Instructor

About Tony Steffert, Ph.D.

Dr Tony Steffert is a neurophysiologist and the Co-Founder and Chief Science Officer of SONA, a UK company developing a wearable, AI-driven transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation (taVNS) device that uses real-time heart rate variability (HRV) to personalise and optimise stimulation. His current taVNS research includes NIHR-funded work on tinnitus with Brighton and Sussex Medical School and University Hospitals Sussex NHS Trust, and combined vestibular stimulation and taVNS for Parkinson's disease with the Parkinson's Centre for Integrated Therapy in Kent.

Tony has more than 20 years' experience in qEEG/ERP brain mapping, neurofeedback, biofeedback and tDCS. He has recorded over a thousand people's EEG in research and clinical settings, including ADHD research at Imperial College London and neurofeedback studies with performers at Goldsmiths, University of London. His PhD at The Open University focused on real-time EEG sonification for neurofeedback. He has taught qEEG, neurofeedback and biofeedback workshops internationally for over 15 years, and is a founder member of the Society of Applied Neuroscience (SAN).