Employment


Assistant Professor in Psychology, University of Birmingham Aug 2022 - present
Principal Investigator - Centre for Human Brain Health; School of Psychology.
Postdoctoral Scientist, University of Oxford Sept 2014 - July 2022
Working with Professor Kia Nobre & Professor Mark Woolrich at the Oxford Centre for Human Brain Activity.
Work funded by: Cognitive Health in Ageing (NIHR), Oxford Biomedical Research Centre & New Therapeutics in Alzheimer's Disease.
Research Assistant, Department of Psychology, University of York March 2009 - 2011
Working with Professor Gareth Gaskell.

Education


PhD in Psychology, University of York Sept 2011 - Sept 2014
Thesis: "Neural dynamics in brain networks during the resting state and visual word recognition"
Supervised by Professor Gary Green at the York NeuroImaging Centre. Work funded by an ESRC White Rose Doctoral Training Centre Scholarship.
MSc Cognitive Neuroscience, University of York Sept 2010 - Sept 2011
Thesis: "Estimating dynamic functional connectivity during visual word recognition using MEG" with Prof. Piers Cornelissen
BSc (Hons) Psychology, University of York Oct 2007 - Sept 2010
Research Project - "Four way pattern classification of MEG data" with Prof. Andy Young & Prof. Gary Green
Literature survey - "Evaluating the role of embodied cognition in language processing" with Dr Jelena Mirkovic

Supervision


PhD Students
2021 - Oliver Kohl (with Prof. Mark Woolrich and Prof. Kia Nobre)
2021 - Jemma Pitt (with Prof. Mark Woolrich, Prof. Clare MacKay and Prof. Kia Nobre)
2020 - Ryan Timms (with Prof. Mark Woolrich)
MSc Dissertations
2020, 2021, 2022 - MSc Neuroscience, University of Oxford
2020 - MSc Clinical & Therapeutic Neuroscience, University of Oxford
2012, 2013, 2014 - MSc in Research & MSc Cognitive Neuroscience, University of York

Teaching & Workshops


2023Research Methods B. University of Birminigham
Projects & Coding Lead
2022Intro to Data Science. University of Birmingham.
Guest Lecture
2020Empirical Mode Decomposition course. University of Oxford
Organiser & Speaker
2019Fieldtrip workshop @ University of Oxford
Guest Lecture
2018Turing Institute Workshop & Hackathon
Speaker & MEG Expert
2017MEG-UK Oxford Educational Workshop
Organiser & Session Chair
2017MEG-Nord Hidden Markov Model Workshop
Organiser & Speaker
2014-2023Oxford-Nottingham Biomedical Imaging MEG course (4x)
Speaker
2014-2023OHBA Software Library Course (5x)
Organiser & Speaker
2014University of York R-Users Group Meeting
Speaker
2014ESRC Advanced Quantitative Methods Workshop
Speaker
2011-2014MSc Cognitive Neuroscience. University of York
Post-Graduate Teacher
2011-2014BSc Psychology. University of York
Post-Graduate Teacher

Committees & Representation


2022-Management Committee, Centre for Human Brain Health, University of Birmingham.
EEG and High Performance Computing Lead.
2020-2022Open Science Working Group
Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging, University of Oxford
2018-2022Open Tools Team
Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging. University of Oxford.
2017MEG-UK Oxford Organising Committee (view programme)
2017Oxford Oscillations Workshop Organising Committee (view programme)
2017Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging Change Group, University of Oxford.
2011-2014White Rose Doctoral Training Centre Student Representitive, University of York.
2010-2011Psychology Board of Studies Student Representitive. University of York.

Grants, Awards & Recognition


2023UoB College of Life and Environment Science PhD Studentship
2023School of Psychology Pump Prime Fund
2022WIN Good Citizen Award
2020WIN Seed Grant (with Nahid Zokaei and Ludovica Griffanti)
2020University of Oxford Award for Excellence
2016Guarantors of Brain travel grant
2016University of Oxford Award for Excellence
2011ESRC White Rose Doctoral Training Centre PhD Studentship

Conference & Invited Talks


2023The GLM-Spectrum.
WIN Wednesday Methods Series, University of Oxford.
2023The effect of age on neuronal power spectra.
SPMIC, University of Nottingham.
2023Introduction to Neuronal Oscillations.
Cortex Club, University of Oxford.
2022The effect of age on neuronal power spectra; results across 4 large datasets and over 1,000 participants.
BioMag Birmingham
2022Instantaneous frequency and the waveform shape of neuronal oscillations.
BioMag Birmingham Workshop
2021Characterising non-sinusoidal oscillations using EMD and instantaneous frequency.
Parietal group, INRIA, Paris.
2021Exploring Non-sinusoidal waveform shapes with Empirical Mode Decomposition and Instantaneous Frequency.
Brain Network Dynamics Unit Toolbox Meeting, University of Oxford
2020Delineating single subject oscillatory brain networks with Spatio-Spectral Eigenmodes.
(YouTube) NeuroMatch
2019Investigating neuronal oscillations in ageing and dementia.
NIHR Clinical Research Facility Open Day
2019Exploring oscillatory waveform shape with Empirical Mode Decomposition.
National Central University Taiwan
2017Tracking neurodegeneration with Magnetoencephalography.
Welcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging Opening symposium
2016Learning Effects in Fast Transient Brain States During the Formation of Long-Term Memories.
OHBM Geneva
2016MEG-UK York
2014Yorkshire Vision Society
2013MEG-UK Nottingham
2013Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
2012MEG-UK Cambridge

Outreach & Media


2022PhD student develops new tool to make studying brain waves easier and more accurate
Dementia Platform UK article covering a novel EMD method.
2021Investigating neuronal oscillations in Ageing and Dementia
Blog post for Dementia Action Week 2021.
2017Having a MEG Scan
Patient facing video demonstrating EEG and MEG for the Alzhiemer's Society.

Peer Review


My reviewing profile is on Publons.com. I have completed peer reviews for:

Neuroimage
Brain
eLife
Progress in Neurobiology
Journal of Open Source Software
Neurobiology of Aging
European Neuropsychopharmachology
Movement Disorders
Bipolar Disorders
Frontiers in Neuroscience
PLOS On
eNeuro

Publications & Preprints


58 journal and preprint papers (sortable list)

osl-dynamics: A toolbox for modelling fast dynamic brain activity
C. Gohil, R. Huang, E. Roberts, M.W.J. van Es, A.J. Quinn, D. Vidaurre & M.W. Woolrich (Aug 2023)
bioRxiv doi
Large-scale cortical networks are organized in structured cycles
Mats W.J. van Es, Cameron Higgins, Chetan Gohil, Andrew J. Quinn, Diego Vidaurre & Mark W. Woolrich (Jul 2023)
bioRxiv doi
Spatiotemporal organisation of human sensorimotor beta burst activity
Catharina Zich, Andrew J Quinn, James J Bonaiuto, George O'Neill, Lydia C Mardell, Nick S Ward & Sven Bestmann (Mar 2023)
eLife doi
Mapping Interictal activity in epilepsy using a hidden Markov model: A magnetoencephalography study
Zelekha A. Seedat, Lukas Rier, Lauren E. Gascoyne, Harry Cook, Mark W. Woolrich, Andrew J. Quinn, Timothy P. L. Roberts, Paul L. Furlong, Caren Armstrong, Kelly St. Pier, Karen J. Mullinger, Eric D. Marsh, Matthew J. Brookes & William Gaetz (Jan 2023)
Human Brain Mapping doi
New Therapeutics in Alzheimer’s Disease Longitudinal Cohort study (NTAD): study protocol
Juliette Helene Lanskey, Ece Kocagoncu, Andrew J Quinn, Yun-Ju Cheng, Melek Karadag, Jemma Pitt, Stephen Lowe, Michael Perkinton, Vanessa Raymont, Krish D Singh, Mark Woolrich, Anna C Nobre, Richard N Henson & James B Rowe (Dec 2022)
BMJ Open doi
The GLM-Spectrum: A multilevel framework for spectrum analysis with covariate and confound modelling
Andrew J Quinn, Lauren Atkinson, Chetan Gohil, Oliver Kohl, Jemma Pitt, Catharina Zich, Anna C Nobre & Mark W Woolrich (Nov 2022)
bioRxiv doi
Mixtures of large-scale dynamic functional brain network modes
Chetan Gohil, Evan Roberts, Ryan Timms, Alex Skates, Cameron Higgins, Andrew Quinn, Usama Pervaiz, Joost van Amersfoort, Pascal Notin, Yarin Gal, Stanislaw Adaszewski & Mark Woolrich (Nov 2022)
NeuroImage doi
The relationship between frequency content and representational dynamics in the decoding of neurophysiological data
Cameron Higgins, Mats W.J. van Es, Andrew J. Quinn, Diego Vidaurre & Mark W. Woolrich (Oct 2022)
NeuroImage doi
Understanding Harmonic Structures Through Instantaneous Frequency
Marco S. Fabus, Mark W. Woolrich, Catherine W. Warnaby & Andrew J. Quinn (Aug 2022)
IEEE Open Journal of Signal Processing doi
Transient beta activity and cortico-muscular connectivity during sustained motor behaviour
Irene Echeverria-Altuna, Andrew J. Quinn, Nahid Zokaei, Mark W. Woolrich, Anna C. Nobre & Freek van Ede (Jul 2022)
Progress in Neurobiology doi
Mixtures of large-scale dynamic functional brain network modes
Chetan Gohil, Evan Roberts, Ryan Timms, Alex Skates, Cameron Higgins, Andrew Quinn, Usama Pervaiz, Joost van Amersfoort, Pascal Notin, Yarin Gal, Stanislaw Adaszewski & Mark Woolrich (May 2022)
bioRxiv doi
Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Alters the Waveform Shape of Cortical Gamma Oscillations
Tom R. Marshall, Andrew J. Quinn, Ole Jensen & Til Ole Bergmann (Apr 2022)
bioRxiv doi
Balance between competing spectral states in subthalamic nucleus is linked to motor impairment in Parkinson’s disease
Saed Khawaldeh, Gerd Tinkhauser, Flavie Torrecillos, Shenghong He, Thomas Foltynie, Patricia Limousin, Ludvic Zrinzo, Ashwini Oswal, Andrew J Quinn, Diego Vidaurre, Huiling Tan, Vladimir Litvak, Andrea Kühn, Mark Woolrich & Peter Brown (Mar 2022)
Brain doi
The relationship between frequency content and representational dynamics in the decoding of neurophysiological data
Cameron Higgins, Mats W.J. van Es, Andrew Quinn, Diego Vidaurre & Mark Woolrich (Feb 2022)
bioRxiv doi
Understanding Harmonic Structures Through Instantaneous Frequency
Marco S. Fabus, Mark W. Woolrich, Catherine W. Warnaby & Andrew J. Quinn (Dec 2021)
bioRxiv doi
Automatic decomposition of electrophysiological data into distinct nonsinusoidal oscillatory modes
Marco S. Fabus, Andrew J. Quinn, Catherine E. Warnaby & Mark W. Woolrich (Nov 2021)
Journal of Neurophysiology doi
Delineating between-subject heterogeneity in alpha networks with Spatio-Spectral Eigenmodes
Andrew J. Quinn, Gary G.R. Green & Mark Hymers (Oct 2021)
NeuroImage doi
Within-cycle instantaneous frequency profiles report oscillatory waveform dynamics
Andrew J. Quinn, Vítor Lopes-dos-Santos, Norden Huang, Wei-Kuang Liang, Chi-Hung Juan, Jia-Rong Yeh, Anna C. Nobre, David Dupret & Mark W. Woolrich (Oct 2021)
Journal of Neurophysiology doi
Rhythmic Modulation of Visual Perception by Continuous Rhythmic Auditory Stimulation
Anna-Katharina R. Bauer, Freek van Ede, Andrew J. Quinn & Anna C. Nobre (Aug 2021)
The Journal of Neuroscience doi
Revealing the Dynamic Nature of Amplitude Modulated Neural Entrainment With Holo-Hilbert Spectral Analysis
Chi-Hung Juan, Kien Trong Nguyen, Wei-Kuang Liang, Andrew J. Quinn, Yen-Hsun Chen, Neil G. Muggleton, Jia-Rong Yeh, Mark W. Woolrich, Anna C. Nobre & Norden E. Huang (Aug 2021)
Frontiers in Neuroscience doi
Automatic decomposition of electrophysiological data into distinct non-sinusoidal oscillatory modes
Marco S. Fabus, Andrew J. Quinn, Catherine E. Warnaby & Mark W. Woolrich (Jul 2021)
bioRxiv doi
Reduced cortico-muscular beta coupling in Parkinson’s disease predicts motor impairment
Nahid Zokaei, Andrew J Quinn, Michele T Hu, Masud Husain, Freek van Ede & Anna Christina Nobre (Jul 2021)
Brain Communications doi
Human motor cortical gamma activity relates to GABAergic signalling and to behaviour
Catharina Zich, Magdalena Nowak, Emily L Hinson, Andrew J Quinn, Mark W Woolrich & Charlotte J Stagg (Jun 2021)
bioRxiv doi
Dynamic analysis on simultaneous iEEG-MEG data via hidden Markov model
Siqi Zhang, Chunyan Cao, Andrew Quinn, Umesh Vivekananda, Shikun Zhan, Wei Liu, Bomin Sun, Mark Woolrich, Qing Lu & Vladimir Litvak (Jun 2021)
NeuroImage doi
The New Therapeutics in Alzheimer's Disease Longitudinal Cohort study (NTAD): study protocol
Juliette Helene Lanskey, Ece Kocagoncu, Andrew J Quinn, Yun-Ju Cheng, Melek Karadag, Jemma Pitt, John Isaac, Stephen Lowe, Michael Perkinton, Vanessa Raymont, Krish D Singh, Mark Woolrich, Anna C Nobre, Richard N Henson & James B Rowe (May 2021)
medRxiv doi
Reduced cortico-muscular beta coupling in Parkinson’s disease predicts motor impairment
Nahid Zokaei, Andrew J Quinn, Michele T Hu, Masud Husain, Freek van Ede & Anna Christina Nobre (May 2021)
bioRxiv doi
Within-cycle instantaneous frequency profiles report oscillatory waveform dynamics
Andrew J. Quinn, Vítor Lopes-dos-Santos, Norden Huang, Wei-Kuang Liang, Chi-Hung Juan, Jia-Rong Yeh, Anna C. Nobre, David Dupret & Mark W. Woolrich (Apr 2021)
bioRxiv doi
EMD: Empirical Mode Decomposition and Hilbert-Huang Spectral Analyses in Python
Andrew Quinn, Vitor Lopes-dos-Santos, David Dupret, Anna Nobre & Mark Woolrich (Mar 2021)
Journal of Open Source Software doi
Transient beta activity and connectivity during sustained motor behaviour
Irene Echeverria-Altuna, Andrew J. Quinn, Nahid Zokaei, Mark W. Woolrich, Anna C. Nobre & Freek van Ede (Mar 2021)
bioRxiv doi
Subjective SES is Associated with Children’s Neurophysiological Response to Auditory Oddballs
Alexander L Anwyl-Irvine, Edwin S Dalmaijer, Andrew J Quinn, Amy Johnson & Duncan E Astle (Jan 2021)
Cerebral Cortex Communications doi
The psychological correlates of distinct neural states occurring during wakeful rest
Theodoros Karapanagiotidis, Diego Vidaurre, Andrew J. Quinn, Deniz Vatansever, Giulia L. Poerio, Adam Turnbull, Nerissa Siu Ping Ho, Robert Leech, Boris C. Bernhardt, Elizabeth Jefferies, Daniel S. Margulies, Thomas E. Nichols, Mark W. Woolrich & Jonathan Smallwood (Dec 2020)
Scientific Reports doi
Rhythmic modulation of visual perception by continuous rhythmic auditory stimulation
Anna-Katharina R. Bauer, Freek van Ede, Andrew J. Quinn & Anna C. Nobre (Oct 2020)
bioRxiv doi
Dissecting Transient Burst Events
Catharina Zich, Andrew J. Quinn, Lydia C. Mardell, Nick S. Ward & Sven Bestmann (Oct 2020)
Trends in Cognitive Sciences doi
Tau pathology in early Alzheimer's disease is linked to selective disruptions in neurophysiological network dynamics
Ece Kocagoncu, Andrew Quinn, Azadeh Firouzian, Elisa Cooper, Andrea Greve, Roger Gunn, Gary Green, Mark W. Woolrich, Richard N. Henson, Simon Lovestone & James B. Rowe (Aug 2020)
Neurobiology of Aging doi
Transient spectral events in resting state MEG predict individual task responses
R. Becker, D. Vidaurre, A.J. Quinn, R.G. Abeysuriya, O. Parker Jones, S. Jbabdi & M.W. Woolrich (Jul 2020)
NeuroImage doi
Delineating single subject oscillatory brain networks with Spatio-Spectral Eigenmodes
Andrew J Quinn, Gary GR Green & Mark Hymers (Jun 2020)
bioRxiv doi
The role of transient spectral ‘bursts’ in functional connectivity: A magnetoencephalography study
Zelekha A. Seedat, Andrew J. Quinn, Diego Vidaurre, Lucrezia Liuzzi, Lauren E. Gascoyne, Benjamin A.E. Hunt, George C. O’Neill, Daisie O. Pakenham, Karen J. Mullinger, Peter G. Morris, Mark W. Woolrich & Matthew J. Brookes (Apr 2020)
NeuroImage doi
SAILS: Spectral Analysis In Linear Systems
Andrew Quinn & Mark Hymers (Mar 2020)
Journal of Open Source Software doi
Post-stimulus beta responses are modulated by task duration
Daisie O. Pakenham, Andrew J. Quinn, Adam Fry, Susan T. Francis, Mark W. Woolrich, Matthew J. Brookes & Karen J. Mullinger (Feb 2020)
NeuroImage doi
Dissecting beta-state changes during timed movement preparation in Parkinson’s disease
Simone G. Heideman, Andrew J. Quinn, Mark W. Woolrich, Freek van Ede & Anna C. Nobre (Jan 2020)
Progress in Neurobiology doi
The psychological correlates of distinct neural states occurring during wakeful rest
Theodoros Karapanagiotidis, Diego Vidaurre, Andrew J. Quinn, Deniz Vatansever, Giulia L. Poerio, Adam Turnbull, Nerissa Siu Ping Ho, Robert Leech, Boris C. Bernhardt, Elizabeth Jefferies, Daniel S. Margulies, Thomas E. Nichols, Mark W. Woolrich & Jonathan Smallwood (Dec 2019)
bioRxiv doi
Biomagnetic biomarkers for dementia: A pilot multicentre study with a recommended methodological framework for magnetoencephalography
Laura E. Hughes, Richard N. Henson, Ernesto Pereda, Ricardo Bruña, David López‐Sanz, Andrew J. Quinn, Mark W. Woolrich, Anna C. Nobre, James B. Rowe, Fernando Maestú & the BioFIND Working Group (Dec 2019)
Alzheimer's & Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment & Disease Monitoring doi
Unpacking Transient Event Dynamics in Electrophysiological Power Spectra
Andrew J. Quinn, Freek van Ede, Matthew J. Brookes, Simone G. Heideman, Magdalena Nowak, Zelekha A. Seedat, Diego Vidaurre, Catharina Zich, Anna C. Nobre & Mark W. Woolrich (Nov 2019)
Brain Topography doi
Do the posterior midline cortices belong to the electrophysiological default-mode network?
Martin Sjøgård, Xavier De Tiège, Alison Mary, Philippe Peigneux, Serge Goldman, Guy Nagels, Jeroen van Schependom, Andrew J. Quinn, Mark W. Woolrich & Vincent Wens (Oct 2019)
NeuroImage doi
Tracking dynamic brain networks using high temporal resolution MEG measures of functional connectivity
Prejaas Tewarie, Lucrezia Liuzzi, George C. O'Neill, Andrew J. Quinn, Alessandra Griffa, Mark W. Woolrich, Cornelis J. Stam, Arjan Hillebrand & Matthew J. Brookes (Oct 2019)
NeuroImage doi
How Sensitive Are Conventional MEG Functional Connectivity Metrics With Sliding Windows to Detect Genuine Fluctuations in Dynamic Functional Connectivity?
Lucrezia Liuzzi, Andrew J. Quinn, George C. O’Neill, Mark W. Woolrich, Matthew J. Brookes, Arjan Hillebrand & Prejaas Tewarie (Aug 2019)
Frontiers in Neuroscience doi
A dynamic system of brain networks revealed by fast transient EEG fluctuations and their fMRI correlates
B. Hunyadi, M.W. Woolrich, A.J. Quinn, D. Vidaurre & M. De Vos (Jan 2019)
NeuroImage doi
Discovering dynamic brain networks from big data in rest and task
Diego Vidaurre, Romesh Abeysuriya, Robert Becker, Andrew J. Quinn, Fidel Alfaro-Almagro, Stephen M. Smith & Mark W. Woolrich (Oct 2018)
NeuroImage doi
Task-Evoked Dynamic Network Analysis Through Hidden Markov Modeling
Andrew J. Quinn, Diego Vidaurre, Romesh Abeysuriya, Robert Becker, Anna C. Nobre & Mark W. Woolrich (Aug 2018)
Frontiers in Neuroscience doi
Spontaneous cortical activity transiently organises into frequency specific phase-coupling networks
Diego Vidaurre, Laurence T. Hunt, Andrew J. Quinn, Benjamin A. E. Hunt, Matthew J. Brookes, Anna C. Nobre & Mark W. Woolrich (Jul 2018)
Nature Communications doi
Impaired corticomuscular and interhemispheric cortical beta oscillation coupling in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Malcolm Proudfoot, Freek van Ede, Andrew Quinn, Giles L. Colclough, Joanne Wuu, Kevin Talbot, Michael Benatar, Mark W. Woolrich, Anna C. Nobre & Martin R. Turner (Jul 2018)
Clinical Neurophysiology doi
Neural Oscillations: Sustained Rhythms or Transient Burst-Events?
Freek van Ede, Andrew J. Quinn, Mark W. Woolrich & Anna C. Nobre (Jul 2018)
Trends in Neurosciences doi
Motor learning shapes temporal activity in human sensorimotor cortex
Catharina Zich, Mark W Woolrich, Robert Becker, Diego Vidaurre, Jacqueline Scholl, Emily L Hinson, Laurie Josephs, Sven Braeutigam, Andrew J Quinn & Charlotte J Stagg (Jun 2018)
bioRxiv doi
Increased cerebral functional connectivity in ALS
Malcolm Proudfoot, Giles L. Colclough, Andrew Quinn, Joanne Wuu, Kevin Talbot, Michael Benatar, Anna C. Nobre, Mark W. Woolrich & Martin R. Turner (Apr 2018)
Neurology doi
Driving Human Motor Cortical Oscillations Leads to Behaviorally Relevant Changes in Local GABAAInhibition: A tACS-TMS Study
Magdalena Nowak, Emily Hinson, Freek van Ede, Alek Pogosyan, Andrea Guerra, Andrew Quinn, Peter Brown & Charlotte J. Stagg (Apr 2017)
The Journal of Neuroscience doi
Altered cortical beta‐band oscillations reflect motor system degeneration in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Malcolm Proudfoot, Gustavo Rohenkohl, Andrew Quinn, Giles L. Colclough, Joanne Wuu, Kevin Talbot, Mark W. Woolrich, Michael Benatar, Anna C. Nobre & Martin R. Turner (Jan 2017)
Human Brain Mapping doi
How reliable are MEG resting-state connectivity metrics?
G.L. Colclough, M.W. Woolrich, P.K. Tewarie, M.J. Brookes, A.J. Quinn & S.M. Smith (Sep 2016)
NeuroImage doi
Spectrally resolved fast transient brain states in electrophysiological data
Diego Vidaurre, Andrew J. Quinn, Adam P. Baker, David Dupret, Alvaro Tejero-Cantero & Mark W. Woolrich (Feb 2016)
NeuroImage doi