Participant List
Rigoberto C. Advincula
Professor
Chemistry
University of Houston
Sima Bagheri
Professor
Civil & Environmental Engineering
NJ Institute of Technology
Richard A. Baird
Director, Division of Interdisciplinary Training
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Chandrajit L. Bajaj
Professor of Computer Sciences,
Comp. App. Mathematics Chair in Visualization
Computer Science & Mathematics
University of Texas at Austin
Robert S. Balaban
Scientific Director
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
National Institutes of Health
Harrison H. Barrett
Regents Professor of Optical Sciences
Professor of Radiology
Professor of Applied Mathematics
College of Optical Sciences and Department of Radiology
University of Arizona
Robert J. Barretto
Biochemistry and Biophysics
Columbia University
Randy A. Bartels
Associate Professor
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Colorado State University
Mark Bathe
Samuel A. Goldblith Assistant Professor of Applied Biology
Biological Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Shelley A. Batts
Postdoctoral Scholar
NIH NRSA Fellow
Otolaryngology and Bio-X
Stanford University
Stuart S. Berr
Professor of Research
Radiology
University of Virginia
Thomas Bifano
Director (and Professor)
Photonics Center (and Mechanical Engineering)
Boston University
Ali Bilgin
Assistant Professor
Biomedical Engineering
University of Arizona
Floyd E. Bloom
Professor Emeritus
Molecular and Integrative Neuroscience Department
The Scripps Research Institute
Stephen A. Boppart
Professor of Electrical Engineering, Bioengineering, and Medicine
Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Liliana Borcea
Noah G. Harding Professor
Computational and Applied Mathematics
Rice University
DuBois Bowman
Associate Professor
Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
Emory University
Joseph E. Burns
Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor
Radiological Sciences
University of California, Irvine School of Medicine
Jordan Calmes
NAKFI Science Writing Scholar
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Owen T. Carmichael
Assistant Professor
Neurology
University of California, Davis
Supriya Chakrabarti
Professor
Astronomy
Boston University
Danny Ziyi Chen
Professor
Computer Science and Engineering
University of Notre Dame
Teng-Leong Chew
Director of University Imaging Resources
Director of Nikon Imaging Center
Cell and Molecular Biology
Northwestern University
Dennis W. Choi
Executive Vice President
Simons Foundation
Frank Chuang
Associate Director for Research
NSF Center for Biophotonics
University of California, Davis Medical Center
Miriam Cohen
Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Cellular & Molecular Medicine
University of California, San Diego
Graham P. Collins
Freelance Science Writer/Editor
Richard S. Conroy
Program Director
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering
National Institutes of Health
Barbara J. Culliton
President
The Culliton Group/Editorial Strategies
Ivan J. Dmochowski
Associate Professor
Chemistry
University of Pennsylvania
Nadia Drake
NAKFI Science Writing Scholar
Science Communication
University of California, Santa Cruz
Charles Elachi
Director
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Farouk El-Baz
Research Professor and Director
Center for Remote Sensing
Boston University
Emily Elert
NAKFI Science Writing Scholar
New York Univeristy
Alireza Entezari
Assistant Professor
Computer and Information Science and Engineering Department
University of Florida
Marna E. Ericson
Assistant Professor
Dermatology
University of Minnesota
Antonio Facchetti
Chief Technology Officer and Adjunct Professor
Chemistry
Polyera Corporation and Northwestern University
Joyce E. Farrell
Executive Director
Stanford Center for Image Systems Engineering
Stanford University
James A. Ferwerda
Associate Professor
Munsell Color Science Laboratory, Carlson Center for Imaging Science
Rochester Institute of Technology
David A. Fike
Assistant Professor
Earth & Planetary Sciences
Washington University
Harvey V. Fineberg
President
Institute of Medicine
Douglas P. Finkbeiner
Professor
Astronomy & Physics
Harvard University
Susan Fitzpatrick
Vice President
James S. McDonnell Foundation
Jason W. Fleischer
Professor
Electrical Engineering
Princeton University
Felice C. Frankel
Research Associate
Systems Biology
Harvard Medical School
Richard A. Frazin
Assistant Research Scientist
Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences
University of Michigan
Kenneth R. Fulton
Executive Director
National Academy of Sciences
Tia A. Ghose
Freelance Science Writer
Eric Gilleland
Project Scientist
Research Applications Laboratory
National Center for Atmospheric Research
Michael Glenn Easter
NAKFI Science Writing Scholar
New York Univeristy
Alyssa A. Goodman
Professor
Astronomy
Harvard University
Thomas J. Grabowski
Professor of Radiology and Neurology
Director, Integrated Brain Imaging Center Radiology
University of Washington
Scott T. Grafton
Director, UCSB Brain Imaging Center
Psychology
University of California, Santa Barbara
Ashley Grant
Graduate Student
Experimental Pathology
University of Texas Medical Branch
Cindy M. Grimm
Associate Professor
Computer Science and Engineering
Washington University in St. Louis
Mark A. Griswold
Associate Professor
Director of Magnetic Resonance Physics Research
Radiology
Case Western Reserve University
University Hospitals of Cleveland
George R. Hale
NAKFI Science Writing Scholar
Texas A&M University
Brian P. Hayes
Senior Writer
American Scientist
Daniel P. Holschneider
Associate Professor
Psychiatry & the Behavioral Sciences
University of Southern California
David M. Hondula
Ph.D. Candidate
Department of Environmental Sciences
The University of Virginia
Xiaoping Hu
Professor and Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar in Imaging
Director, Biomedical Imaging Technology Center
Scientific Director, Center for Systems Imaging
Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering
Biomedical Imaging Technology Center Center for Systems Imaging
Georgia Tech
Emory University
Myrna E. Jacobson Meyers
Assistant Professor (research)
Wrigley Institute of Environmental Science MBBO
University of Southern California
Blake C. Jacquot
Member of Technical Staff
Advanced Detector and Nano Science Technologies
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Hamid Jafarkhani
Chancellor’s Professor
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
University of California, Irvine
Joseph J. Jankowski
Associate Vice President
Technology Management
Research and Technology Management
Case Western Reserve University
Andreas Jeromin
Associate Director
Banyan Biomarkers, Inc
Jeffrey Johnston
Senior Program Officer
W. M. Keck Foundation
Marcel Adam Just
D. O. Hebb Professor
Psychology
Carnegie Mellon University
Allan V. Kalueff
Assistant Professor of Pharmacology
Pharmacology and Neuroscience Program
Tulane University School of Medicine
Farzad Kamalabadi
Associate Professor
Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of Illinois
Ana Kasirer-Friede
Associate Project Scientist
Medicine/Hematology-Oncology
University of California, San Diego
Daniel F. Keefe
Assistant Professor
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
University of Minnesota
Cristen Kelly
Program Associate
National Academies Keck Futures Initiative
Olga Khazan
NAKFI Science Writing Scholar
University of Southern California
Jennifer D. T. Kruschwitz
Principal Optical Coatings Engineer—President
JK Consulting
Matthew A. Kupinski
Associate Professor
Optical Sciences
University of Arizona
David S. Lalush
Associate Professor
Associate Department Head
Department of Biomedical Engineering
North Carolina State University
Linda J. Larson-Prior
Research Associate Professor
Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology
Washington University in St. Louis Medical School
Tod R. Lauer
Astronomer
National Optical Astronomy Observatory
Lincoln J. Lauhon
Associate Professor
Materials Science and Engineering
Northwestern University
Peter R. Lawson
Chief Technologist
NASA’s Exoplanet Exploration Program
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Philip R. LeDuc
Associate Professor
Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering, Computational Biology, Biological Science
Carnegie Mellon University
Mark W. Lenox
Director of Imaging
Texas A&M Institute for Preclinical Studies
Texas A&M University
Rachel Lesinski
Program Associate
National Academies Keck Futures Initiative
Craig S. Levin
Professor
Radiology, Physics, and Electrical Engineering
Stanford University
Zhi-Pei Liang
Professor
Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
K. J. Ray Liu
Professor and Associate Chair
Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of Maryland
Robert H. Lupton
Senior Research Astronomer
Astrophysical Sciences
Princeton University
John D. MacKenzie
Assistant Professor in Residence
Radiology and Biomedical Imaging
University of California, San Francisco
Anant Madabhushi
Associate Professor
Biomedical Engineering
Rutgers University
Mohammad H. Mahoor
Assistant Professor
Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of Denver
Jonathan J. Makela
Associate Professor
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Giovanni Marchisio
Principal Scientist
R&D
DigitalGlobe
J. Lawrence Marsh
Professor and Director
Developmental Biology Center
University of California, Irvine
Timothy P. McClanahan
Scientist
Astrochemistry Laboratory
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Carolyn C. Meltzer
William P. Timmie Professor
Chair of Radiology
Associate Dean for Research Radiology
Emory University School of Medicine
Shalini Misra
Postdoctoral Fellow
Planning, Policy, and Design
School of Social Ecology
University of California, Irvine
Mahta Moghaddam
Professor
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
The University of Michigan
Victoria Morgan
Assistant Professor of Radiology and Radiological Sciences
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Vanderbilt University
Kyle J. Myers
Director
Division of Imaging and Applied Mathematics
Office of Science and Engineering Laboratories
Center for Devices and Radiological Health
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Hamid Najib
IT Program and Support Specialist
National Academies Keck Futures Initiative
Teri W. Odom
Associate Professor and Dow Chemical Company Research Professor
Chemistry
Northwestern University
Joseph A. O’Sullivan
Samuel C. Sachs Professor and Dean UMSL/WU Joint Engineering Program
Electrical and Systems Engineering
Washington University
Gregory M. Palmer
Assistant Professor
Radiation Oncology
Duke University Medical Center
Thrasyvoulos N. Pappas
Associate Professor & Associate Chair
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Northwestern University
Richard G. Paxman
Chief Scientist and Founder
Diversity Imaging Department
General Dynamics - Advanced Information Systems
Maria Pellegrini
Executive Director, Programs
W. M. Keck Foundation
P. Jonathon Phillips
Electronic Engineer
Information Technology Laboratory
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Rafael Piestun
Director, COSI-IGERT
Electrical Computer and Energy Engineering and Physics
University of Colorado at Boulder
Lori Pindar
NAKFI Science Writing Scholar
University of Georgia
Robert B. Pless
Associate Professor
Computer Science and Engineering
Washington University
Steven G. Potkin
Brain Imaging Science Center Director Director of Clinical Research
Professor
Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior
University of California, Irvine
Lisa A. Poyneer
Engineer
Optical Sciences (Physics) and Image and Signal Processing (Engineering)
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Amina A. Qutub
Assistant Professor
Bioengineering
Rice University
Andrew B. Raij
Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Computer Science
University of Memphis
A. Ravishankar Rao
Research Staff Member
Computational Biology
IBM Research
Kathleen M. Raven
NAKFI Science Writing Scholar
University of Georgia
James M. Rehg
Professor
School of Interactive Computing
Georgia Institute of Technology
Rosalind Reid
Executive Director
Institute for Applied Computational Science
Harvard University School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Emmanuel G. Reynaud
School of Biology and Environmental Science
University College Dublin
James E. Rhoads
Associate Professor of Astronomy
School of Earth and Space Exploration
Arizona State University
Bernice E. Rogowitz
Scientist
Texas Advanced Computing Center
University of Texas, Austin
Bruce R. Rosen
Professor in Radiology at Harvard Medical School
Director, Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging
Department of Radiology
Massachusetts General Hospital
Keith Rozendal
NAKFI Science Writing Scholar
University of California, Santa Cruz
Emily C. Ruppel
NAKFI Science Writing Scholar
School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Stephen Ryan
President, Doheny Eye Institute Grace Emery Beardsley Distinguished Professor in Ophthalmology
Board Member W. M. Keck Foundation
Naoki Saito
Professor of Mathematics
Chair of Graduate Group in Applied Mathematics
Mathematics
University of California, Davis
Lyudmila A. Sakhanenko
Associate Professor
Statistics and Probability
Michigan State University
Philip J. Santangelo
Assistant Professor
Biomedical Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology
Emory University
Suzanne Scarlata
Professor
Physiology & Biophysics
Stony Brook University
Mark J. Schnitzer
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Assistant Professor
Department of Biology
Department of Applied Physics
Stanford University
Joshua W. Shaevitz
Assistant Professor
Physics and the Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics
Princeton University
Eero P. Simoncelli
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Professor, Neural Science, Mathematics & Psychology
New York University
Laura Smith
NAKFI Science Writing Scholar
University of Georgia
Allen W. Song
Professor of Radiology, Psychiatry and Biomedical Engineering
Director, Brain Imaging and Analysis Center
Duke University Medical Center
Tomasz F. Stepinski
Professor
Department of Geography
University of Cincinnati
Daniel Stokols
Chancellor’s Professor
Department of Planning, Policy, and Design and Department of Psychology and Social Behavior
Program in Public Health and Department of Epidemiology
School of Social Ecology
University of California, Irvine
Roma Subramanian
Graduate Science Writing Student
Texas A&M University
Kimberly Suda-Blake
Senior Program Director
National Academies Keck Futures Initiative
Tanveer F. Syeda-Mahmood
Research Manager
Multimodal Mining for Healthcare
IBM Almaden Research Center
Phillip Szuromi
Supervisory Senior Editor
Science
Mercedes Talley
Program Director
W. M. Keck Foundation
Demetri Terzopoulos
Chancellor’s Professor of Computer Science
Computer Science Department
University of California, Los Angeles
Jerilyn A. Timlin
Principal Member of Technical Staff
Bioenergy and Defense Technologies
Sandia National Laboratories
Derek K. Toomre
Associate Professor
Cell Biology
Yale University School of Medicine
Kimani C. Toussaint
Assistant Professor
Mechanical Science and Engineering
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Andrew Tsourkas
Associate Professor
Bioengineering
University of Pennsylvania
Remy Tumbar
Research Scientist
Molecular Biology and Genetics
Cornell University
Kamil Ugurbil
Professor
Center for Magnetic Resonance Research
University of Minnesota
Paul Vaska
Scientist
Medical Department
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Rene Vidal
Associate Professor
Center for Imaging Science
Johns Hopkins University
Tom Vogt
Director, Nanocenter
Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry
USC NanoCenter
University of South Carolina
Alexander Walsh
Assistant Professor of Opthalmology
Keck School of Medicine
University of Southern California
Jessika Walsten
NAKFI Science Writing Scholar
University of Southern California
Brian A. Wandell
Isaac and Madeline Stein Family Professor
Department of Psychology
Stanford University
Andrew Z. Wang
Assistant Professor
Radiation Oncology
University of North Carolina
Gordon X. Wang
Postdoctoral Fellow
Molecular and Cellular Physiology
Stanford University
Lihong V. Wang
Gene K. Beare Distinguished Professor
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Washington University in St. Louis
Paul S. Weiss
Fred Kavli Chair in NanoSystems Science California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI) Director
Distinguished Professor
CNSI and Chemistry and Biochemistry
University of California, Los Angeles
Emily White
NAKFI Science Writing Scholar
Texas A&M University
Patrick J. Wolfe
Associate Professor
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Department of Statistics
Harvard University
Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology
Curtis Woodcock
Professor
Department of Geography and Environment
Boston University
Joseph A. Zasadzinski
Professor
Chemical Engineering and Materials
University of California, Santa Barbara