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Research Areas
Biomedical & Biological Imaging
This program seeks to bring the most innovative technology — whether it be next-generation hardware, multiple modalities, advanced image reconstruction or signal-processing methods, new contrast agents or novel applications — to bear on important basic science and clinical issues. Our goal is to develop new technologies to complement the already strong research and clinical imaging activities in our community.
Primary Faculty
- Hong Chen, associate professor
- Song Hu, associate professor
- Abhinav Jha, assistant professor
- Yoram Rudy, professor
- Jonathan Silva, assistant professor
- Michael Vahey, assistant professor
- Chao Zhou, associate professor
- Quing Zhu, professor
Affiliate Faculty
Samuel Achilefu - Radiology
Molecular optical and multimodal imaging
Michael Altman - Radiation Oncology
Radiation therapy, High intensity focused ultrasound, MR-guided therapy, hyperthermia, brachytherapy
Hongyu An - Radiology
MRI, MR physics, sequence design, image reconstruction, PET/MR imaging, PET attenuation
Beau Ances, MD - Neurology
Alzheimer's disease, HIV
Kareem Azab - Radiation
Drug delivery, polymer conjugates, nanoparticles, lyposomes, targeted therapy, biodegradable polymeric implants, medical devices, pharmaceutical sciences,
Martha Bagnall - Neuroscience
Vestibular and spinal neural circuits in zebrafish
Deanna Barch - Psychological & Brain Sciences
cognitive neuroscience, development, psychopathology, functional connectivity, structural connectivity, multi modal imaging
Randall Bateman - Neurology
Diagnostic clinical test biochemistry mass spectrometry process robotics Alzheimer's disease neurodegeneration
Adam Bauer - Radiology
Functional Optical Neuroimaging in Mice, Systems Neuroscience, Brain Network Connectivity, Neurovascular Coupling, Optogenetics, Stroke Recovery
Philip Bayly - Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science
biomechanics, mechanobiology, cell motility, flagella, cilia, imaging
Kevin Bennett - Radiology
Molecular imaging, kidney imaging, magnetic resonance, nanotechnology, physiology, renal disease, transplant
Mikhail Berezin - Radiology
Peripheral Nerves, Cancer Related Neuropathies, Imaging in Shortwave Infrared, Hyperspectral Imaging, Contrast Agents
Janine Bijsterbosch, MD, PhD - Radiology
Functional MRI; neuroimaging; functional connectivity; mental health; psychiatry; depression; anxiety; default mode network; trans-diagnostic; biomarker
Bruce Carlson - Neuroscience
Neurophysiology, sensory systems, behavior, evolution, mathematical modeling, neuroanatomy
Aadel Chaudhuri, MD - Radiation Oncology
liquid biopsy, cell-free DNA, early cancer detection, digital cytometry, translational genomics, computational biology
Shantanu Chakrabartty - Electrical & Systems Engineering
Self-powered sensors, wireless telemetry, energy harvesting, neuromorphic systems
Yao Chen - Neuroscience
Molecular dynamics, Neuromodulators, Sleep, Molecular sensors, Molecular actuators, Two photon Microscopy, Molecular systems, Signaling network, neuroscience, learning, Acetylcholine, Quantitative imaging, G protein coupled receptors, Fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy, Engineering biosensors
Joseph Culver - Radiology
Diffuse optical tomography, non-invasive optical imaging
Li Ding, MD, PhD - Medicine
Cancer genomics, cancer proteomics, cancer evolution and progression, single cell and cellular imaging
Nico Dosenbach - Neurology
Precisions mapping of individual human brains; Real-time image processing
Adam Eggebrecht - Radiology
Optical Radiology, Diffuse Optics, Tomography, Modeling, Functional Near Infrared Spectroscopy, Analytical Methods, Photon Propagation, Finite Element, Autism, Child Development
James Fitzpatrick - Neuroscience
Cellular Imaging, Correlative Microscopy, X-Ray Nanotomography, Phase Contrast X-Ray Nanotomography, Focused Ion Beam Imaging, Cryo-Electron Microscopy, Single Particle Imaging, Cryo-Electron Tomography
Michael Gach - Radiation Oncology
MRI physics, quantitative imaging, quantitative hemodynamics, cancer, image processing, pulse sequences, real-time MRI
Guy Genin - Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science
Interfaces and adhesion in physiology and nature; optical strain analysis; continuum mechanics; viscoelasticity
Robert Gereau - Anesthesiology
Pain, optogenetics, optoelectronics, neural circuitry, in vivo imaging, electrophysiology
Michael Greenberg - Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics
Heart failure, molecular motors, single molecule, optical trapping, stem cells, tissue engineering
Edward Han - Neuroscience
Two-photon calcium imaging, electrophysiology, virtual reality behavior, neuronal networks, learning and memory, hippocampus
Tim Holy - Neuroscience
Novel optical microscopy to record large neuronal populations
Geoff Hugo - Radiation Oncology
image guided radiation therapy, adaptive radiation therapy, machine learning, lung CT, image analysis
Daniel Kerschensteiner, MD - Ophthalmology & Visual Science
Neural circuits, vision, 2-photon imaging, electrophysiology, retina, visual processing
Sándor Kovács, MD - Internal Medicine - Cardiovascular Division
mathematical physiology, kinematic modeling, cardiovascular biophysics, echocardiography, cardiac catheterization, cardiac MRI, hemodynamics, human physiology
Alexxai Kravitz, MD, PhD
Striatum, dopamine, electrophysiology, open-source, devices, recording, electrodes, fiber optics, calcium imaging
Gregory Lanza, MD - Internal Medicine - Cardiovascular Division
Targeted drug delivery. Molecular imaging, Nanomedicine, Vascular disease, Liquid and Solid Cancer Technologies, Contrast Agent Development
Eric Leuthardt, MD - Neurosurgery
Brain Computer Interfaces, Neuroprosthetics, Advanced Imaging, Resting State fMRI
Matthew Lew - Electrical & Systems Engineering
In-vivo imaging, 3D super-resolution microscopy, single-molecule fluorescence, computational optics
H. Harold Li - Radiology - Rad Sci
Radiation therapy dosimetry, Dose imaging device, Image-guided radiation therapy
Ilya Monosov - Neuroscience
Neuronal mechanisms of voluntary behavior
Josh Morgan - Ophthalmology
vision, retina, connectomics, synapse, imaging, electron microscopy, circuitry, thalamus, development, neuron, image analysis
Arye Nehorai - Electrical & Systems Engineering
Forward models, inverse models, statistical analysis, quantitative methods, modeling
Joseph O'Sullivan - Electrical & Systems Engineering
Computational imaging; imaging science; computed tomography; positron emission tomography; x-ray imaging
Ben Palanca, MD, PhD - Anesthesiology
Anesthesia, delirium, seizures, electroconvulsive therapy, depression, cardiac surgery, sleep, consciousness, cognition, electroencephalography, magnetic resonance imaging, clinical, cognitive dysfunction, perioperative monitoring, neuromodulation
Philip Payne - Internal Medicine
Translational Bioinformatics, Multi-Scale Modelling, Computational Drug Repositioning
Zachary Pincus - Genetics
Systems Biology of Aging; Biology of Individuality
David Piston - Cell Biology & Physiology
Hormone secretion, signal transduction networks, protein-protein interactions, fluorescence microscopy
Janice Robertson - Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
membrane protein folding thermodynamics assembly single-molecule TIRF microscopy computational modeling structure function oligomerization lipids
Erica Scheller - Internal Medicine - Bone & Mineral Diseases
Diabetes, fracture risk, advanced imaging, neurobiology, metabolic disease, bone regeneration, biosensors
Vijay Sharma - Radiology
Molecular Imaging, PET and SPECT Agents, Myocardial Perfusion, Alzheimer`s Disease, Multidrug Resistance
Kooresh Isaac Shoghi - Radiology - Rad Sci
Computational biology at the interface with in-vivo imaging in animal models, in particular as it relates to metabolic regulation and obesity, diabetes
Monica Shokeen - Radiology
Contrast Agent Development, Nanoparticles, Cancer Imaging, Cardiovascular Imaging, Functional PET, MRI
Lilianna Solnica-Krezel - Developmental Biology
Gastrulation, Regeneration, Development, Biology Embryogenesis, Convergence, Extension, Forward and Reverse Genetics, Zebrafish
Sheng-Kwei Victor Song - Radiology - Rad-Sci
Diffusion basis spectrum imaging, diffusion fMRI, inflammation, Cancer Technologies, axonal injury and loss, demyelination
Aristeidis Sotiras, PhD - Radiology
Machine learning; deep learning; image processing; image analysis; data science; neuroimaging; neurodegenerative diseases; neuropsychiatric disorders
S. Joshua Swamidass, MD - Pathology & Immunology
Machine learning, computational biology, chemical informatics, bioinformatics, neural networks, pharmacology, drug toxicity, drug design
Yuan-Chuan Tai - Radiology - Rad Sci
PET, molecular imaging, theranostic, radiotracer, plant imaging, phenotyping
Simon Tang - Orthopaedic Surgery
Disc Degeneration; Low back pain; osteoporosis and fragility
Daniel Thorek, PhD - Radiology
Molecular Imaging; Targeted Radiotherapy; Radiopharmaceuticals; Translational Drug Development
David Van Essen - Neuroscience
Functional brain-mapping
Yong Wang- Obstetrics & Gynecology
Diffusion MRI and PET imaging; Noninvasive Electrophysiology Imaging; Cancer and Immunotherapy Imaging; Preterm Birth; Alzheimer's disease
Pamela Woodard, MD - Radiology
PET, MRI, Molecular Imaging, Cardiac Imaging, Translational Research, PET tracers, Atherosclerosis
Mohamed Zayed - Surgery
peripheral vascular disease, arteriovenous implants for treatment of diabetes, venous thrombectomy device treating DVT
Tiezhi Zhang - Radiation Oncology
Novel CT system, multi-pixel x-ray source, and radiation detector
Jie Zheng - Radiology
Cardiac MRI and PET, cardiovascular imaging, myocardial ischemia and heart failure, skeletal muscle exercise, diabetic foot
Tianyu Zhao, MD, PhD - Radiation Oncology
Proton Therapy, Adaptive Radiotherapy, Medical Imaging