Dr. Emad Alyan

Dr. Emad Alyan Scientific Staff

Phone: +49 / 231 1084 382
Email: alyan@ifado.de

Curriculum Vitae:

  • Since 04/2022: post-doctoral researcher at the Leibniz Research Centre for Working Environment and Human Factors Dortmund (IfADo), Department of Ergonomics.
  • 08/2021 – 03/2022: post-doctoral researcher at the Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Malaysia.
  • 03/2021: Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) at the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS.
  • 09/2017 – 03/2021: research assistant at Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS.
  • 10/2016: Master of Science (M.Sc.) at the School of Computer & Communication Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Perlis.
  • 09/2014: Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.) in Biomedical Electronic Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Perli.

Research topics:

  • Cognitive ergonomics
  • Human factors
  • Stress

Key publications:

  • Emad Alyan, Naufal M. Saad, Nidal Kamel, and Mohammad Abdul Rahman. (2021). "Workplace design-related stress effects on prefrontal cortex connectivity and neurovascular coupling," Applied Ergonomics, 96, p. 103497, 2021/10/01/ 2021.
  • Emad Alyan, Naufal M. Saad and Nidal Kamel. (2021). "Effects of Workstation Type on Mental Stress: fNIRS Study," Human Factors, 63(7), p.1230-1255. doi:10.1177/0018720820913173.
  • Emad Alyan, Naufal M. Saad, Nidal Kamel, Mohd Azman Zakariya, Mohammad Abdul Rahman, Christophe Guillet and Frederic Merienne. (2021). "Frontal Electroencephalogram Alpha Asymmetry during Mental Stress Related to Workplace Noise," Sensors, 21, p. 1968.
  • Syed ASS, Awang ADR, Sulaiman S, Alyan E, Merienne F, Diyana N. (2021). “The Impact of Virtual Nature Therapy on Stress Responses: A Systematic Qualitative Review,” Forests, 12(12):1776. https://doi.org/10.3390/f12121776.
  • Emad Alyan, Theo Combe, Dayang Rohaya Awang Rambli, Suziah Sulaiman, Frederic Merienne and Nadia Diyana. (2021). "The Influence of Virtual Forest Walk on Physiological and Psychological Responses", International journal of environmental research and public health, 18(21), 11420. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182111420.
  • Emad Alyan, Naufal M. Saad, Nidal Kamel, Samir Salem Al-Bawri, Mohd Azman Zakariya and Mohammad Abdul Rahman. (2021). "Identifying the Impact of Noise-Levels on Mental Stress: An EEG-fNIRS Study." Journal of Physics: Conference Series 1962(1): 012006.
  • Emad Alyan, Naufal M. Saad, Nidal Kamel, and Mohammad Abdul Rahman. (2020). "Investigating Frontal Neurovascular Coupling in Response to Workplace Design-Related Stress," IEEE Access, 8, pp. 218911-218923, 2020.
  • Emad Alyan, Naufal M. Saad and Nidal Kamel. (2020). "Effects of Noisy Workplace Environments on the Development of Mental Stress fNIRS Study." Journal of Advanced Research in Dynamical and Control Systems, 10.5373/jardcs/v12sp4/20201641.
  • Emad Alyan, S. A. Aljunid, (2017). "Development of wireless optical CDMA system for biosignal monitoring," Optik, 145, pp. 250-257, 2017/09/01/ 2017.