Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering & Auburn University Neuroimaging Center. Adjunct & visiting appointments at Auburn Psychology, NIMHANS Bangalore, and IIT Hyderabad.
My research lives at the intersection of signal processing, machine learning, and functional neuroimaging— building methods to read brain function from fMRI and EEG data, and applying them to questions in cognitive, social, clinical, and comparative neuroscience.
Over two decades, that work has spanned ultra-high-field 7T MRI of the human cortex, awake fMRI in working dogs, AI-driven diagnostic classification of brain disorders, and the neural underpinnings of meditation, decision-making, and trust.
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Brain and Cognition · vol. 192, pp. 106376
iScience · vol. 28(12), pp. 114066
Frontiers in Neuroinformatics · vol. 19, pp. 1553035
IEEE Access · vol. 13, pp. 172259–172278
International Journal of Yoga · vol. 18(3), pp. 321–341
IEEE Access · vol. 12, pp. 55474–55490
Recognized at the World Health 2.0 Conference in Las Vegas for extraordinary achievements in healthcare and wellness research.
Health 2.0 ConferenceAwake fMRI in working dogs—training canines to lie still inside an MRI scanner—featured on the cover of The New York Times.
The New York TimesSystem and method of functional MRI of the neural system in conscious unrestrained dogs—issued 5 May 2021.
USPTOElevated to Senior Member grade in recognition of significant performance and substantial contributions in the field.
IEEEOrganization for Human Brain Mapping recognized exceptional research with a Merit Award. ISMRM Magna/Summa Cum Laude awards 2013–2017.
OHBM & ISMRMLead or co-investigator on grants from NIH, NSF, DARPA, DoD, AFOSR, DHS, and NIMH—including the $49.9M DCSITE program.
Federal Agencies