People

Name	Role	Research Project	Email
Anna Devor	PL	Neurovascular Imaging Laboratory	adevor@bu.edu
David Kleinfeld	PL	Neurophysics Laboratory	dk@physics.ucsd.edu
Jon Polimeni	PL	Magnetic Resonance – Physics & Instrumentation Group	jrpolimeni@mgh.harvard.edu
Laura D Lewis	PL	Lewis Neuro Laboratory	ldlewis@mit.edu
Xin Yu	PL	TNNC Laboratory	xyu9@mgh.harvard.edu
Sava Sakadzic	PL	Optics @Martinos	xyu9@mgh.harvard.edu
Josef B. Mandeville	PL	Mandeville Laboratory	jbm@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu
Gal Mishne	PL	Halıcıoğlu Data Science Institute	gmishne@ucsd.edu
Duygu Kuzum	PL	Neuroelectronics Laboratory	dkuzum@eng.ucsd.edu
Massimo Vergassola	PL	Vergassola Group	massimo.vergassola@phys.ens.fr
Andreas Linninger	PL	Laboratory for Product and Process Design	linninge@uic.edu
Lei Tian	PL	Computational Imaging Systems Lab	leitian@bu.edu
Mike Economo	PL	Economo Laboratory	mne@bu.edu
Bruce Rosen	PL	Quantitative Tumor Imaging Laboratory	brrosen@mgh.harvard.edu
Martin Thunemann	PL	Neurovascular Imaging Laboratory	martinth@bu.edu
Nicholas Cicero	PhD Candidate	Nick’s work is primarily focused on investigating the subcortical neuromodulatory systems that regulate sleep-wake states in humans using high spatial resolution functional MRI at 7 Tesla with simultaneous EEG. By using high spatial resolution fMRI, Nick’s work will elucidate the functional responses of distinct subcortical nuclei during transitions between arousal states at a spatial precision that more closely matches the size of these regions.	ngcicero@bu.edu
Bradley C. Rauscher	PhD Candidate	Bradley studies how the hemodynamic signal reflects underlying neuronal activity and intrinsic neuromodulation in order to better understand noninvasive functional imaging. To do this, he mainly utilize widefield cortical imaging to observe spontaneous (resting state) fluctuations in neuronal activity, neuromodulator release, and oxy/deoxy/total hemoglobin across the dorsal surface of the cortex. Using this type of data, he creates models for hemodynamics which take into account neuronal activity, neuromodulator release, and brain state.	bcraus@bu.edu
Kate Herrema	PhD Candidate	Kate is working on the implantation of human cortical organoids into rodent cortex as a strategy to model neurodevelopment in health and disease. They employ multimodal monitoring (two-photon calcium imaging and electrophysiological recordings) to investigate structural and functional changes as human neurons integrate into host circuitry. She is also developing a biomaterial controlled drug release platform to deliver developmental morphogens to the implanted organoid in order to direct cell patterning and maturation in-vivo.	kherrema@bu.edu
Dora Balog	PhD Candidate	Dora’s project focuses on modeling implicitly neuromodulation in pyramidal cells. To achieve this on a single-cell level, she is modifying the popular Hay model first for acetylcholine, then for norepinephrine, and will proceed to build populations of pyramidal cells in the foreseeable future. The overarching goal is to be able to translate calcium dynamics to EEG, to aid the efforts of human application.	dbalog@bu.edu