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Brain and Vision Research Laboratory
& NeuroVisual Clinic Biomedical Engineering Department, Boston University |
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Lucia M. Vaina
<vaina at bu.edu>
Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Neurology Professor in the Boston University Program of Neuroscience Our Lab Director, "Patron-Saint," and fearless driver. |
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Robert Pitts, Ph.D.
<rip at bu.edu>
Postdoctoral Research Associate Neuro and computer scientist, and our resident green thumb. |
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Danilo Dongiovanni, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Biomedical Engineering Department, Boston University and Department of Physics, University of Bologna, Italy. Modelling brain connectivity using fMRI data. | ||
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Serge Soloviev, M.S.
<serges@bu.edu>
Our neuroimageer, data analyzing and analyzing and analyzing... In his free time turning all manual work into algorithms and secretly studying invariances. |
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Finn Calabro
<fcalabro at bu.edu>
Ph.D. candidate. Looking deeply into stereomotion with his cool stereo goggles, he goes up and down staircases by pressing buttons. |
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Elif Sikoglu
<melifs at bu.edu>
Ph.D. candidate. In an effort to improve her ability to navigate, she's studying heading and object motion with psychophysics and computational modeling. |
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Kunjan Rana
<kdrana at bu.edu>
Ph.D. student. Thinking of dynamic connections using fMRI&MEG and not least psychophysics. |
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Amy Driscoll
<adris at bu.edu>
Ph.D. student. Program in Neuroscience. Imaging... Imaging... Imaging... |
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Davide Adamoli
M.S. candidate, Boston University & University of Padova. Working on computational modelling of motion discontinuity. |
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Aiko Chung, B.S.
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Benvy Caldwell, BME Senior Design Project Student
Balaji Goparaju, BME Senior Design Project Student Steven Mathews, BME Sophomore Carolyne Tennyson, BME Sophomore Aaron Berliner |
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Scott Beardsley, Ph.D.
<sbeardsl at bu.edu>
Visiting Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering, Boston University Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Marquette University |
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Alan Cowey, Ph.D. FRS
Adjunct Professor, Biomedical Engineering, Boston University and Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford | ||
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Constance S. Royden, Ph.D.
Visiting Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering, Boston University Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, College of the Holy Cross | ||
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Heiko Hecht, Ph.D.
Visiting Professor, Biomedical Engineering, Boston University Professor, Department of General Experimental Psychology, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz | ||
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Stelios Smirnakis, M.D. Ph.D.
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering, Boston University and Partners Neurology, Harvard Medical School | ||
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Giuseppe Marasco, M.D.
Visiting Scholar, Biomedical Engineering, Boston University Neurology, Medical School, University Secondo, Napoli, Italy | ||
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Simon Rushton, Ph.D.
Visiting Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering, Boston University School of Psychology, Cardiff University | ||
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Daniel Goldenholz, M.D./Ph.D. 2008 (Boston University)
Danilo Dongiovanni, Ph.D. 2006 (University of Bologna & Boston University) Anna Minguzzi, Ph.D. 2006 (University of Bologna & Boston University) Robert Pitts, Ph.D. 2004 Scott Beardsley, Ph.D. 2001 Monica della Valle, Ph.D. 2001 (University of Padova & Boston University) Pairash Saiviroonporn, M.S. 1992, Ph.D. 1997 Mike Schement, M.S. 1986, Ph.D. 1992 Ljubomir Citkusev, M.S. 1990, Ph.D. Molecular Engineering, 1997 Alain Ayache, Ph.D. 1992 Martin Marton, Ph.D. 1988 |
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| Latest News From Daniel (Daniel Goldenholz, M.D./Ph.D.)
Graduated in May 2008 with an M.D./Ph.D. He will be working with Dr. Judith Schaechter on stroke neuroplasticity. |
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Latest News From Rosie (Rosalyn Ano, B.S. 2004)
Stayed in the Boston area working in clinical research. For three years she was Imaging Research Associate at Perceptive Informatics, Inc. in Waltham, MA where she evaluated CT and MR imaging for the drug efficacy and treatment of stroke, MS, cancer, and most recently, polycystic kidney disease. Since September 2007 she is doing contracting work as an Interim Clinical Monitor at LeMaitre Vascular, Inc., a vascular medical device company in Burlington, MA. Outside of work, she continues to play and coach in the sports of Ultimate Frisbee. She won two back-to-back silver medals at the U.S. National Championships in Sarasota, FL as well as a bronze medal at the World Championships in Perth, Australia in November of 2006. |
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Latest News From Monica (Monica della Valle, Ph.D. 2001)
Transient work in imaging, helping designing localizers, but now she works in real industry, first in Belgium and soon in the exotic Singapore where as the picture tells, she will find the balance between her heart and her work. |
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Latest News From Sanjida (Sanjida Chowdhury, M.S. 2000)
Returned to her hometown, Chicago, where she lives on the lakefront. She is newly married (November 2007) to Munzoor Shaikh, a manager at a consulting firm, West Monroe Partners, focusing on IT. Sanjida works at KPMG LLP in the Pharmaceutical Forensics group. She manages pharmaceutical compliance projects that range from goverment litigation cases to performing data analytics. |
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