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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
Christine O'Brien
Assistant Professor
Yoram Rudy
Professor
Jonathan Silva
Associate 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
Ghazal Ashrafi, PhD - Biology and Physiology
Optical imaging, functional imaging, synaptic function, neurometabolism, mitochondria
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
Peter Brunner, PhD - Neurosurgery
Brain-Computer Interface (BCI); Brain-Machine Interface (BMI); Electrocorticography (ECoG); Human Brain Mapping
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
Geoffrey Goodhill, PhD - Developmental Biology
Computational neuroscience, Theoretical neuroscience, Systems neuroscience, Neural coding, Neural development, Autism, Zebrafish, Behavior, Calcium imaging
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