Hasan Ayaz

Hasan Ayaz, PhD is a full professor in the School of Biomedical Engineering, Science and Health Systems at Drexel University and Director of the Neuroergonomics and Neuroengineering Lab for Brain Health and Performance Research (AyazLab.com). His research integrates wearable and mobile neuroimaging, physiological sensing, and behavioral methods to measure brain function in realistic everyday settings and translate neurophysiological evidence into improved training, clinical decision support, and human-centered system design. Over two decades, Dr. Ayaz has advanced miniaturized continuous-wave functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) for mobile neuroimaging, developing brain-monitoring systems and widely used methods for data collection, processing, and analysis adopted across university, industry, and clinical labs worldwide. He led the software development for InfraScanner, the first handheld optical brain-monitoring device for traumatic brain injury, supporting early hematoma detection and deployed in 42 countries. An internationally recognized leader in neuroergonomics, he co-founded the International Neuroergonomics Conference series and the journal Frontiers in Neuroergonomics, where he serves as Field Chief Editor, and he co-edited the Elsevier Academic Press volume Neuroergonomics: The Brain at Work and Everyday Life. His translational portfolio includes industry and government collaborations across aerospace, defense, and other sectors, as well as multi-institutional clinical research applying wearable neuroimaging in pediatric populations and across neurological and mental health conditions. He earned his BS in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Boğaziçi University and his PhD in Biomedical Engineering from Drexel University.