of intelligence-related cortical regions.

Scientific accolades include the Wellcome Trust Early Career Award (2024). Collaborators span institutions like Harvard, Washington University, and Stanford, with ongoing projects testing PhD candidates and postdocs in computational psychiatry and neuroimaging.