Dr Ismail Devecioglu

Dr Ismail Devecioglu

Research Associate
Medicine & Health
School of Biomedical Sciences

Dr. Ismail Devecioglu is a neuroscientist and biomedical engineer specializing in somatosensory neuroprosthetics. He earned his PhD in Biomedical Engineering, focusing on the sense of touch and sensory feedback systems. Currently, he serves as a postdoctoral researcher at UNSW Sydney and Neuroscience Research Australia (NeuRA), where his work centers on understanding the physiology of touch and developing neural interfaces to provide sensory feedback in prosthetic devices.

Dr. Devecioglu's research encompasses areas such as neuroscience, biomedical engineering, neuroprosthesis, electrophysiology, psychophysics, somatosensory neuroscience, and touch perception. His contributions aim to advance the field of sensory neuroprosthetics, enhancing the quality of life for individuals requiring prosthetic solutions.

  • Book Chapters | 2021
    Devecioğlu İ; Öztürk S; Güçlü B, 2021, 'Intracortical microstimulation for tactile feedback in awake behaving rats', in Somatosensory Feedback for Neuroprosthetics, pp. 379 - 411, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-822828-9.00013-7
  • Journal articles | 2025
    Türk Y; Devecioğlu İ; Çilesiz NC; Nuhoğlu B, 2025, 'Transperineal microwave thermoablation for benign prostatic hyperplasia-related lower urinary tract symptoms in an elderly patient', Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, 31, pp. 141 - 144, http://dx.doi.org/10.4274/dir.2024.232639
    Journal articles | 2024
    Devecioğlu İ; Karakulak E; Devecioglu I, 2024, 'Three Sliding Probes Placed on Forelimb Skin for Proprioceptive Feedback Differentially yet Complementarily Contribute to Hand Gesture Detection and Object-Size Discrimination', Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 52, pp. 982 - 996, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10439-023-03434-4
    Journal articles | 2023
    Türk Y; Devecioğlu İ; Küskün A; Öge C; Beyazyüz E; Albayrak Y, 2023, 'ROI-based analysis of diffusion indices in healthy subjects and subjects with deficit or non-deficit syndrome schizophrenia', Psychiatry Research Neuroimaging, 336, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pscychresns.2023.111726
    Journal articles | 2023
    Öztürk S; Devecioğlu İ; Güçlü B, 2023, 'Bayesian prediction of psychophysical detection responses from spike activity in the rat sensorimotor cortex', Journal of Computational Neuroscience, 51, pp. 207 - 222, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10827-023-00844-0
    Journal articles | 2022
    Devecioğlu İ; Mutlu R, 2022, 'A Conformal Fractional Derivative-based Leaky Integrate-and-Fire Neuron Model', Sakarya University Journal of Science, 26, pp. 568 - 578, http://dx.doi.org/10.16984/saufenbilder.1041088
    Journal articles | 2022
    Devecioğlu İ, 2022, 'Psychophysical Evaluation of Proprioceptive Feedback Through a Probe Sliding on the Forearm Skin of Healthy Humans', Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 50, pp. 991 - 1000, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10439-022-02978-1
    Journal articles | 2022
    Gök Ç; Devecioǧlu A; Güçlü B, 2022, 'Mechanical Impedance of Rat Glabrous Skin and Its Relation with Skin Morphometry', Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, 144, http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/1.4052225
    Journal articles | 2022
    Türk Y; Devecioğlu İ; Yıldızhan İ; Arslan BC; Arıbaş BK, 2022, 'Tunneled Uncuffed Pigtail Drainage Catheter Placement in Patients with Refractory Ascites or Pleural Effusion: A Single-Center Experience', Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology, 45, pp. 1735 - 1741, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00270-022-03248-2
    Journal articles | 2021
    TÜRK Y; ALICIOĞLU B; DEVECİOĞLU İ, 2021, 'Pain assessment of ultrasound-guided liver biopsy for diffuse parenchymal diseases: a randomized trial comparing intercostal and subcostal techniques', The European Research Journal, 7, pp. 107 - 115, http://dx.doi.org/10.18621/eurj.689738
    Journal articles | 2021
    TÜRK Y; DEVECİOĞLU İ, 2021, 'A retrospective comparison of computed tomography and fluoroscopic guided percutaneous nephrostomy for evaluating radiation exposure', Batı Karadeniz Tıp Dergisi, 5, pp. 166 - 172, http://dx.doi.org/10.29058/mjwbs.852206
    Journal articles | 2021
    Türk Y; Devecioğlu İ, 2021, 'A Retrospective Analysis of the Effectiveness of Extrapleural Autologous Blood Patch Injection on Pneumothorax and Intervention Need in CT-guided Lung Biopsy', Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology, 44, pp. 1223 - 1230, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00270-021-02866-6
    Journal articles | 2020
    Devecioğlu ; Yener ; Mutlu R, 2020, 'Demonstration of Synaptic Connections with Unipolar Junction Transistor based Neuron Emulators', International Journal of Engineering Transactions B Applications, 33, pp. 2195 - 2200, http://dx.doi.org/10.5829/ije.2020.33.11b.10
    Journal articles | 2020
    Devecioğlu İ; Güçlü B, 2020, 'Correction to: Psychophysical detection and learning in freely behaving rats: a probabilistic dynamical model for operant conditioning (Journal of Computational Neuroscience, (2020), 48, 3, (333-353), 10.1007/s10827-020-00751-8)', Journal of Computational Neuroscience, 48, pp. 355, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10827-020-00759-0
    Journal articles | 2020
    Devecioğlu İ; Güçlü B, 2020, 'Psychophysical detection and learning in freely behaving rats: a probabilistic dynamical model for operant conditioning', Journal of Computational Neuroscience, 48, pp. 333 - 353, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10827-020-00751-8
    Journal articles | 2020
    Türk Y; Küskün A; Devecioğlu İ, 2020, 'Novel Use of Extrapleural Autologous Blood Injection in CT-Guided Percutaneous Lung Biopsy and its Comparison to Intraparenchymal Autologous Blood Patch Injection: A Single-Center, Prospective, Randomized, and Controlled Clinical Trial', Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology, 43, pp. 1315 - 1322, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00270-020-02585-4
    Journal articles | 2019
    Ozturk S; Devecioglu I; Beygi M; Atasoy A; Mutlu S; Ozkan M; Guclu B, 2019, 'Real-Time performance of a tactile neuroprosthesis on awake behaving rats', IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, 27, pp. 1053 - 1062, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TNSRE.2019.2910320
    Journal articles | 2017
    Devecioǧlu I; Güçlü B, 2017, 'Psychophysical correspondence between vibrotactile intensity and intracortical microstimulation for tactile neuroprostheses in rats', Journal of Neural Engineering, 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1741-2552/14/1/016010
    Journal articles | 2015
    Devecioğlu İ; Güçlü B, 2015, 'A novel vibrotactile system for stimulating the glabrous skin of awake freely behaving rats during operant conditioning', Journal of Neuroscience Methods, 242, pp. 41 - 51, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jneumeth.2015.01.004
    Journal articles | 2013
    Devecioǧlu I; Güçlü B, 2013, 'Asymmetric response properties of rapidly adapting mechanoreceptive fibers in the rat glabrous skin', Somatosensory and Motor Research, 30, pp. 16 - 29, http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/08990220.2012.732128
  • Conference Papers | 2020
    Karakulak E; Devecioğlu İ, 2020, 'Providing hand posture information via a 3-DOF tactile sensory substitution system', in 2020 12th International Conference on Electrical and Electronics Engineering Eleco 2020, pp. 136 - 139, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ELECO51834.2020.00015
    Conference Papers | 2018
    Devecioglu I, 2018, 'Role of mechanoreceptive afferents in two-point discrimination: A simulation based modeling study', in 2018 Electric Electronics, Computer Science, Biomedical Engineerings' Meeting, EBBT 2018, pp. 1 - 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/EBBT.2018.8391458
    Conference Papers | 2017
    Devecioglu I; Guclu B, 2017, 'A preliminary model for operant conditioning of rats in a detection task', in 2016 20th National Biomedical Engineering Meeting, BIYOMUT 2016, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/BIYOMUT.2016.7849381
    Conference Papers | 2015
    Devecioglu I; Guclu B, 2015, 'Vibrotactile sensitivity of freely behaving rats and operant conditioning by intracortical microstimulation', in 2015 19th National Biomedical Engineering Meeting, BIYOMUT 2015, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/BIYOMUT.2015.7369454

Somatosensory neuroprosthesis, touch, proprioception, intracortical microstimulation, sensory substitution

My Teaching

I teach Biomedical Instrumentation, Biomedical Sensors and Transducers, Rehabilitative Brain Machine Interfaces, Central Somatosensory System in Agings and Endings, Computer Methods for Biomedical Engineers.