People

Faculty, Organizations, Students, Staff, Collaborators, Alumni

Faculty

  • Alberto Vazquez, Ph.D.

    Lab Director, Associate Professor of Radiology, Neurobiology and Bioengineering

    University of Pittsburgh

    Alberto

  • Mitsuhiro Fukuda, Ph.D.

    Lab Co-Director, Assistant Professor of Radiology

    University of Pittsburgh

    Hiro

  • Alexander Poplowski, Ph.D.

    Instructor of Radiology

    University of Pittsburgh

    Alex

  • Tao Jin, Ph.D.

    Associate Professor of Radiology

    University of Pittsburgh

    Tao

Organizations

  • Neurovascular Collaborative Cluster

    The Neurovascular Coupling Collaborative Cluster is a cross-institutional multi-disciplinary group that seeks to inform our local community and bring together researchers interested in neurovascular interactions. This group is supported by the Pitt & CMU’s Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition (CNBC).

    NVC-CC

  • Pop Coding Cluster

    The Population Coding Collaborative Cluster is another CNBC supported group that aims to inform and bring together researchers interested in the acquisition and analysis of neural data.

    PC-CC

  • Pitt ADRC

    Pittsburgh’s Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center (ADRC) houses and supports clinical, education and research programs. This organization has been a strong supporter and advocate of imaging.

    ARDC

  • Pitt AIC

    The University of Pittsburgh’s Animal Imaging Center (AIC) houses two animal MRI systems (9.4 Tesla and 11.7 Tesla) for brain and body imaging. Located next to the Neuroimaging Laboratory has facilitated numerous projects and collaborations with our group.

    AIC

Meet the Team

  • Constance Robbins, Ph.D.

    Post-Doc

    Robbie

  • Christopher Cover, M.S.

    MSTP Student

    Chris

  • Adiya Rakymzhan, M.S.

    Graduate Student

    Adiya

  • Fernanda Juarez

    Graduate Student

    Fernanda

  • Andrew Toader

    Post-bac Researcher

    Andrew

  • Jenna Peretin

    Post-bac Researcher

    Jenna

  • Owen Clemens-Reagan

    Undergrad Researcher

    Owen

  • Dani Laverti

    Undergraduate Researcher

    Dani

Collaborators

  • Bistra Iordanova, Ph.D.

    Assistant Professor of Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh

    Bistra

  • X. Tracy Cui, Ph.D.

    Professor of BioEngineering, NeuroTechnology Laboratory, University of Pittsburgh

    NTE Lab

  • Takashi Kozai, Ph.D.

    Associate Professor of BioEngineering, BIONIC Laboratory, University of Pittsburgh

    Bionic Lab

  • Sarah Ross, Ph.D.

    Associate Professor of Neurobiology, University of Pittsbrugh

    Ross Lab

  • Jana Kainerstorfer, Ph.D.

    Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University

    Biophotonics Lab

  • Mioara Manole, M.D.

    Associate Professor of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh

    Mioara

  • Ken Fish, Ph.D.

    Associate Professor of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh

    Fish Lab

  • Afonso Silva, Ph.D.

    Professor of Neurobiology, Translational Neuroimaging Laboratory, University of Pittsburgh

    Silva Lab

  • Milos Ikonomovic, Ph.D.

    Professor of Neurology, University of Pittsburgh

    Milos

  • Michael Gold, Ph.D.

    Professor of Neurobiology, University of Pittsburgh

    Gold Lab

  • Xiaoming Hu, Ph.D.

    Associate Professor of Neurology, University of Pittsburgh

    Hu Lab

  • William Klunk, M.D. Ph.D.

    Professor of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh

    Klunk Lab

  • Oscar Lopez, M.D.

    Professor of Neurology, University of Pittsburgh

    Oscar

  • Seong-Gi Kim, Ph.D.

    Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Director of the Center for Neuroimaging Research (CNIR) of the Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon Korea

    CNIR

  • Sheffield Neuroimaging Lab

    Jason Berwick, Ph.D. and Clare Howarth, Ph.D. at the University of Sheffield, Sheffield UK

    Sheffield

Alumni

Harsha Sridhar, M.S.

CMU Master’s Student mentored jointly with Jana Kainerstorfer. Characterized NVC changes with body position.

Catherine Ruff, Ph.D. D.V.M.

CNUP PhD student in the Ross Lab and our group. She characterized Tacr1 neurons and their ability to regulate CBF.

Umer Nissar, M.D.

Visiting scholar, helped get our longitudinal AD project off the ground. Acquired extensive longitudinal data from AD mice.

Juan Cortez, M.S.

CMU Master’s Student mentored jointly with Jana Kainerstorfer. Characterized NVC changes with body position.

Michael Krawchuk, B.S.

Undergraduate researcher, led our initial work on inhibitory neurons and CBF.

Alain Altamirano, Ph.D.

Post-doctoral fellow that led our project implementing optogenetic silencers and tested the role of excitatory neurons on NVC.

Matthew Murphy, Ph.D.

Post-doctoral fellow that led projects ranging from imaging vision to rodent imaging and network analyses.

Young Kim, B.S.

Bioengineering Undergraduate student that implemented body and pupil tracking using Raspberry Pi and Deep Lab Cut.

Meghan Carlton, B.S.

Undergraduate researcher, led the mid-phase of our AD imaging project and our early tests on AD and stimulation.

Jessica Getz, B.S.

Undergraduate researcher, helped lead our effort on awake mouse fMRI.

Jordan Williams, M.D. Ph.D.

Post-doctoral fellow that led a project on optogenetic stimulation of peripheral muscles.

Dan Meehan, B.S.

Undergraduate researcher, characterized parenchymal and vascular amyloid plaques for our CAA project.

Harris Chisti, B.S.

Undergraduate researcher, helped lead our effort on awake mouse.

Lauren Nedrow, B.S.

Undergraduate researcher, helped lead our effort on Alzheimer’s mice