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Professor Joydeep Bhattacharya (widely known as Joy) is a globally recognised cognitive neuroscientist whose work bridges engineering, psychology, and neuroscience to unravel the mysteries of human creativity, learning, and aesthetics. His research spans music cognition, neuroaesthetics, insight ("Aha!" moments), and hidden biomarkers, employing cutting-edge methods like EEG, MEG, fMRI, and brain stimulation.
Before joining HKBU, he was a Professor in Psychology at Goldsmiths, University of London, and has previously worked across several globally renowned institutions, including the California Institute of Technology (CalTech, USA), Max Planck Institute (Dresden, Germany), Austrian Academy of Sciences (Austria), and the Indian Institute of Technology (Kharagpur, India).
Joy has authored over 160 research articles spanning leading journals in cognitive neuroscience (PNAS, Human Brain Mapping, Journal of Neuroscience), psychology (Creativity Research Journal, Journal of Creative Behavior), physics (Physics Reports, Physical Review), and engineering (multiple IEEE Transactions). His work has been cited over 9600 times (source: G-Scholar, http://bit.ly/research-joy); Joy consistently ranks among the world’s top 2% scientists (source: Stanford-Elsevier).
Joy has a wide-ranging research interest, but specifically, over the last twenty years, he has been investigating the neural mechanisms of creative cognition, including several forms of artistic activities (music cognition, visual artistry, aesthetics), and the elusive Aha! moment. Joy is equally fascinated by the challenges of understanding ever-changing brainwaves and the spectrum of complex behaviour that makes us human.
Joy has led or contributed to research projects funded by major public and private bodies, including the European Union, UK Research Council, Japan Science & Technology Agency, and commercial partners, including Microsoft, Universal Records, and National Bank of Austria.
An accomplished academic leader and educator, Joy has supervised 23 PhD students and over 200 MSc and BSc students, many of whom have gone on to secure academic positions at many top-tier institutions, and several have moved on to secure positions at prestigious private companies. He is passionate about teaching, and his teaching excellence spans neuroimaging, creativity, music cognition, and well-being, praised for its clarity and real-world relevance.
Joy's research has received widespread media coverage, including features in the Economist, BBC, Scientific American, ABC - Good Morning America, National Geographic, New Yorker, and Wall Street Journal. He actively collaborates beyond academia, including a recent interdisciplinary theater project, ADHD: The Musical, which was critically acclaimed. Joy is a Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science (APS).
Ever eager to explore uncharted territories, Joy declares his brain "always open" for new collaborations.
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