Curriculum Vitae

Education

1999 Ph.D. Biomedical Engineering

Medical College of Virginia/Virginia Commonwealth University

Dissertation: A new video image analysis system to study red blood cell (RBC) dynamics and oxygenation in capillary networks

1996 M.S. Biomedical Engineering

Medical College of Virginia/Virginia Commonwealth University

Thesis: RBC velocity distributions in microvessels using a video imaging technique

1994 B.E. Instrumentation Engineering

Birla Institute of Technology and Science, India.

Teaching

I enjoy teaching and often train lab staff on UNIX shell programming, fMRI data analysis using AFNI software, cortical surface reconstruction and data visualization using FreeSurfer, etc. I also conduct training sessions for staff on human subjects’ research under IRB-approved protocols.

Mentoring

I enjoy working with trainees and helping them navigate their careers in science. I am currently mentoring two post-baccalaureate trainees and a doctoral student.

Selected Honors and Awards

2022 NIMH Director's Award, NIMH, NIH

2021 Honorific title of Senior Associate Scientist

2020 NIMH Special Act Award for Mentoring, NIH

2019 NIMH Outstanding Mentor Award, NIH

2019 Nominated for and completed NIH Mid-level Leadership Training

2018 $25,000 funding to organize symposium titled “From Mind-wandering to Mindfulness”

2017 NIMH Director’s Award, NIMH, NIH

Publications

Taubert J*, Japee S*, Amanda Patterson, Hannah Wild, Shivani Goyal, David Yu, & Leslie G. Ungerleider (2022). A broadly tuned network for affective body language in the macaque brain. Science Advances. *equal contribution
Liu T, Fu J, Chai Y, Japee S, Chen G, Ungerleider LG, Merriam EP (2022). Layer-specific, retinotopically-diffuse modulation in human visual cortex by emotional faces. Nature Communications.
Nugent A, Thomas A, Mahoney M, Gibbons A, Smith J, Charles A, Shaw J, Stout J, Namyst A, Basavaraj A, Earl E, Riddle T, Snow J, Japee S, Pavletic A, Sinclair S, Roopchansingh V, Bandettini P, & Chung J (2022). The NIMH intramural healthy volunteer dataset: A comprehensive MEG, MRI, and behavioral resource. Scientific Data.
Japee S, Taubert J (2021) Celebrating Leslie G. Ungerleider, PhD (1946-2020). J Neurosci Online Featured Research.
Taubert J, Japee S. (2020) Using FACS to trace the neural specializations underlying the recognition of facial expressions: A commentary on Waller et al. (2020). Neurosci Biobehav Rev.
Taubert J, Japee S, Murphy AP, Koele E, James CT, Kumar S, Leopold D, Ungerleider LG. (2020) Parallel processing of facial expression and head orientation in the macaque brain. J Neurosci.
Zhang H*, Japee S*, Stacy A, Ungerleider LG. (2020) Anterior superior temporal sulcus is specialized for non-rigid facial motion in both monkeys and humans. Neuroimage.
Vernet M, Quentin R, Japee S, Ungerleider LG. (2020) From visual awareness to consciousness without sensory input: The role of spontaneous brain activity. Cognitive Neuropsychology 1-4.
Vernet M, Japee S, Lokey S, Ahmed S, Zachariou V, Ungerleider LG. (2019) Endogenous visuospatial attention increases visual awareness independent of visual discrimination sensitivity. Neuropsychologia.
Zhang X, Mlynaryk N, Ahmed, S, Japee S, and Ungerleider LG. (2018) The role of inferior frontal junction in controlling the spatially global effect of feature-based attention in human visual areas. PLoS Biology 16(6).
Zhang X. Mlynaryk N, Japee S, Ungerleider LG. (2017) Attentional selection of multiple objects in the human visual system. NeuroImage 163: 231-243.
Pitcher DJ, Japee S, Rauth L, Ungerleider LG. (2017) The superior temporal sulcus is causally connected to the amygdala for dynamic face perception: A combined TBS-fMRI study. J Neurosci 37(5):1156-1161.
Zhang X. Japee S, Safiullah Z, Mlynaryk N, and Ungerleider LG. (2016) A normalization framework for emotional attention. PLoS Biology 14(11).
Zhang H, Japee S, Nolan R, Chu C, Liu N, Ungerleider LG. Face-selective regions differ in their ability to classify facial expressions. (2016) Neuroimage - 130:77-90. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2016.01.045. PubMed PMID: 26826513.
Japee S, Holiday K, Satyshur MD, Mukai I, Ungerleider LG. A role of right middle frontal gyrus in reorienting of attention: a case study. (2015) Front Syst Neurosci. 9:23. doi: 10.3389/fnsys.2015.00023. PubMed PMID: 25784862; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4347607.
Doty TJ, Japee S, Ingvar M, Ungerleider LG (2014). Inter-subject variability in fearful face processing: the link between behavior and neural activation. Cognitive Affective Behavioral Neuroscience, 14(4):1438-53.
Doty TJ, Japee S, Ingvar M, Ungerleider LG (2013). Fearful face sensitivity in healthy adults correlates with anxiety-related traits. Emotion, 13(2): 183-8.
Japee S, Crocker L, Carver F, Pessoa L and Ungerleider LG (2009). Individual differences in valence modulation of face-selective M170. Emotion, 9(1): 59-69.
Olsen RK, Kippenhan SJ, Japee S, Kohn P, Mervis CB, Saad ZS, Morris CA, Meyer-Lindenberg A, Berman KF (2009). Retinotopically defined primary visual cortex in Williams Syndrome. Brain, 132(3), 635-644.
Pessoa L, Rossi A, Japee S, Desimone R, Ungerleider LG (2009). Attentional control during the transient updating of cue information. Brain Research, 1247(C), 149-158.
Mukai I, Kim D, Fukunaga M, Japee S, Marrett, S, & Ungerleider LG (2007). Activations in visual and attention-related areas predict and correlate with the degree of perceptual learning. Journal of Neuroscience. 27 (42), 11401-11.
Pessoa L, Japee S, Sturman D, & Ungerleider LG (2006). Target visibility and visual awareness modulate amygdala responses to fearful faces. Cerebral Cortex, 16(3), 366-375.
Pessoa L, Japee S, & Ungerleider LG (2005). Visual awareness and the detection of fearful faces. Emotion, 5(2), 243-247.
Japee SA, Pittman RN, & Ellis CG (2005). A new video image analysis system to study red blood cell dynamics and oxygenation in capillary networks. Microcirculation, 12(6), 489-506.
Japee SA, Pittman RN, & Ellis CG (2005). Automated method for tracking individual red blood cells within capillaries to compute velocity and oxygen saturation. Microcirculation, 12(6), 507-515.
Saad ZS, Reynolds RC, Argall B, Japee S, Cox RW (2004). SUMA: An interface for surface-based intra- and inter-subject analysis with AFNI. 2nd IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging: Macro to Nano, 2, pp. 1510-1513.
Japee SA, Ellis CG, & Pittman RN (2004). Flow visualization tools for image analysis of capillary networks. Microcirculation, 11(1), 39-54.
Parthasarathi AA, Japee, SA, & Pittman RN (1999). Determination of red blood cell velocity by video shuttering and image analysis. Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 27(3), 313-325.