Co-Directors
| Ioulia Kovelman, PhD Co-director of fNIRS Laboratory CHGD & Psychology Research Interests: Child brain development, language and reading acquisition, bilingualism, dyslexia Email: kovelman@umich.edu |
| Beverly Ulrich, PhD Co-director of fNIRS Laboratory CHGD & Kinesiology Research Interests: Dynamic systems theory, development of motor control, gait (modeling, kinematics), spina bifida, Down Syndrome, infants and children Email: bdulrich@umich.edu |
Faculty and Researchers
| John Barks, MD
Pediatrics-Neonatal/Perinatal & CHGD Research Interests: Hypothermic neuroprotection for infants with suspected hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy; neonatal seizures Email: jbarks@umich.edu |
| Patrice Beddor, PhD
Linguistics Research Interests: Phonetics-phonology interface, inter-gestural timing, acoustics, and perception of coarticulation Email: beddor@umich.edu |
| Nico Bohnen, MD
Radiology & Neurology Research Interests: Molecular imaging of Parkinson disease Email: nbohnen@umich.edu |
| Nikolaos Chronis, PhD
Biomedical Engineering & Mechanical Engineering Research Interests: Bio-MEMS and microfluidics, biomedical optics, neural engineering Email: chronis@umich.edu |
| Alexandre DaSilva, DDS, DMSc
Biologic & Materials Sciences Research Interests: Neuroplasticity, therapeutic approaches and mechanisms in chronic trigeminal pain disorders Email: adasilva@umich.edu |
| Barbara Felt, MD
CHGD & Pediatrics Research Interests: early iron deficiency anemia, early experience and/or injury on brain Email: truefelt@umich.edu |
| Margaret Evans, PhD
CHGD & Psychology Research Interests: Cognitive/conceptual development, bio-health concepts, religion and science, object-based learning Email: evansem@umich.edu |
| J. Brian Fowlkes, PhD
Radiology & Biomedical Engineering Research Interests: Biomedical imaging, biomedical ultrasonics and image-guided therapy Email: fowlkes@umich.edu |
| Bill Gehring, PhD
Psychology Research Interests: Cognitive neuroscience, human brain electrophysiology, executive control of thought and action, frontal lobe function, mental chronometry, error detection, inhibitory processes, motor control, studies of brain-injured and psychiatric populations Email: wgehring@umich.edu |
| Susan Gelman, PhD
Psychology Research Interests: Cognitive development, language acquisition, categorization, inductive reasoning, causal meaning, relationships between language and thought Email: gelman@umich.edu |
| Richard Gonzalez, PhD
CHGD & Psychology Research Interests: Judgment and decision making, applied statistics Email: gonzo@umich.edu |
| Paul Kileny, MD
CHGD, Medical School, & Pediatrics Research Interests: Cochlear implants, hearing loss in newborns and infants, facial motility disorders, neurodiagnostic procedures and intraoperative neurodiagnostic monitoring techniques Email: pkileny@umich.edu |
| Shinobu Kitayama, PhD
Psychology Research Interests: Cultural differences and similarities in mental processes such as self, emotion, and cognition Email: kitayama@umich.edu |
| Julie Lumeng, MD
CHGD & Pediatrics Research Interests: Social influences on eating behavior and children's cognitions around food Email: jlumeng@umich.edu |
| Christopher Monk, PhD
CHGD & Psychology Research Interests: Anxiety, autism, socio-emotional abilities Email: csmonk@umich.edu |
| Martijn Muller, PhD
Radiology Research Interests: Neuroimaging of motor control, balance and gait, attentional mechanisms, aging, Parkinson disease, and biomechanics Email: mtmuller@umich.edu |
| Jon-Fredrik Nielson, PhD
Biomedical Engineering Research Interests: MRI methods for imaging brain function Email: jfnielse@umich.edu |
| Douglas Noll, PhD
Radiology & Biomedical Engineering Research Interests: Biomedical imaging, functional and molecular imaging Email: dnoll@umich.edu |
| Scott Peltier, PhD
Biomedical Engineering & Functional MRI Laboratory Research Interests: Resting-state functional connectivity, real-time fMRI, multivariate and data-driven analysis techniques, and multimodal imaging Email: spelt@umich.edu |
| Prachi Shah, MD
CHGD & Pediatrics Research Interests: Developmental and behavioral needs of infants born prematurely Email: prachis@umich.edu |
| James Swain, MD
CHGD & Psychiatry Research Interests: Using biological and psychological approaches to understand human thoughts and behaviors in mental health and illness Email: jamesswa@umich.edu |
| Twila Tardif, PhD
CHGD & Psychology Research Interests: Relationships between language, culture, and cognition; early language learning in Mandarin and Cantonese Email: twila@umich.edu |
| Xueding Wang, PhD
Radiology & Biomedical Engineering Research Interests: Biomedical optics Email: xdwang@umich.edu |
| Daniel Weissman, PhD
Psychology Research Interests: Attention, working memory Email: danweiss@umich.edu |
| Henry Wellman, PhD
CHGD & Psychology Research Interests: Cognitive development, theory of mind Email: hmw@umich.edu |
Many other CHGD faculty and researchers have also expressed a potential interest in collaborative fNIRS projects. For a full faculty listing, please click here. |
Collaborators
| Richard Aslin, PhD
University of Rochester, Department of Psychology Email: aslin@cvs.rochester.edu |
| David Boas, PhD
Harvard & MGH, Department of Radiology Email: dboas@nrm.mgh.harvard.edu |
| Heather Bortfeld, PhD
University of Connecticut, Department of Psychology Email: heather.bortfeld@uconn.edu |
| Ted Huppert, PhD
University of Pittsburgh, Department of Radiology Email: huppertt@upmc.edu |
| Laura-Ann Petitto, PhD
Gallaudet University, Department of Psychology & NSF |
| John Spencer, PhD
University of Iowa, Department of Psychology Email: john-spencer@uiowa.edu |
