Faculty and Personnel

Behar, Kevin

Associate Professor of Psychiatry
Director, MRRC Neurometabolism Research Laboratory

Research Interests:NMR; 1H NMR; 13C NMR; In vivo brain metabolism; Glutamate; Gamma-aminobutyrate; Glutamine; Neuron-glial trafficking

Constable, R. Todd

Professor of Diagnostic Radiology, of Biomedical Engineering and of Neurosurgery

Research Interests:Development of MRI techniques to provide functional information; Quantitative information and high quality pictures of anatomy; Application of new methods to answer fundamental questions in basic science and medicine

de Graaf, Robin

Associate Professor of Diagnostic Radiology and of Biomedical Engineering

Research Interests:Cerebral energy metabolism

Fulbright, Robert

Associate Professor of Diagnostic Radiology
Medical Director, Magnetic Resonance Research Center
Research Affiliate, Haskins Laboratories, New Haven, CT

Research Interests:Neuroradiology; image processing; MR spectroscopy; diffusion tensor MR imaging; perfusion MR imaging; functional MR imaging; brain tumors; reading and reading disability

Galiana, Gigi

Assistant Professor of Diagnostic Radiology

Hyder, D. S. Fahmeed

Professor of Diagnostic Radiology and of Biomedical Engineering
Technical Director, Magnetic Resonance Research Center (mrrc.yale.edu)
Program Director, Core Center for Quantitative Neuroscience with Magnetic Resonance (qnmr.yale.edu)

Juchem, Christoph

Assistant Professor of Diagnostic Radiology and of Neurology

Mason, Graeme

Associate Professor of Diagnostic Radiology and of Psychiatry
Director Metabolic Modeling and Director Psychiatric MRS
Director, Neuroimaging Sciences Training Program
Chair, Magnetic Resonance Research Center Protocol Review Committee

Research Interests:Alcoholic Intoxication; Alcohol Induced Disorders; Alcoholism; Amino Acids; Brain Mapping; Carbohydrates; CNS Diseases; Cocaine-Related Disorders; Fatty Acids; Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action; Mood disorders; Physiological Effects of Drugs; Substance Withdrawal Syndrome; Tobacco Use Disorder

Papademetris, Xenophon

Associate Professor of Diagnostic Radiology and Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Research Interests:Automated biomedical image analysis and measurement; interactive 3D visualization of medical images and structures

Rothman, Douglas

Professor of Diagnostic Radiology and of Biomedical Engineering
Director Yale MR Research Center

Research Interests:Development of MR spectroscopy and MR imaging methods to image metabolic and neurotransmitter pathways in humans and in animal models

Sampath, Smita

Assistant Professor of Diagnostic Radiology and of Biomedical Engineering

Research Interests:Novel magnetic resonance imaging; cardio-vascular medicine

Shapiro, Erik

Assistant Professor of Diagnostic Radiology and of Biomedical Engineering

Research Interests:Molecular and cellular imaging in preclinical animals studies; development of novel contrast agents for molecular imaging; sodium MRI for musculoskeletal imaging

Befroy, Douglas

Research Scientist in Diagnostic Radiology and in Medicine (Endocrinology)

Research Interests:Development of novel Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (MRS) techniques

Chowdhury, Golam

Associate Research Scientist in Psychiatry

Research Interests:NMR; 13C NMR; in vivo and ex vivo brain metabolism; glutamate; gamma-aminobutyrate; glutamine; neuron-glial trafficking; depression; stress; brain development; drugs discovery; hyopxia; nanotoxicity

Coman, Daniel

Associate Research Scientist in Diagnostic Radiology

Research Interests:brain, temperature, pH, BIRDS, CEST, metabolism, energetics, thulium, TmDOTP, TmDOTMA

De Feyter, Henk

Associate Research Scientist in Diagnostic Radiology

D'Errico, Francesco

Research Scientist in Diagnostic Radiology

Research Interests:Superheated emulsions

Hampson, Michelle

Research Scientist in Diagnostic Radiology

Research Interests:Resting state functional connectivity; biofeedback; real-time fMRI

Herman, Peter

Associate Research Scientist in Diagnostic Radiology

Research Interests:fMRI; BOLD; local field potentials; multi unit activity; Laser-Doppler; optical imaging; laser speckle

Jiang, Lihong

Associate Research Scientist in Diagnostic Radiology

Markakis, Eleni

Associate Research Scientist in Diagnostic Radiology

Research Interests:Adult Neurogenesis; Adult-derived Neural Progenitor Cells; Neural Stem Cells; Neurotrophic Factors, Gene Therapy, Parkinson's Disease, Epilepsy

Negishi, Michiro

Associate Research Scientist in Diagnostic Radiology

Research Interests:Eelectroencephalography, functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Electrical Impedance Tomography

Peters, Dana

Associate Research Scientist in Diagnostic Radiology

Research Interests:magnetic resonance imaging, atrial fibrillation, radial imaging, late gadolinium enhancement, cardiac imaging

Qiu, Maolin

Associate Research Scientist in Diagnostic Radiology

Research Interests:Understanding the neurophysiological basis of neuroimaging and neural mechanisms of general anesthesia; Developing high-sensitivity and high-specificity NMR methods in understanding general anesthesia

Sanganahalli, Basavaraju

Associate Research Scientist in Diagnostic Radiology

Research Interests:Brain, Neurovascular coupling, fMRI, Extracellular recording (LFP &MUA), Sensory processing, Sensory Integration

Shen, Xilin

Associate Research Scientist in Diagnostic Radiology

Zhang, Xiaohui

Associate Research Scientist in Diagnostic Radiology

Shulman, Robert

Professor Emeritus of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry and Senior Research Scientist in Diagnostic Radiology
Senior Research Scientist/Scho

Research Interests:Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR); metabolic pathways in vivo