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Employment
mindboggle_logo 2007 - Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurobiology
Division of Molecular Imaging and Neuropathology
New York State Psychiatric Institute
Columbia University, NY
Research in human brain image processing, registration, and labeling
NAVT2 2004 - 2007 Information Synthesis Theorist and Program Analyst
Parsons Institute for Information Mapping
The New School, NY
Complex data visualization and visualization ontologies
hippos 2004 - 2005 Researcher in brain imaging
Columbia University, NY
Detection of biomarkers of disease in brain MRI data
Graduate Education
braincolor_logo hbm2003 1998 - 2004 Weill Medical College of Cornell University, NY
Functional MRI Laboratory, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Functional MRI Research Center, Columbia University
Ph.D. in Neuroscience, May, 2004
Thesis: Automated brain labeling with Mindboggle
Invented Mindboggle software to automate anatomical labeling of human brain data
twophoton 1996 - 1998 California Institute of Technology
Computation and Neural Systems Program
Brain tissue optics research (with 2-photon uncaging) and biophysical computer modeling
hologram_viewstation hologram_edgelit 1994 - 1996 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Spatial Imaging Group, MIT Media Laboratory
M.S. in Media Arts and Sciences, September 1996
Thesis: Dispersion Compensation for Reflection Holography
Dispersion correction in holographic view stations and edge-lit holograms
Undergraduate Education
1991 - 1993 University of Michigan (Ann Arbor)
B.S. in Biopsychology, Perception and Cognition Studies, May 1993
Research assistant in the Kellogg Eye Institute
Independent computer-generated holographic stereogram research
1990 - 1991 Waseda University (Tokyo, Japan)
Japanese studies, International Division
Independent autostereoscopic holography research, Tama Art College
1988 - 1990 University of Southern California (Los Angeles)
Resident Honors Program scholar
Research assistant in Hedco Neurosciences
Independent display holography projects
Teaching
2007 - 2012 Invited lectures at Google, Dorkbot, Yale, UCLA, Rutgers, Stanford, Janelia Farm,
University of Pennsylvania, Child Mind Institute, University of Konstanz, Max Planck Institute, etc.
2008 - 2010 Lecturer and guest lecturer for brain imaging courses, Columbia University
2008 - 2009 Columbia Co-lecturer for brain imaging course, Columbia
2005 - 2007 MFA thesis evaluator and guest lecturer for classes in typography and design
The New School, NY
2005 - 2007 Lecturer on data visualization and visualization ontologies to
academic and government audiences, including the:
-   National Academy of Sciences
-   Office of the Director of National Intelligence
-   National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
-   Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
-   Under Secretary of Defense at the Pentagon
-   ESRI and GEOINT conferences
1994 - 1996 Teaching assistant (holography laboratory instructor), Media Laboratory, MA
1993 Intermediate Algebra instructor, Washtenaw Community College, Ann Arbor, MI
1990 - 1991 English school instructor, Tokyo, Japan
1990 Graduate school mentor for holography projects, USC, CA
Committees
2009 - Reviewer for neuroscience-related journals including:
NeuroImage, Human Brain Mapping, Neuroinformatics,
IEEE Trans. on Medical Imaging, IEEE Trans. on Biomedical Engineering,
Brain Structure and Function, International Journal of Biomedical Imaging,
Psychiatry Research, Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
2009 - Member of the International Neuroinformatics Coordinating Facility's Neuroimaging Task Force
2007 Media Curricular Subchair under the Provost's office, The New School, NY
2006 Designed curriculum for an M.S. program in Information Mapping and Management,
Office of the President of The New School, NY
2004 Review panel member, National Science Foundation
Funding
2010 - 2014 Co-Investigator
NIH U01 grant MH074813
Biological Predictors of Response to Antidepressants
2009 - 2012 Principal Investigator
NIH R01 grant MH084029
Mindboggling Shape Analysis and Identification
2006 Co-Director
Mellon Foundation grant
Photodocumentation of the Ellora Cave Temples in India
1993 Principal Investigator
Independent research grant, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Holographic research