Categories: Penn State Neuroscience, NIH BRAIN Researchers, Neural Engineering, Neuroethics people, Neuromodulation researchers, Mason Neuroscience Alumni
Research interests include neural engineering, neurosurgery, epilepsy, Parkinson's Disease, wave mechanics, brain machine interfaces, EEG, electrical fields, and control theory.
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Professor, Department of Cognitive Science, University of California, Irvine Principal Investigator, Cognitive Anteater Robotics Laboratory (CARL)
Dr. Kritchmar’s research interests include neurorobotics, embodied cognition, biologically plausible models of learning and memory, and the effect of neural architecture on neural function. The Cognitive Anteater Robotics Laboratory (CARL) at the University of California, Irvine, we are designing robotic systems whose behaviors are guided by large-scale simulations of the mammalian brain.
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Email: jkrichma at uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-5888 Address: Department of Cognitive Sciences 2328 Social and Behavioral Sciences Gateway University of California, Irvine Irvine, CA 92697-5100
Jeffrey L. Krichmar received a B.S. in Computer Science in 1983 from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, a M.S. in Computer Science from The George Washington University in 1991, and a Ph.D. in Computational Sciences and Informatics from George Mason University in 1997. He spent 15 years as a software engineer on projects ranging from the PATRIOT Missile System at the Raytheon Corporation to Air Traffic Control for the Federal Systems Division of IBM. In 1997, he became an assistant professor at The Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study at George Mason University. From 1999 to 2007, he was a Senior Fellow in Theoretical Neurobiology at The Neurosciences Institute. ...
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Chief Scientific Officer and Program Manager, Personalized Healthcare at Northrop Grumman Corporation Health Division Formerly Director of Neuro-Oncology Lab, George Mason University
Senior Scientific Advisor, Subject Matter Expert, Bio-Molecular Engineer, and Program Manager for Northrop Grumman’s Health Division. Responsible for overseeing all research, product development, and personnel for Northrop Grumman’s Personalized Healthcare Program.
From GMU web page (2010 to 2013) Dr. Alex Carlisle is a Neuroscientist in the Department of Neurosciences at Inova Fairfax Hospital and also oversees the Inova-GMU Neuroscience Translational Research Laboratory (INTR) Laboratory, a joint partnership between the Inova Neurosciences Research Institute and George Mason University’s Krasnow Institute for Advanced Studies (KIAS)established to conduct translational biomedical research.
Dr. Carlisle is a cancer biologist and uses molecular-based approaches to identify and functionally characterize molecules involved in the progression of various cancers. He was a member of the NCI team to map human cancer (CGAP) and involved in developing high-throughput technologies for screening and validating potential cancer biomarkers. At the NCI he served as a key person in helping to develop early-generation genomic discovery platforms such as cDNA microarrays and EST cDNA libraries. He was brought on as a special expert at the NINDS were ...
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Todd's dissertation was titled "Comparative topological analysis of neuronal arbors via sequence representation and alignment".
In addition to being the lead curator for NKN, Todd is overseeing the development of the Neuroscience Aircasts.
Todd has participated in the Allen Institute BigNeuron hackathon at Janelia and will be involved in the Oak Ridge hackathon Nov. 16-20, 2015.
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PhD, Neuroscience at George Mason University Dissertation title: “Machine-readable Knowledge Management of Neuron Properties.”
David said “Neuroscience is the most interesting and potentially useful field of study available to me at this stage in my career. I was trained as an electrical engineer, worked most of my life as a software engineer, but desire to learn how the brain works to glean useful architectural aspects for continued advancement in problem solving.”
LinkedIn page: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/david-hamilton/38/91/5aa
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PhD Candidate, Neuroscience 2007 – 2016
Estimated time-frame for dissertation final defense: Summer 2016. Dissertation title: “Machine-readable Knowledge Management of Neuron Properties.”
Activities and Societies: Society for Neuroscience, AAAS, IEEE
MS, Electrical Engineering 1978 – 1981
BS, Electrical Engineering 1973 – 1977
Northrop Gruman Information Systems –July 2004 – Present (11 years 2 months)
VP Software Development NeuralTech November 1994 – June 2004 (9 years 8 months) Merchant Dispute ...
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Science writer Affiliate, Visual Cognition and Attention Lab, George Mason University
Dr. Bobby Azarian is a cognitive neuroscientist, a researcher in the Visual Attention and Cognition Lab at George Mason University, and a science writer whose work has appeared in The Atlantic, The New York Times, BBC, Scientific American, Slate, The Daily Beast, and The Huffington Post. His research has been published in journals including Cognition & Emotion and Psychonomic Bulletin & Review. He also runs the blog Science Is Sexy.
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Email: bobbyazarian@gmail.com Address: Arlington, Va.
George Mason University Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Neuroscience 2008 – 2014Neuroscience PhD
Old Dominion University Bachelor of Science (BS), Biology, Magna Cum Laude Honors 1999 – 2003Biology w/ Chemistry minor
Science Writer Freelance January 2015 – Present (1 year 11 months)Washington D.C. Metro AreaI began science writing in 2015 and have since written for The Atlantic, The New York Times, BBC, Scientific American, The Daily Beast, Quartz, Aeon, Raw Story, Defense One, and Slate. I also regularly blog for Psychology Today and The Huffington Post. Some articles have gone viral, receiving hundreds of thousands of shares on social media. The most popular article has received well over a million views. I have also ...
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Future Technical Leader (FTL), Northrop Grumman Corporation Neuroscience PhD, Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study, George Mason University
Kerry Brown’s dissertation and publications focused on the production and analysis of digitally reconstructed neurons to help uncover what the shape and structure of different neuron classes can tell us about their function within the brain.
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I am currently in my 3rd year-long rotation in the Future Technical Leaders (FTL) Program at Northrop Grumman. In my first rotation, I supported various Health IT large-scale data analytics initiatives. In my 2nd rotation, I supported Corporate Strategy. In my current rotation, I am managing several software application teams on a large program.
I have a Ph.D. in Neuroscience from the Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study at George Mason University. My dissertation and publications focused on the production and analysis of digitally reconstructed neurons to help uncover what the shape and structure of different neuron classes can tell us about their function within the brain.
George Mason University Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Neuroscience 2004 – 2012
James Madison University Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Psychology 2001 – 2003
Future Technical Leader Northrop Grumman Corporation June 2012 – Present (4 years 5 months) Graduate Research George Mason University September 2004 – May 2012 (7 years 9 months)
Dr. Polavaram received her Ph.D. in Neuroscience from George Mason University, she has been working for over a decade in the field of Computational Neuroanatomy and Neuroinformatics providing services in software engineering, data management, analytics, visualization, and applied ontologies. Her current area of research investigates biologically meaningful morphological patterns derived from digitally reconstructed neuronal arbors representing the cellular diversity of the nervous system.
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Manager, EM Connectome Annotation Team, Janelia Farm Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Dr. Parekh’s professional background is in neuroscience, epilepsy research, and neuroinformatics with a strong publication record.
Her professional aspirations are to facilitate open science collaborative efforts towards the common goal of understanding the brain.
Janelia Farm page LinkekIn page
Email: parekhr@janelia.hhmi.org Address: 19700 Helix Drive Ashburn, Va. 201247
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I have a professional background in neuroscience, epilepsy research, and neuroinformatics with a strong publication record. I am a result-oriented leader and strategic thinker with a multifaceted skill set. My strength lies in interdisciplinary collaboration, communication, and management.
My professional aspirations are to facilitate open science collaborative efforts towards the common goal of understanding the brain.
OSCAR Mentoring Excellence Award Nominee George Mason University February 2014 The purpose of this award is to recognize and reward outstanding Mason community members who have mentored undergraduate students on research and creative activities and who foster a culture of student scholarship in support of Mason’s Students as Scholars initiative. Co-Principal Investigator National Academies Keck Futures Initiatives May 2013
Crowdsourcing Extraction of Knowledge From Data: Pilot Designs in Neuroscience — $100,000 The ongoing/forthcoming deluge of digital scientific data poses the “interpretation challenge” of digesting raw data into information accessible to people and machines alike. ...
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Postdoctoral Scientist, Boston University PhD in Neuroscience from George Mason University
Michele’s research focus is on Whole-cell Electrophysiology, Biotechnology, Optogenetics, Neuropharmacology, and Computational Models. Michele employs Electrophysiology in brain slices – patch clamp and neuropharmacology. implements biophysically realistic models of neurons.
Research Gate webpage: researchgate.net/profile/Michele_Ferrante
LinkedIn webpage: inkedin.com/pub/michele-ferrante/6/333/634
Twitter: @mferr133
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Bioinformatics Contractor, US Army Center for Environmental Health Research Research Scientist, Geneva Foundation
Dr. Donohue specializes in designing computational methods to analyze, visualize, and model multidimensional biological data.
Donohue has computational biology research experience in neuroscience, cancer, infectious diseases, diseases of military relevance, PTSD, blast trauma, radiation, and suicide.
His skills include: Programming experience in C, Java, R, AWK; Biological model design; Customized analysis of high-throughput high-dimensional biological data including; next generation sequencing, gene expression, metabolomics, and proteomics; Ingenuity Pathways Analysis; Bioinformatics workflow design and Power and sample size analysis
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Bioinformatics Contractor US Army Center for Environmental Health Research November 2012 – Present (4 years 1 month)Frederick MD• Performed general bioinformatics and statistics support including analysis of transcriptomics, metabolomics, and epigenetics datasets, power analysis, and data mining for diseases of military relevance including suicide, PTSD, coagulopathy, plague, pain, Venezuelan equine encephalitis viruses, vaccinia virus, and radiation exposure. • Developed and implemented a metabolomics analysis workflow for SysBioCube, an online data warehouse and analysis platform for diseases of military relevance. • Developed novel pathway enrichment algorithm for metabolomics data from a mouse model study of PTSD. • Performed meta-analysis power calculations and helped develop harmonization and meta-analysis plans for several coagulopathy clinical trials • Developing a novel variance-based measure of gene dysregulation for ...
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Post Doctoral Research Fellow, National Institutes of Health
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Post Doctoral Research Fellow National Institutes of Health January 2014 – Present (2 years 10 months) Graduate Research Student George Mason University September 2006 – December 2013 (7 years 4 months)
George Mason University Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Neuroscience 2006 – 2013 George Mason University Master of Education (M.Ed.), Special Education 2004 – 2006
St. John’s College Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Philosophy and history of math and science 2000 – 2004
Rebekah Evans, Teresa Morera-Herreras, Yihui Cui, Kai Du, Tom Sheehan, Jeanette Hellgren Kotaleski, Laurent Venance, Kim T. Blackwell Published: April 19, 2012
Abstract Calcium through NMDA receptors (NMDARs) is necessary for the long-term potentiation (LTP) of synaptic strength; however, NMDARs differ in several properties that can influence the amount of calcium influx into the spine. These properties, such as sensitivity to magnesium block and conductance decay kinetics, change the receptor’s response to spike timing dependent plasticity (STDP) protocols, and thereby shape synaptic integration and information processing. This study investigates the role of GluN2 subunit differences on spine calcium concentration during several STDP protocols in a model of a striatal medium spiny projection neuron (MSPN). The ...
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PhD, Molecular, Physiological, & Behavioral Neuroscience, George Mason University
Dr. Sanders interests include: Molecular science, science funding, science teaching, STEM, biotechnology, startups, biological illustration, ceramics, art, aikido, ocean, time, space, brain.
George Mason University Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Molecular, Physiological, & Behavioral Neuroscience 2007 – 2014For my dissertation, I cloned two transgenic mouse lines, visualized and quantified anatomic specificity of transgene expression, and implemented behavioral tasks to demonstrate the first direct involvement of hippocampal NMDA receptor GluN2 subunits on the late postnatal emergence of spatial learning and memory.
Activities and Societies: Society for Neuroscience
University of Oregon Master’s degree (M.S.), Molecular Biology 2004 – 2007For my thesis, I focused on Identification, allele amplification, and mRNA expression of sex-determination genes in urochordates (Oikopleura dioica) to give evolutionary insight to early vertebrate development. .
Activities and Societies: National Science Foundation GK-12 Fellow
College of Charleston Bachelor of Science (BS), Marine Biology 2000 – 2004I conducted independent research analyzing morphological variances of fish assemblages across inter-tidal environments.
Activities and Societies: Suenaka Ha Aikido (Wadokai Aikido)
Rodent Animal Care Technician George Mason University August 2014 – Present (2 years 3 months)Fairfax. Virginia
Graduate Research Assistant George Mason University August 2007 – August 2014 (7 years 1 month)George Mason University
Zebra Fish Animal Care Technician University of Oregon May 2007 – July 2007 (3 months) Eugene, Oregon Graduate Teaching ...
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CEO & Founder, BrainYno Inc.
Dr. Scorcioni was the developer of Good Times, the winning hack of the AT&T 2013 Developer Summit Hackathon.
Email: ruggero@polarsleep.com
George Mason University PhD, Computational Neuroscience 2000 – 2003 Università degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia Master, Software Engineering 1990 – 1995
CEO & Founder brainYno Inc. January 2013 – Present (3 years 10 months)Providing good sleep to tired people Associate Fellow The Neurosciences Institute September 2008 – December 2012 (4 years 4 months)
Research Assistant Professor George Mason University January 2000 – August 2008 (8 years 8 months) Neuroscientist Modeler Insilico Biosciences August 2003 – May 2007 (3 years 10 months)Design, and develop neuronal networks models to better understand neurological diseases.
Software Design Architect IBM May 1999 – January 2000 (9 months)Responsible for the design of next generation licensing system on mainframe OS/390
2nd place @ 2016 IEEE Brain Hackathon September 2016 1st place @ 2015 AT&T San Diego Hackathon May 2015 2nd place @ 2014 AT&T Home Automation Challenge September 2014 Elance.com prize winner @ 2013 SF Techcrunch Disrupt Hackathon September 2013 2013 AT&T developer summit Fast Pitch Winner AT&T January 2013
1st place winner of the 2013 AT&T developer summit Fast Pitch Winner for the development of “Good Times”. This is the first real-time call filtering based on your mental state. When you’re busy all your callers ...
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Research Assistant, Georgetown University Medical Center Masters, Molecular Biology, George Mason University
Myu’s research interests include nvestigating the underlying mechanisms related to Age Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) and dendrite morphogenesis.
Email: myuroger@gmail.com
Research Assistant Georgetown University Medical Center June 2016 – Present (6 months) Washington D.C. Metro Area
Investigating the underlying mechanisms related to Age Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) Medical Scribe Inova Fairfax Hospital Emergency Department September 2014 – Present (2 years 3 months) Working with emergency care physicians and documenting patient care in a level 1 trauma center. Obtaining patient history and documenting review of systems, physical examination, procedures, medical decision making, disposition/admittance. Using EPIC clinical systems for medical coding and billing Graduate Research Assistant George Mason University May 2014 – December 2014 (8 months) Department of Mathematical SciencesI mentored an undergraduate student alongside Dr. Padmanabhan Seshaiyer on “Understanding phage-host dynamics on bacteriophage therapy through mathematical modeling and analysis”. My work includes designing the research proposal, consulting, and conducting research.
Graduate Research Assistant George Mason University September 2012 – August 2014 (2 years)Krasnow Institute of Advance StudyI worked in five neurological related research projected that I have helped develop as an undergraduate research assistant. Primarily I worked in investigating the role of RNAi regulation in Class- Specific dendrite morphogenesis and characterization of Dar1 interacting proteins essential for differential cellular localization ...
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B.S., Neuroscience, George Mason University
Alexandra is interested in neuroscience, data science, genetics, ethology, and the biological bases of language ability.
Twitter LinkedIn Personal Site Address: Madison, Wisconsin
Alexandra, who goes by Sasha, began her undergraduate study at George Mason University (GMU) in 2007 and completed a B.S. in Neuroscience in 2011. She was an undergraduate researcher at the Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study (2010- 2011) and a lab manager and research assistant at the Center for the Study of Neuroeconomics (2009 – 2012).
In 2012, Sasha received a Postbaccalaureate Intramural Research Training Award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), where she worked as a research fellow in the NIAAA Laboratory of Neurogenetics until 2014. While at NIH, she received training in bioinformatics, cluster computing, and statistics.
Sasha now works at the University of Wisconsin-Madison as a medical education researcher in the Department of Surgery.
As a research assistant at the Center for the Study of Neuroeconomics, Sasha supported behavioral experiments evaluating the impacts of genetics and incentives on human decision-making using fMRI and the virtual world of Second Life. At NIH, she researched the phylogenies and interspecific neural expression of the MAO genes while contributing to projects ranging from the ...
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