Faculty and Personnel

Kevin Behar

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

R. Todd Constable

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

Robin de Graaf

Associate Professor of Diagnostic Radiology and of Biomedical Engineering

Research Interests:Cerebral energy metabolism

Robert Fulbright

Associate Professor of Diagnostic Radiology
Medical Director, Magnetic Resonance Research Center
Senior Scientist, 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

Gigi Galiana

Assistant Professor of Diagnostic Radiology

Michelle Hampson

Assistant Professor of Diagnostic Radiology

Research Interests:Resting state functional connectivity; Neurofeedback; Real-time fMRI

D. S. Fahmeed Hyder

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)

Christoph Juchem

Assistant Professor of Diagnostic Radiology and of Neurology

Graeme Mason

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

Xenophon Papademetris

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

Douglas Rothman

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

Smita Sampath

Assistant Professor (Adjunct) of Diagnostic Radiology and Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering

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

Douglas Befroy

Research Scientist in Diagnostic Radiology and in Medicine (Endocrinology)

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

Golam Chowdhury

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; hypoxia; nanotoxicity

Daniel Coman

Associate Research Scientist in Diagnostic Radiology

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

Henk De Feyter

Associate Research Scientist in Diagnostic Radiology

Research Interests:In vivo 13C MRS, Brain metabolism, tumor metabolism

Francesco D'Errico

Research Scientist in Diagnostic Radiology

Research Interests:Superheated emulsions

Peter Herman

Associate Research Scientist in Diagnostic Radiology

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

Lihong Jiang

Associate Research Scientist in Diagnostic Radiology

Michiro Negishi

Associate Research Scientist in Diagnostic Radiology

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

Dana Peters

Assistant Professor of Diagnostic Radiology

Research Interests:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; atrial fibrillation; radial imaging; late gadolinium enhancement; cardiac imaging.

Maolin Qiu

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

Basavaraju Sanganahalli

Associate Research Scientist in Diagnostic Radiology

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

Xilin Shen

Associate Research Scientist in Diagnostic Radiology

Robert Shulman

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