Staff

John Jiang
Lab Manager

jxjiang@bu.edu

EDUCATION
Northeast Forestry University (China, 1982), Biological Science, BS

BIOGRAPHY
John has worked at Boston University’ department of biomedical engineering for 20 years. He is an experienced animal surgeon and had helped plan and execution of many animal research projects which involved pig and rodent micro/macro surgery. Before joining the Neurophotonics Center, he was a research scientist and lab manager at professor Ed. Damiano’s lab where he played a major role in carrying out the preclinical studies for the development of an artificial pancreas. Currently John is helping manage the Boas’s lab and surgically preparing the mouse models for neurovascular imaging study of the brain and the development of microscopic imaging techniques.



Jay DubbJay Dubb
Software Engineer

jdubb@bu.edu

EDUCATION
Boston University, Computer Science, BS

BIOGRAPHY
After completing a Bachelor’s degree in computer science at Boston University, Jay Dubb worked in various tech and software companies, debugging software for network routers at Bay Networks (now defunct) and Xerox, developing software for high-end printers, before moving to research at MGH. At MGH, he worked for 10 years developing software for various investigative tools to study brain mapping/function using optics and NIRS. Currently Jay is continuing this work at Boston University since summer 2017.




Parya Farzam
Research Fellow

parya@bu.edu

EDUCATION
Azad University (Iran), Software Engineering, BS

BIOGRAPHY
Parya is a research fellow at the Neurophotonics Center. She uses functional near infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) to perform cognitive neuroscience study and mainly focuses on the brain function of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Prior to joining BU, she was a visiting student at the Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging at Massachusetts General Hospital. She has a bachelor’s in Software Engineering. She has hands-on experience with fNIRS in the research field of cognitive neuroscience, and also using DCS on patients with Stroke.

PUBLICATIONS
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Jack Giblin

Jack Giblin, Ph.D.
NPC Research fellow

jgiblin@bu.edu

EDUCATION
Georgia Institute of Technology, Biomedical Engineering,BS

BIOGRAPHY
Jack Giblin is a PhD candidate in Biomedical Engineering. He received his BS in Biomedical Engineering from Georgia Tech in May 2017 with a minor in computer science. In undergraduate, he worked with Dr. Hang Lu studying spatial and temporal encoding of mechanosensation in C.elegans. Jack will be utilizing the optical imaging tools developed in the lab to study neurovascular changes and cognitive decline in Alzheimer’s Disease. MS

RESEARCH INTERESTS
Alzheimer’s, aging, neurovascular coupling, SFDI.



profile_pic_sreekanth_kuraSreekanth Kura
Research Fellow

skura@bu.edu

EDUCATION
University of Louisville, Electrical engineering, MS

BIOGRAPHY
Sreekanth completed his master’s degree in Electrical engineering at University of Louisville. He is now a research fellow working on image analysis algorithms and software for bio optical imaging.

PUBLICATIONS
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Bernhard ZimmermannBernhard Zimmermann, Ph.D.
Senior Research Scientist

bzim@bu.edu

EDUCATION
Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich (ETH Zurich), Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, MSc
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, PhD (2017)

BIOGRAPHY
Bernhard Zimmermann is a Senior Scientist at the Boston University Neurophotonics Center. He received his MSc from ETH Zurich in electrical engineering and his PhD from MIT in electrical engineering and computer science. His main research interests are the development of novel instrumentation for diffuse optical techniques such as functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) and diffuse correlation spectroscopy (DCS).

RESEARCH INTERESTS
NIRS, fNIRS, DCS, TD-DCS

PUBLICATIONS
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