People

Laboratory Director

Lucia Maria Vaina, M.D. Ph.D
Professor
Department Biomedical Engineering and Neurology
and the Graduate Program in Neuroscience, Boston University
Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital & Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston
Co-director of Neurology of Vision Laboratory, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston
Our Lab Director, “Patron-Saint,” and fearless driver.

Senior Members

Stelios Manolis Smirnakis, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Neurology
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Harvard Medical School, Boston

Ferdinando Buonanno, M.D.
Co-Director of Pediatric Stroke Services.
Director, CardioNeurology Clinic.
Department of Neurology
Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston
Co-director of Neurology of Vision Laboratory, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston

Igor F. Palacios, M.D.
Professor
Director
Knight Catheterization Laboratory,
Massachusetts General Hospital
Harvard Medical School

Matti Hämäläinen, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Radiology
Massachusetts General Hospital
Harvard Medical School
Athinoula Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging
Director MEG Core

Jyrki Ahveninen, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Radiology
Massachusetts General Hospital
Harvard Medical School
Athinoula Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging
Director MEG Core

Sheraz Khan, M.Eng, Ph.D.
Instructor in Radiology,
Athinoula Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging
Massachusetts General Hospital
Harvard Medical School

Seppo Ahlfors, M.Eng, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor in Radiology
Athinoula Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging
Assistant Neuroscientist
Massachusetts General Hospital
Harvard Medical School

Simon K Rushton – BSc CNAA, Ph.D.
Professor
Cognitive Science
Cardiff University
Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Scott Beardsley, Ph.D.

Kunjan Rana, Ph.D. 

Postdoctoral Research Associate

and Section of Neurocircuitry
Laboratory of Brain & Cognition
NIMH, Nation Institutes of Health

Giuseppe Marasco, M.D.
Postdoctoral Research Associate

Brain & Vision Research Laboratory
Biomedical Engineering Department, Boston University
and Senior Neurologist and Member of Stroke Service
Ospedale Monaldi-Azienda Ospedaliera dei Colli, Napoli, Italy

Danilo Dongiovanni, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Research Associate.
Biomedical Engineering Department

Graham Voysey, M.S.
Biomedical Engineering Department
and Brain & Vision Research Laboratory, Boston University

Yansong Geng, M.S.
Biomedical Engineering Department
Brain & Vision Research Laboratory, Boston University

Veikko Jousmäki Ph.D.
ANI Director, Senior Scientist,
Brain Research Unit,
O.V. Lounasmaa Laboratory,
Aalto University School of Science,
Aalto, Finland

Constance S. Royden, Ph.D.
Visiting Professor,
Brain & Vision Research Laboratory, Boston University
Professor,
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science,
College of the Holy Cross

Heiko Hecht, Ph.D.
Visiting Professor,
Biomedical Engineering,
Boston University.
Professor
Department of General Experimental Psychology,
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

Paolo Bonato, Ph.D.
Director of Motion Analysis Laboratory
Harvard Medical School
Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital.
Associate Professor
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Harvard Medical School
Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital

Alumni