F A C U L T Y
Angel V. Peterchev, PhD, Associate Professor, Depts. Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences (primary), Biomedical Engineering, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Neurosurgery; Director of BSEL
Dr. Peterchev's primary research interests involve modeling and developing application paradigms for transcranial brain stimulation. He also conducts research in power electronics and electrical energy conversion.
More information about Dr. Peterchev can be found on his [Scholars@Duke] profile.
Stefan Goetz, PhD, Assistant Professor, Dept. Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Dr. Goetz's interests include magnetic stimulation technology, estimation algorithms, neural modeling, and mechanism characterization. He also works on advanced power electronic circuits with applications in electrical energy conversion.
More information about Dr. Goetz can be found on his [Scholars@Duke] profile.
C U R R E N T
Residents & Post-doctoral Associates
Boshuo Wang, PhD
Dr. Wang's research interests include neural prostheses, engineering, and modulation, and related modeling, electrophysiology, and interface technology.
Moritz Dannhauer, PhD
Dr. Dannhauer works on computational modeling of electromagnetic fields for (non)invasive neuroscientific applications.
Lari M. Koponen, PhD
Dr. Koponen’s primary research interest lies in R&D of transcranial magnetic stimulation technology with a model-based approach.
Reza Tavakoli, PhD
Dr. Tavakoli's research interests include power electronics and wireless power transfer. He is developing a high-frequency multichannel inverter for transcranial magnetic stimulation.
David LK Murphy, PhD
Dr. Murphy is a prior BSEL member that has rejoined the lab. He is working on applying quiet TMS and focal deep brain technologies to human research.
Graduate Students
Research Staff
Rena Hamdan, Biomedical Engineering, BS
Mechanical designs, coil manufacturing, rapid prototyping
Undergraduates
A L U M N I
Post-doctoral Associates
Moacyr A. Rosa, MD, PhD
2008-2011, "Rational dosing of electric and magnetic seizure therapy"
Director, Institute for Advanced Research in Neurostimulation, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Stefan M. Goetz, PhD
2011-2014, "Enhancing neuromodulation with transcranial magnetic stimulation"
Assistant Professor, Dept. Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Duke University
Seyed M. M. "Mahdi" Alavi, PhD
2015-2016, "Optimal estimation of parameters with transcranial stimulation"
Senior Research Associate, University of Calgary, Canada
Nagy Youssef, MD
2012-2013, "Rational dosing of electric and magnetic seizure therapy"
Associate Professor, Medical College of Georgia at Augusta, Georgia Regents University
Ricardo Andrés Lizana Fuentes, PhD
2017-2018 "Modular multilevel converters with parallel connectivity, particularly novel topology, control, and targeted applications"
Luis Gomez, PhD
2016-2020 "computational electromagnetism, with a focus on advanced modeling for biomedical applications, like transcranial magnetic stimulation"
Zhiyong Zeng, PhD
2016-2021 "advanced power electronic systems, quiet TMS project"
Graduate Students
PhD
Zhi-De Deng
PhD, 2013, Columbia University, "Electromagnetic field modeling of transcranial electric and magnetic stimulation: targeting, individualization, and safety of convulsive and subconvulsive applications"
Research Associate, NIMH, NIH
Won Hee Lee
PhD, 2014, Columbia University, "Noninvasive neuromodulation: modeling and analysis of transcranial brain stimulation with applications to electric and magnetic seizure therapy"
Post-doctoral Researcher, Mount Sinai Medical Center
Chuang Wang, BSE, visiting, Xi’an Jiaotong University
MD
Jonathan R. Young, 2014-2015, "Subcranial magnetic stimulation"
MS
Bruce Bassi, 2008, "TMS synchronization to EEG"
I. Cassie Kozyrkov, 2011, "Enhancement of neuromodulation with novel pulse shapes generated by controllable pulse parameter transcranial magnetic stimulation"
Huda Elbshir, 2013, "Feasibility of RFID technology for physiological monitoring in hibernating lemurs"
Walter "Ivey" Barnes, 2013-2015, "Efficient methods for delivery of transcranial electric and magnetic stimulation in rodents"
Nithesh Reddy Nelvoy, 2013-2015, "Modular multilevel converters for energy conversion and biomedical applications"
Thien Doan, 2017-2019 , "Electric field model of transcranial alternating current stimulation in ferret"
Research Staff
Daniel Kaplan, 2006-2008
Gregory G. Westin, 2007-2009
Brian Chan, 2008-2010
Christopher Sikes-Keilp, 2011-2015
David L.K. Murphy, 2007-2015
Clement Gurrey, 2015-2016
James Evan Smith, 2016-2017
Neerav Goswami, 2017-2019
Undergraduate
Jason Brodsky, 2006, "3D reconstruction of electric field from intracerebral potential recordings in non-human primates"
Robert Curtis, 2011, "MRI segmentation for intracerebral electric field modeling and analysis"
Manjiri Kshirsagar, 2012, "Safety of transcranial magnetic stimulation in subjects with deep-brain stimulation implants"
James McCall, 2013, "Safety of transcranial magnetic stimulation in subjects with deep-brain stimulation implants"
Huda Elbshir, 2013, "Feasibility of RFID technology for physiological monitoring in hibernating lemurs"
Connie Scoggins, 2015, "Electric field modeling of brain stimulation in primates and ferret"
Pum Wiboonsaksakul, 2014-2015, "Finite-element modeling and measurement of transcranial brain stimulation"
Gabriel Kroch, 2013-2016, "Modeling of static magnetic stimulation"
John Bernabei (Pratt Fellow), 2013-2016, "Modeling of transcranial magnetic stimulation and transcranial electric stimulation in animals"
Emelina Vienneau, 2015-2016, "Modeling of transcranial magnetic stimulation for fMRI studies"
Aniruddh Marellapudi, 2016, "Modular integrated-battery converter drivetrain for next generation electric vehicles"
Michael Shen (Pratt Fellow), 2016-2017, "Modeling of transcranial magnetic stimulation"
Evan Rogers (Pratt Fellow), 2016-2017, "Simulation and imaging of electric brain stimulation"
Anna Hoover, 2016-2017, "Electric field modeling of brain stimulation in ferret"
Wesley Lim (Pratt Fellow), 2017-2018: "Simulation of transcranial magnetic stimulation for enhanced targeting"
Joe Tharayil (Pratt Fellow), 2017-2018: "Computational optimization of transcranial magnetic stimulation coils designs"
Christopher Lai, 2017-2018: "Social defeat stress mouse model of electroconvulsive therapy"
Melissa Horowitz, 2018: "Rapid-recovery bioamplifier"
Raj Borra, 2018: "Developing communication systems and circuits for a novel medical device "
Sam Osheroff, 2018: Planning and executing production runs of circuit elements using CAM and CNC for building modular power electronics circuits"
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