Faculty, Staff, Students, & Alumni in the Department of Biophysics at the Medical College of Wisconsin

Casey Anderson
(2014)
Advisor: Kevin Koch, PhD

Peter Bandettini
Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Human Brain Activation Using Endogenous Susceptibility Contrast (1994)
Advisor: James S. Hyde, PhD

Barry Belanger
The Measurement of Scattered Radiation in Clinical Diagnostic X-Ray Procedures Employing Area Beam Detectors: A Practical Method for Scatter Correction in Digital Fluoroscopy (1987)
Advisor: Charles R. Wilson, PhD

Kevin Bennett
The Continuous Distribution of Restricted Water Diffusion Rates in Brain Tumors (2003)
Advisor: James S. Hyde, PhD

Raoqiong (Tong) Bennett
Power Spectral Density Imaging to Expand the Nyquist Limit (2001)
Advisor: Robert W. Cox, PhD

Michael Bigelow
Mechanisms of Stone Crystal Attachment to Inner Medullary Collecting Duct Cells (1996)

Rasmus Birn
Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging in the Presence of Task-Induced Motion (1999)
Advisor: Robert W. Cox, PhD

Bharat Biswal
Physiological Fluctuations in Functional MRI (1996)
Advisor: James S. Hyde, PhD

Samuel Bobholz
Radio-Pathomic Mapping and Validation of Glioma Pathology Using Autopsy Tissue Samples as Ground Truth (2022)
Advisor: Peter S. LaViolette, PhD, MS

Zachary Boyd
Investigation of Accelerated Quantitative MRI Parameter Estimation Using Deep Learning Methods (2020)
Advisor: Eric Paulson, PhD

Katarzyna Broniowska
Transport-Dependent Effects of S-Nitrosothiols at the Protein, Cellular and Organ Levels (2008)
Advisor: Neil Hogg, PhD

Adam Buchaklian
Structure and Dynamics of the MsbA Homodimer Using Site-Directed Spin Labeling Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (2007)
Advisor: Candice S. Klug, PhD

Ching-Fang Chang
Multifaceted Effects of NO on Breast Tumor Bioenergetics and Chemosensitivity (2014)
Advisor: Neil Hogg, PhD

Guangyu Chen
Imaging Analysis of Brain Network and Its Application to Alzheimer's Disease (2013)
Advisor: Shi-Jiang Li, PhD

James Christensen
Position and Velocity Measurement in Magnetic Resonance Imaging Using the Spatially Inhomogeneous Reception Fields of Local RF Coil Arrays (1991)
Advisor: James S. Hyde, PhD

Alexander Cohen
Diffusion Weighted Imaging and Magnetic Resonance Elastography for the Extraction of Tissue Characteristics in the Brain and Body (2014)
Advisor: Kathleen M. Schmainda, PhD

Moses Darpolor
An Assessment of Vascular Normalization in 9L Gliosarcoma Brain Tumor Using Dynamic Susceptibility Contrast (DSC) Imaging and Dynamic Contrast Enhancement (DCE) Imaging (2006)
Advisor: Kathleen M. Schmainda, PhD

Ritobrato Datta
Distributed Topography of Human Visual Attention (2006)
Advisor: Edgar A. DeYoe, PhD

Zhen Ding
The Metabolism of S-Nitrosothiols and the Role of Nitric Oxide in Macrophage Activation (2013)
Advisor: Neil Hogg, PhD

Savannah R. Duenweg
Non-invasive Tracking of Prostate Cancer Risk Assessment Using Radio-Pathomic Mapping (2024)
Advisor: Peter S. LaViolette, PhD, MS

Ethan J. Duwell
Effects of Retino-cortical Miswiring on Visual Cortex Organization and Function in Albinism (2021)
Advisor: Edgar A. DeYoe, PhD

Ali Ersoz
Advanced Data Acquisition and Reconstruction Techniques for Fast Radial Magnetic Resonance Imaging (2016)
Advisor: L. Tugan Muftuler, PhD

Yan Fang
(2005)
Advisor: Shi-Jiang Li, PhD

Eric Ferguson
The Homocysteine Thiolactone Adduct of Low-Density Lipoprotein (1998)
Advisor: Balaraman Kalyanaraman, PhD

Timothy Flewelen
Oxidative Stress in Sickle Cell Disease: The Contribution of Cell-Free Hemoglobin in Plasma (2012)
Advisor: Neil Hogg, PhD

Derek Francis
Structural Dynamics of Visual Arrestin (2008)
Advisor: Candice S. Klug, PhD

Wolfgang Gaggl
High Resolution Reduced Field-of-View Diffusion Tensor MR Imaging Using Spatially Selective RF Pulses (2012)
Advisor: Robert Prost, PhD

Gayatri Ganeshan/Mitchell
(2008)
Advisor: Jimmy Feix, PhD

Samantha Gies
Biophysical Characterization of the Conformational Dynamics of the Bacterial Phospholipase ExoU (2021)
Advisor: Jimmy Feix, PhD

Steven Goss
Antioxidant Effect of Nitric Oxide on Human Low-Density Lipoprotein (1998)
Advisor: Balaraman Kalyanaraman, PhD

William Gross
Using fMRI to Improve Outcome in the Surgical Treatment of Temporal Lobe Epilepsy (2011)
Advisor: Jeffrey R. Binder, MD

Andrew Hahn
Mathematical Models to Improve Complex-Valued fMRI in the Presence of Motion, Confounding Physiologic Phenomena, and Temporal Variations in Bulk B0Magnetic Field Inhomogeneity (2012)
Advisor: Daniel B. Rowe, PhD

Mariam Hartley
Roles of Metals and Metal Ligands in the Active Site of Vibrio proteolyticus Aminopeptidase (2010)
Advisor: Brian Bennett, PhD

Alex Helfand
Toward a Gold Standard: An Outcomes-Based Assessment of fMRI-Based Methods for Probing Language Laterality in the Brain (2020)
Advisor: Jeffrey Binder, MD

Amy Herlihy
Application of Non-Linear Gradient Fields to Magnetic Resonance Imaging (1997)
Advisor: Andrzej Jesmanowicz, PhD

Andrew Huettner
Magnetic Resonance Imaging RF Pulse Design Techniques Applied to Neuroimaging and Musculoskeletal Imaging (2016)
Advisor: Andrew Nencka, PhD

Michael Ibrahim
Mathematical and Pharmacokinetics Modeling of MRI Contrast Agents' Transport into the Intervertebral Discs (1994)
Advisor: Victor M. Haughton, MD

Donald Jacobson
Measurement of Compact and Cancellous Bone Density in the Proximal Femur with Quantitative Computed Tomography (1989)
Advisor: Charles R. Wilson, PhD

Todd Jensen
Detection of Brain Tumor Invasion Within Edema Using Multiparametric Imaging and Computational Intelligence (2006)
Advisor: Kathleen M. Schmainda, PhD

Heather Kaminski
CM15 Modification: Further Development of AMPs as Novel Antibiotics (2012)
Advisor: Jimmy B. Feix, PhD

Nick Kettenhofen
Development and Application of a Novel Fluorescent Labeling Strategy for the Assessment of Protein S-Nitrosation (2009)
Advisor: Neil Hogg, PhD

Changseon Kim
Dual-Energy Computed Radiography for the Quantitative Bone Mineral Densitometry (1995)
Advisor: Charles R. Wilson, PhD

Young Ro Kim
Evaluation of Fractional Blood Volume Measurement Methods Using Intravascular T1 Contrast Agent and a Rat Tumor Model (2001)
Advisor: Kathleen M. Schmainda, PhD

Aaron Kittell
The Development and Application of Non-Adiabatic Rapid Sweep Electron Paramagnetic Resonance (NARS EPR) Spectroscopy (2012)
Advisor: James S. Hyde, PhD

Candice Klug
Structural and Stability Studies on the Ferric Enterobactin Receptor FepA Using Advanced EPR Spectroscopy Techniques (1998)
Advisor: Jimmy B. Feix, PhD

Jack Knight-Scott
Simultaneous Measurement of the Longitudinal and Transverse Relaxation Times for In Vivo Single-Voxel Proton Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (1996)
Advisor: Shi-Jiang Li, PhD

Hanane Koteiche
Probing the Active Site of Phosphoribulokinase Using Spin Labeling Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (1997)
Advisor: James S. Hyde, PhD

Jason Kowalski
Structural Insights into Biological Copper from the Perpendicular Region of the CuII Electron Paramagnetic (Spin) Resonance Spectrum at 1–2 GHz (2010)
Advisor: Brian Bennett, PhD

Peter Kufahl
Expansion of the Acute Cocaine fMRI Study in Human Brain: Expectation Control and Multivariate Statistical Processing (2006)
Advisor: Shi-Jiang Li, PhD

Amit Kumar
Characterization of Substrate Binding in Leucine Aminopeptidase from Vibrio proteolyticus (2006)
Advisor: Brian Bennett, DPhil

Mike Larson
Examining Phosphatidylethanolamine Externalization on Cells and Microparticles in Hemolysis and Hemolytic Anemia (2013)
Advisor: Neil Hogg, PhD

Peter LaViolette
Advanced Brain Tumor Characterization Using MRI (2011)
Advisor: Kathleen M. Schmainda, PhD

Seung-Yi Lee
From Characterization to Treatment of Cervical Spinal Cord Injury in Rat Models Using Multimodal Magnetic Resonance Imaging (2022)
Advisor: Matthew Budde, PhD

Rupeng Li
High Resolution Functional MRI Investigation of Cortical Plasticity Following Peripheral Nerve Injury and Repair (2012)
Advisor: James S. Hyde, PhD

Wenjun Li
An Investigation of Early Detection, Neurodegeneration, and Drug Treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease Using Resting-State Imaging Techniques (2012)
Advisor: Shi-Jiang Li, PhD

Zhu Li
Reducing Susceptibility Artifacts with 8-Shimmed Background Gradient Compensation Method and Its Application in fMRI Study of Human Cocaine Abuse (2002)
Advisor: Shi-Jiang Li, PhD

Jun Liu
Structure-Function Relationship of the Escherichia coli Ferric Enterobactin Receptor, FepA: Molecular Genetic and Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Spin Label Studies (1994)
Advisor: Jimmy B. Feix, PhD

Xiping Liu
Pharmacological MRI Investigation of Levo-Tetrahydropalmatine Treatment Mechanisms on Drug Addiction (2009)
Advisor: Shi-Jiang Li, PhD

Hanbing Lu
fMRI at Subcortical Resolution in Rat Whisker Barrel Cortex (2003)
Advisor: James S. Hyde, PhD

Wen-Ming Luh
Comparison of Simultaneously Measured Cerebral Blood Flow and Blood Oxygenation Using Pulsed Arterial Spin Labeling in High Resolution MRI (1998)
Advisor: James S. Hyde, PhD

Feng Luo
Investigation of the Pharmacological MRI Signal Induced by Cocaine or Heroin in Rat Brain (2004)
Advisor: Shi-Jiang Li, PhD

Mahadevappa Mahesh
Study of the Accuracy of Bone Mineral Measurements Using Dual-Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry (1993)
Advisor: Charles R. Wilson, PhD

Stephen Mazurchuk
An Experiential Account of Semantic Category Organization in the Brain (2024)
Advisor: Jeffrey R. Binder, MD

Sean McGarry
Predictive Modeling of Prostate Cancer Biomarkers with Magnetic Resonance Imaging (2020)
Advisor: Peter S. LaViolette, PhD, MS

Hassane Mchaourab
Methodology and Theory of Multiquantum EPR, ELDOR, and ENDOR with Application to a Spin-Labeled Analog of the ION-Channel Peptide Cecropin AD (1993)
Advisor: James S. Hyde, PhD

Karen Medler
(2011)
Advisor: Edgar A. DeYoe, PhD

Briana Meyer
Spinal Cord Perfusion MRI: Technical Advancements with Arterial Spin Labeling and Application to Preclinical Traumatic Injury (2023)
Advisor: Matthew Budde, PhD

Mary Elizabeth Meyerand
Single-Shot Magnetic Resonance Imaging Using Time Encoding (1996)
Advisor: Andrzej Jesmanowicz, PhD

Nikolai Mickevicius
Imaging Framework to Support Real-Time Online Adaptive Replanning on the MR-Linac (2017)
Advisor: Eric Paulson, PhD

Paul Nagy
Quantitative Pinhole Focal Spot Measurements: Projection and Dynamic Characteristics(1999)
Advisor: Charles R. Wilson, PhD

Jana Narasimhan
Effect of Copper and Gallium Compounds on Ribonucleotide Reductase (1992)
Advisor: William E. Antholine, PhD

Andrew Nencka
Improving the fcMRI BOLD Signal Through the Characterization of Processing Effects (2009)
Advisor: Daniel B. Rowe, PhD

Kent Ogden
Maximum Likelihood Estimation in Dual-Energy Digital Chest Radiography: Simultaneous Correction of Scatter Radiation and Resolution Degradation Via the Expectation Maximization Algorithm (1999)
Advisor: Charles R. Wilson, PhD

Daniel Olson
Accelerating Data Acquisition for Advanced Diffusion MRI Models (2018)
Advisor: L. Tugan Muftuler, PhD

Maria Parfenova
(2002)
Advisor: Jimmy Feix, PhD

Arvind Pathak
The Assessment of Brain Tumor Angiogenesis Using Susceptibility Contrast Agent Based Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (2001)
Advisor: Kathleen M. Schmainda, PhD

Eric Paulson
Development and Application of Perfusion and Susceptibility-Weighted MRI Methods for the Assessment of Gliomas (2008)
Advisor: Kathleen M. Schmainda, PhD

Christopher Pawela
Functional MRI of Sensorimotor and Visual Networks in Rat Brain Before and After Deafferentation Induced Neuroplasticity (2008)
Advisor: James S. Hyde, PhD

Suzanne L. Pendl
The Left Angular Gyrus and Event Knowledge: A Multimodal Investigation (2015)
Advisor: Jeffrey R. Binder, MD

Siveshigan Pillay
Anesthetic and Ascending Arousal System Modulation of Cortical Functional Integration and Bold Functional Connectivity in the Rat Brain (2013)
Advisor: Anthony G. Hudetz, PhD

Carol Popp Weingarten
Electron-Electron Double Resonance and Saturation-Recovery Studies of Nitroxide Electron and Nuclear Spin-Lattice Relaxation Times and Heisenberg Exchange Rates: Lateral Diffusion in Model Membranes (1982)
Advisor: James S. Hyde, PhD

Douglas Prah
The Development of Diffusion and Contrast Agent MRI Biomarkers for the Evaluation of Neoplasms (2008)
Advisor: Kathleen M. Schmainda, PhD

Robert Prost
Two Dimensional Chemical Shift Imaging of Glutamate and Glutamine at 0.5 T with Application to Neurodegenerative Disease (1999)
Advisor: Shi-Jiang Li, PhD

Alexander M. Puckett
A Neuroimaging Based Model of Cortical Visual Attention in Humans (2013)
Advisor: Edgar A. DeYoe, PhD

Chad Quarles
The Morphological and Functional Assessment of Brain Tumor Vasculature Using Dynamic Susceptibility Contrast Magnetic Resonance Imaging (2004)
Advisor: Kathleen M. Schmainda, PhD

Marija Raguz
Function of Cholesterol in the Eye Lens (2010)
Advisor: W. Karol Subczynski, PhD

Danielle Reitsma
Investigating fMRI Visual Field Maps in Human Visual Cortex with Central Damage (2013)
Advisor: Edgar A. DeYoe, PhD

Richard Riese
Adherence of Kidney Stone Microcrystallites to Renal Papillary Collecting Tubule Cells in Primary Culture (1990)
Advisor: Neil S. Mandel, PhD

Vinai Roopchansingh
Compensation of Static and Dynamic Magnetic Field Perturbations in Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (2004)
Advisor: Andrzej Jesmanowicz, PhD

Andrew Salzwedel
Exploring the Neural Machinery of Color Vision: A BOLD fMRI-based Investigation (2014)
Advisor: Edgar A DeYoe, PhD

Kathryn (Westfahl) Schultz
Biochemical and Biophysical Characterization of Five Key Mutations in the ABC Transporter MsbA (2011)
Advisor: Candice Klug, PhD

Tiesong Shang
Mitochondria Signaling in Chemically-Induced Parkinsonism: Free Radical Dependent and Independent Pathway (2005)
Advisor: Balaraman Kalyanaraman, PhD

Daniel Shefchik
Mapping Relaxivity and B-field Parameters in EPI Warped Space to Inform Functional MRI Studies (2015)
Advisor: James S. Hyde, PhD

Melvin Siedband
Commutated Ion Chambers for Measurement of Field Uniformity (1995)
Advisor: Charles R. Wilson, PhD

Nathan Skinner
Assessment of Spinal Cord Injury in a Rat Model using an Orthogonal Filter-Probe Diffusion Encoding Scheme (2017)
Advisor: Matthew D. Budde, PhD

Allen Song
Diffusion Weighted fMRI: A Study of Signal Origin (1995)
Advisor: James S. Hyde, PhD

Netanya Spencer
S-Nitrosothiols, Nitric Oxide, and Heme Proteins (2003)
Advisor: Neil Hogg, PhD

Benjamin Stengel
Organization of Conceptual Knowledge within the Cerebral Cortex (2012)
Advisor: Jeffrey R. Binder, PhD

Jiaqing (Tony) Tong
An embodiment account of event concept representation in the brain (2022)
Advisor: Jeffrey Binder, MD

Melissa Wagner Schuman
The Relative Activity of the L and M Cone Photoreceptors and the Cause and Prevention of Myopia (2010)
Advisor: Jay Neitz, PhD

Eric Wong
The Design and Applications of Local Gradient Coils for Magnetic Resonance Imaging (1991)
Advisor: James S. Hyde, PhD

James Wu
Pharmacokinetic Study of In Vivo Fluid Dynamics Using Magnetic Resonance Imaging Contrast Agents (1992)
Advisor: James S. Hyde, PhD

Jun Xie
fMRI and Functional Connectivity Study of Human Heroin Addiction (2008)
Advisor: Shi-Jiang Li, PhD

Guofan Xu
Arterial Spin Labeling Magnetic Resonance Imaging & Functional Synchrony of Blood Oxygenation Level Dependent Signal Analysis in Early Detection of Alzheimer's Disease Onset (2006)
Advisor: Shi-Jiang Li, PhD

Xingyu Xu
(2013)
Advisor: Shi-Jiang Li, PhD

Zhan Xu
MR Pulse Sequence Design of the Intra-Shot Adapted Keyhole (ISAK) Acquisition Method and Its Applications in Functional MRI (2018)
Advisor: Shi-Jiang Li, PhD

Jun-Jie Yin

Mathematical Models of Spin Dynamics in Spin-Labeled Membranous Systems with Experimental Verifications Using CW ELDOR and Pulse Saturation Recovery Electron Spin Resonance (1987)
Advisor: James S. Hyde, PhD

Hua Yuan
Structural Investigation of Copper Binding Sites in Proteins: Particulate Methane Monooxygenase (1998)
Advisor: William E. Antholine, PhD

Rongyan Zhang
Functional MRI Using Magnetization Transfer (1998)
Advisor: Robert W. Cox, PhD

Yanhong Zhang
The Transport and Metabolism of S-Nitrosothiols (2004)
Advisor: Neil Hogg, PhD

Hongtao Zhao
Detection of Superoxide by ESR Spin Trapping and Hydroethidine Fluorescence (2005)
Advisor: Balaraman Kalyanaraman, PhD

Xiaoli Zhao
Applying Sensitivity Encoding to Spectroscopic Imaging (2002)
Advisor: Shi-Jiang Li, PhD

Xiaoguang Zhu
Development and Application of Non-Invasive Imaging Methods for the Evaluation of Acute Myocardial Infarction (2010)
Advisor: Ming Zhao, PhD

Ya Zhuo
EPR Spectroscopy Studies of Non-visual Arrestins (2014)
Advisor: Candice Klug, PhD