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RLRao LabCentre for Neuroscience · Deccan Institute of Science

Research Scientist · 2018–

Dr. Daniel Okafor

Senior Research Scientist

Research interests: Neural engineering

Daniel builds our microscopes and keeps them running.

Publications

Hippocampal replay orders new memories during sleep

P. Natarajan, D. Okafor, L. Fischer, A. Rao

Nature, 2026Cover articleCited by 3

A head-mounted microscope for imaging 10,000 neurons

D. Okafor, M. Chen, T. Herrera, A. Rao

Nature Methods, 2025Cited by 41

Stable and drifting codes for space

M. Chen, D. Okafor, A. Rao

Neuron, 2024Cited by 88

An open-source system for closed-loop experiments

D. Okafor, V. Shah, A. Rao

Journal of Neural Engineering, 2023Cited by 140

Miniature microscope for imaging neural activity

A. Rao, D. Okafor

Patent application, 2021Patent