Brain Mapper Aniruddh Ravindran successfully defended his dissertation entitled “A Novel Real-Time Neurofeedback Paradigm for Stroke Rehabilitation” on July 5th, and walked in the Summer Commencement Ceremony on August 4th. Congrats Doctor! Thank you for all the hard the work.
Congratulations to Asraa, who worked in the Brain Mapping Lab over the summer, for successfully completing and presenting her project to her peers and the UF community. Asraa is a high school student at Spruce Creek High School in Port Orange, FL, who is interested in pursuing a career in STEM. The UF Student Science […]
Congratulations to Dr. Gunduz who is the 2017 recipient of the Denice Denton Emerging Leader ABIE Award. The Anita Borg Institute ABIE (pronounced ab-ee) Awards honor distinguished women who view technology innovation as a strategic imperative. The Denice Denton Emerging Leader ABIE Award recognizes a junior faculty member for high-quality research and significant positive impact […]
The Brain Mapping Lab welcomes Dr. Edwin Alexander Cerquera Soacha as postdoctoral fellow. Dr. Cerquera Soacha earned his degree in Biomedical Engineering from Universidad Antonio Nariño in Colombia, M.Eng. from Universidad Nacional de Colombia and Ph.D. from Carl von Ossietzky Universitaet Oldenburg in Germany. His research interests are focused on neural and physiological signal processing. […]
Congratulations to Brain Mapper Robert Eisinger, who was awarded an NIH CTSI TL1 Predoctoral Fellowship! The CTSI TL1 Predoctoral Training Program provides junior trainees with the skills required to develop a career in multidisciplinary clinical and translational research. The program uses a team-science approach and provides mentoring and didactic training for predoctoral students performing clinical and/or […]
Dr. Gunduz is a 2017 recipient of the Excellence Award for Assistant Professors, presented by UF’s Provost’s Office. The awards program recognizes research accomplishments by junior faculty members and it includes $5,000 to support the faculty member’s research-related expenses such as travel, equipment, books and graduate students. The Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering is invited […]
Brain Mapper Jackson Cagle was named the 2017 Outstanding Gator Engineer M.S. Scholar. His application and record at the University of Florida truly impressed the awards selection committee. Jackson will receive this award during the College’s Award Ceremony on April 20th. Congratulations Jackson!
Brain Mapper Enrico Opri travelled to Minneapolis, MN with a travel award to attend the Minnesota Neuromodulation Symposium. His poster entitled “Cortico-thalamic Based Responsive Deep Brain Stimulation for the Treatment of Essential Tremor” placed second and Enrico brought back home a poster award. Congratulations Enrico!
Dr. Gunduz was invited to serve on the Computational Science Advisory Committee of the Michael J. Fox Foundation (MJFF) for Parkinson’s Research. The Committee, formed of non-biased, external expert advisors in computational science, will help MJFF in its support of technologies in biomedical computing, informatics, and data science for Parkinson’s disease (PD) therapeutic development. MJFF will award Committee members […]
Dr. Aysegul Gunduz was named a UF Term Professor for 2017-2020. The UF Preeminence Term Professorships were established in 2017 to further recognize and reward faculty achievements as defined as excellence in teaching, research and service. 31 tenure-track faculty from the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering were selected for the professorship. Congratulations Dr. Gunduz!
Brain Mapper Stephanie Cernera receives De Luca Foundation Research Scholarship
Congratulations to Stephanie Cernera who was announced the winner of the bi-annual De Luca Foundation Research Scholarship. To date, the De Luca Foundation has awarded 4 scholarships with the aim of supporting undergraduate and graduate students advance their research activities in motor control and human movement sciences. Stephanie will receive a scholarship in the amount […]
Brain Mapping Lab gives back by running for a cure for dystonia
The Brain Mapping Lab ran to raise money and awareness for dystonia over the weekend by participating in the Season of Hope 5K/15K. The race is organized annually by the Tyler’s Hope Foundation for a Dystonia Cure and UF Fixel Center for Neurological Disorders. Brain Mappers celebrated their finish with custom medals. Special congrats to […]
Congratulations to Enrico Opri for winning Best Poster Presentation Award at Pruitt Research Day
Brain Mapper Enrico Opri won the Best Poster Presentation Award at the Annual Pruitt Research Day, which celebrates the research being conducted at UF BME and honors Dr. J. Crayton Pruitt Sr. Stephanie Cernera also represented the lab as one of six student speakers, and Jackson Cagle showcased his work with a poster presentation. Congratulations […]
Brain Mapping Lab attends SfN 2018
Brain Mapping Lab headed to San Diego, CA to attend the 2018 Annual Society for Neuroscience Meeting with an oral presentation by Robert Eisinger and posters by Enrico Opri, Jackson Cagle, and Stephanie Cernera. We also met up with alumni Aniruddh Ravindran! See you next year in Chicago!
Brain Mapping Lab showcased at Cade Museum
Brain Mapping Lab performed outreach on September 22nd at the Cade Museum with hands on experiments on neural recordings and neuromodulation, and with interactive neuroanatomy displays. The mission of the Cade Museum for Creativity & Invention is to transform communities by inspiring and equipping future inventors, entrepreneurs, and visionaries. Great job everyone!
Congratulations to Stephanie Cernera who was awarded an NIH T32 Fellowship
Congratulations to Brain Mapper Stephanie Cernera, who was awarded an NIH National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke T32 Predoctoral Fellowship on Interdisciplinary Training in Movement Disorders and Neurorestoration! The goal of this predoctoral T32 program is to develop independent investigators with programs of research in movement disorders that focus on the ABC’S of translational research: […]