Stevan Nikolin

Dr. Stevan Nikolin is a Neuroscience Fellow at the Black Dog Institute, affiliated with the University of New South Wales (UNSW). His work focuses on understanding how depression impacts brain activity to develop novel treatments such as non-invasive brain stimulation, ketamine, and psilocybin. He also explores cognitive enhancement through EEG-based neurofeedback and neuroimaging techniques.

Education:

• PhD in Psychiatry (UNSW, 2019)
• MComm in International Business (UNSW, 2010)
• BSc in Physics & Psychology (UNSW, 2008)

Research Interests:

• Developing therapies for treatment-resistant depression
• EEG-based optimization of TMS/tDCS
• Real-time neurofeedback to reduce rumination
• Meta-analyses of neuromodulation techniques

Recent Grants:

• $3M Medical Research Future Fund Grant (2024–2027) for ketamine/esketamine trials
• $360K Margaret Castronova Fellowship Phase 2 (2024–2025) for EEG neurofeedback research

Awards:

• UNSW Career Development Seed Grant (2024, 2022)
• High Value Data Collection Grant (2019) for TMS-EEG datasets

Advising & Teaching:

• Supervises PhD projects on real-time EEG neurofeedback and rTMS optimization
• Lectures on TMS/tDCS at the Sydney Neurostimulation Centre

Affiliations:

• Black Dog Institute research team
• Sydney Neurostimulation Centre faculty