Saarang Panchavati

neuroai

I’m interested in how the brain processes and represents information, and in using foundation and world models to better understand its state. During my PhD, I explored these questions through EEG, seizure dynamics, and closed-loop stimulation—with the goal of informing better therapeutic approaches.

medical ai

I’m now broadening that work at Google DeepMind, where I’m a Research Scientist working on medical AI.

tbd — stay tuned!

selected work

all publications

Uncovering spatiotemporal dynamics of the corticothalamic network at ictal onset

Saarang Panchavati, Atsuro Daida, Benjamin Edmonds, and 8 more authors

Epilepsia, 2024

DOI Bib

@article{panchavati2024uncovering,
  title = {Uncovering spatiotemporal dynamics of the corticothalamic network at ictal onset},
  author = {Panchavati, Saarang and Daida, Atsuro and Edmonds, Benjamin and Miyakoshi, Makoto and Oana, Shingo and Ahn, Samuel S and Arnold, Corey and Salamon, Noriko and Sankar, Raman and Fallah, Aria and others},
  journal = {Epilepsia},
  volume = {65},
  number = {7},
  pages = {1989--2003},
  year = {2024},
  doi = {10.1111/epi.17990},
}

Distinct Spectral and Directional Thalamocortical Network Dynamics Define Focal Seizure Evolution

Saarang Panchavati, Atsuro Daida, Sotaro Kanai, and 8 more authors

medRxiv, 2026

DOI Bib

@article{panchavati2026distinct,
  title = {Distinct Spectral and Directional Thalamocortical Network Dynamics Define Focal Seizure Evolution},
  author = {Panchavati, Saarang and Daida, Atsuro and Kanai, Sotaro and Oana, Shingo and Ono, Hiroya and Izumi, Masaki and Kaneko, Kikuko and Fallah, Aria and Qiao, Joe X and Salamon, Noriko and others},
  journal = {medRxiv},
  pages = {2026--02},
  year = {2026},
  publisher = {Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press},
  doi = {10.64898/2026.02.03.26345480},
}

Laya: A LeJEPA approach to EEG via latent prediction over reconstruction

Saarang Panchavati, Uddhav Panchavati, Hiroki Nariai, and 2 more authors

arXiv preprint arXiv:2603.16281, 2026

arXiv Bib

@article{panchavati2026laya,
  title = {Laya: A LeJEPA approach to EEG via latent prediction over reconstruction},
  author = {Panchavati, Saarang and Panchavati, Uddhav and Nariai, Hiroki and Arnold, Corey and Speier, William},
  journal = {arXiv preprint arXiv:2603.16281},
  year = {2026},
}

news

Sep 2026 Started as a Research Scientist at Google DeepMind in Paris!
May 2026 Defended my PhD!
Mar 2025 Started an internship with the BrainAI team at FAIR!

about me

I’m also an Arsenal fan (can we do it again?), and I like composing for piano, singing Indian classical music, taking pictures of plants (@plantchavati), and training for more half marathons.

If I weren’t doing this, I’d probably study history. Here’s my current favorite podcast.

Hi! I’m Saarang.

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