Dr. rer. nat. Suddha Sourav

Awards

2020 Dalberg Prize for Transdisciplinary Research for Young Scientists.

2020 Hamburg Open Science Award (Category: Research Projects). Link to Universität Hamburg's Newsroom coverage (German).

Work Experience

02/2020 – Present Research Engineer, Biological Psychology and Neuropsychology, University of Hamburg, Germany

12/2013 – 01/2020 PhD Candidate, Biological Psychology and Neuropsychology, University of Hamburg, Germany

06/2016 – 02/2018 Lab Manager in Charge, Biological Psychology and Neuropsychology, University of Hamburg, Germany

06/2013 – 11/2013 Student Research Assistant, Biological Psychology and Neuropsychology, University of Hamburg, Germany

11/2011 – 03/2013 Student Research Assistant, Clinical Diagnostics and Microsurgical Systems, Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology, Aachen, Germany

12/2010 – 06/2011 Lecturer, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Information Technology and Sciences, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

06/2010 – 12/2010 Software Engineer, Advanced R&D, Samsung Bangladesh R&D Center Ltd., Dhaka, Bangladesh

Education

2020 Dr. rer. nat., Biological Psychology and Neuropsychology, University of Hamburg, Germany

12/2013 – 01/2020 PhD Candidate, Biological Psychology and Neuropsychology, University of Hamburg, Germany

2013 M.Sc., Biomedical Engineering, RWTH Aachen University, Germany

2009 B.Sc., Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), Dhaka, Bangladesh

Journal Articles

Sourav, S., Röder, B., Ambsdorf, F., Melissari, A., Arvaniti, M., & Vatakis, A. (2024). No Evidence That Sound-Shape Associations Influence Temporal Resolution in Humans: Five Non-Replications of Parise and Spence (2009) and Meta-Analyses. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General. Advance online publication. https://dx.doi.org/10.1037/xge0001641

Sourav, S., Kekunnaya, R., Bottari, D., Shareef, I., Pitchaimuthu, K., & Röder, B. (2024). Sound suppresses earliest visual cortical processing after sight recovery in congenitally blind humans. Communications Biology, 7(118). https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-023-05749-3

Ossandón, J. P., Stange, L., Gudi-Mindermann, H., Rimmele, J. M., Sourav, S., Bottari, D., ... & Röder, B. (2023). The development of oscillatory and aperiodic resting state activity is linked to a sensitive period in humans. NeuroImage, 275, 120171. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2023.120171

Pitchaimuthu, K., Dormal, G., Sourav, S., Shareef, I., Rajendran, S. S., Ossandón, J. P., ... & Röder, B. (2021). Steady state evoked potentials indicate changes in nonlinear neural mechanisms of vision in sight recovery individuals. Cortex, 144, 15-28. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2021.08.001

Rajendran, S. S., Bottari, D., Shareef, I., Pitchaimuthu, K., Sourav, S., Troje, N. F., Kekunnaya, R., & Röder, B. (2020). Biological action identification does not require early visual input for development. eNeuro, 7(5). https://dx.doi.org/10.1523/ENEURO.0534-19.2020

Sourav, S., Bottari, D., Shareef, I., Kekunnaya, R., & Röder, B. (2020). An electrophysiological biomarker for the classification of cataract-reversal patients: A case-control study. EClinicalMedicine, 27, 100559. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eclinm.2020.100559

Pitchaimuthu, K., Sourav, S., Bottari, D., Banerjee, S., Shareef, I., Kekunnaya, R., & Röder, B. (2019). Color vision in sight recovery individuals. Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience, 37(6), 583-590. https://doi.org/10.3233/RNN-190928

Sourav, S., Kekunnaya, R., Shareef, I., Banerjee, S., Bottari, D., & Röder, B. (2019). A protracted sensitive period regulates the development of cross-modal sound–shape associations in humans. Psychological Science, 30(10), 1473-1482. https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797619866625

Sourav, S., Bottari, D., Kekunnaya, R., & Röder, B. (2018). Evidence of a retinotopic organization of early visual cortex but impaired extrastriate processing in sight recovery individuals. Journal of Vision, 18(3), 22-22. https://doi.org/10.1167/18.3.22

Bottari, D., Kekunnaya, R., Hense, M., Troje, N. F., Sourav, S., & Röder, B. (2018). Motion processing after sight restoration: No competition between visual recovery and auditory compensation. NeuroImage, 167, 284-296. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2017.11.050

Conference Contributions

Feucht, M. E., Sourav, S., Kekunnaya, R., & Röder, B. (2023). “EEG biomarkers based on task-related and resting state oscillatory activity for classifying sight restored individuals”. Poster presented at the 67th Congress for Clinical Neuroscience with Advanced Training Academy, March 2 – March 4, Hamburg, Germany.

Ossandón, J. P., Stange, L., Gudi-Mindermann, H., Rimmele, J. M., Sourav, S., Kekunnaya, R., & Röder, B. (2023). “Development of oscillatory and aperiodic resting state activity is linked to a sensitive period in humans”. Poster presented at the 67th Congress for Clinical Neuroscience with Advanced Training Academy, March 2 – March 4, Hamburg, Germany.

Sourav, S., Kekunnaya, R., Bottari, D., Shareef, I., Pitchaimuthu, K., & Röder, B. (2022). “Sound alters earliest visual cortical processing in sight-restored humans”. Poster presented at the 51st Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, November 12-16, San Diego, CA, USA.

Sourav, S., Röder, B., Ambsdorf, F., Melissari, A., Arvaniti, M., & Vatakis, A. (2022). “Five experiments, including a pre-registered replication, and mini meta-analyses find no evidence that sound-shape associations modulate audiovisual temporal order judgements”. Poster presented at the 20th International Multisensory Research Forum, July 4 – July 7,  Ulm, Germany.

Donderis, M.,* Rance, D.*, Razzaghpanah, Z.*, Samli, A.*, Sourav, S.*, Wouters, M.*, & Röder, B. (2021). “Decoding the temporal dynamics of sensory and motor processing in the mouse brain”. Presented at the Neuromatch Conference 4.0, December 1-2, worldwide. *Co-first authors, alphabetical order. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rsSnS92FnU

Pitchaimuthu, K., Sourav, S., Bottari, D., Banerjee, S., Shareef, S., Kekunnaya, R., & Röder, B. (2018). “Color vision in sight recovery individuals”. Poster presented at the 5th Low Vision and the Brain Conference, November 30 – December 2, Berlin, Germany.

Sourav, S., Bottari, D., Kekunnaya, R., & Röder, B. (2018). “The P1 wave as a highly specific diagnostic biomarker for bilateral congenital visual deprivation”. Poster presented at the Blind Brain Workshop, October 11-13, Lucca, Italy.

Sourav, S., Bottari, D., Balachandar, R., Kekunnaya, R., & Röder, B. (2016). “Evidence for an intact retinotopic organization of early visual cortex but impaired extrastriate processing in sight recovery individuals”. Poster presented at the 46th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, November 12-16, San Diego, CA, USA.

Fengler, I., Bottari, D., Sourav, S., Villwock, A., & Röder, B. (2016). “Intra-and multisensory interactions in congenitally deaf CI users”. Poster presented at the 46th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, November 12-16, San Diego, CA, USA.

Bottari, D., Kekunnaya, R., Hense, M., Sourav, S., Balachandar, R., Troje, N., & Röder, B. (2016). “The effect of a transient congenital visual deprivation on the neural systems for visual and sound motion processing”. Poster presented at the 46th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, November 12-16, San Diego, CA, USA.