SPRC Seminar Presentation: Dr. Reto Huber

The Sleep and Performance Research Center welcomes Dr. Reto Huber, PhD, University of Zurich, to WSU Spokane on Tuesday, March 10th, 2026. He will be providing his seminar at 12:10 PM, “From Sleep Oscillations to Learning: Insights from Phase-Locked Acoustic Stimulation”, in SAC 147 and via Zoom.

Dr. Huber investigates the relationship between sleep oscillations and learning-related processes using a targeted perturbation approach. Brief, non-arousing acoustic stimuli are delivered in a phase-locked manner to key non-rapid eye movement (NREM) sleep oscillations, enabling selective modulation of slow waves, sleep spindles, and their hierarchical coupling. This approach provides mechanistic insights into how these oscillations are generated and how they support learning and memory consolidation. His lab further translates these findings to clinical contexts, for example, by examining how alterations in sleep electrophysiology contribute to disease mechanisms in pediatric epilepsy.

Dr. Huber has long and outstanding expertise in sleep and signal analysis with a focus on high-density electroencephalography (EEG) in combination with other neuroimaging techniques (MRI, NIRS). His research currently focuses on the application of these techniques in pediatric populations with the goal of gaining insights into the relationship between brain maturation and sleep in health and disease. Most recently, they established closed-loop auditory stimulation using high-density EEG in their lab to investigate causal relationships between neuronal patterns and behavioral outcomes.

In person: SAC 147

Zoom Information:

• Meeting ID: 950 1476 4671
• Passcode: 341571