I am interested in how the brain pieces together and processes relevant information whilst ignoring distraction.  I aim to use neuroimaging (MEG, EEG and fMRI) to study the brain's activity during attention -demanding tasks, including with visual or audio-visual sensory information.  I also aim to understand how neural mechanisms are altered in cases of disorders of attention and/or perception, such as in ADHD or autism, as well as how these processes are different across the life-span.

• Visual attention
• Neuroimaging, especially MEG and EEG
• Neural oscillatory basis of attention and perception
• Disorders of attention and perception, especially ADHD
• Multisensory integration
• Open-source software (e.g. FieldTrip) and open data science

• PGCert (Higher Education); Fellow Status, UK Advance HE.  2022
• PhD in Bioengineering, Joint Graduate Group at U. of California San Francisco and UC Berkeley, USA, 2007
• BS double major in Applied Physics and Psychology, Yale University, USA, 2001

• 2019 – date: Lecturer of Psychology, Aston University.
• 2014 – 2019: Marie Curie Intra-European Fellow and post-doc research fellow, University of Birmingham, UK
• 2010 - 2013: Post-doc research fellow at Donders Institute, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
• 2007 – 2010: Whitaker Scholar and post-doc research fellow, Sir Peter Mansfield Magnetic Resonance Centre, University of Nottingham, UK

• Academy of Medical Science Springboard grant (2022 - 2024)
• Marie Curie International Fellow (2015 - 2018)
• Whitaker Scholar (2007 - 2009)

• PY3501 Final Year Project supervisor (2019; 2021-onwards; Aston)
• PY2504 Brain and Behaviour (2021 - onwards; Aston)
• PY3504 The Developing Brain (2023 - onwards; Aston0
• PY4016 Introduction to Cognitive Neuroscience: Theory and Methods (2021 & 2022; Aston)
• PY3356 Cognitive Neuropsychology (2019-2020; Aston)
• Neuroimaging methods (especially EEG & MEG) (2010-2013; Radboud University)

• Available for supervision - please get in touch!  
  • Especially self-funded applicants.  Occasionally there is a bursary to offset international fees.
• Supervisor to PhD student C. Zeng (started Apr., 2024)
• Supervisor to PhD student L. Wight (started Oct., 2023)
• Supervisor to PhD student A. Goneso (started Oct., 2022)
• Co-supervisor to PhD student Cliona Kelly (completed 2022; Aston)
• Co-supervisor to MSc student Sebastiaan den Boer (2012-2013; Radboud University)
• Co-supervisor to MSc student Madelon Vollebregt (2012-2013; Radboud University)

Email: [email protected]

Room: SW613

Dr Zumer's research focuses on visual attention, neuroimaging, especially MEG and EEG, neural oscillatory basis of attention and perception and disorders of attention and perception, especially ADHD.