The TReNDS vision includes building links within and across institutions in the general area of neuroimaging/data science research. If you are someone who has been doing work in neuroimaging and would like to help participate in this vision we encourage you to request to affiliate with us. Affiliate members will receive email updates on TReNDS activities, are eligible to apply for TReNDS pilot awards, are encouraged to spend time at the center developing collaborations, and to generally work together with us towards our shared goals.
Our full list of TReNDS affiliate members is coming soon.
Would you like to apply to become an affiliate member? Click here to fill out our online form.

Md. Mahfuzur Rahman

Ashley L. Ware

Pablo Andrés Camazón

Scott D. Moffat
Associate Professor, School of Psychology
Georgia Institute of Technology

Lisa Krishnamurthy
Assistant Professor, Research
Department of Physics & Astronomy, Georgia State University
Assistant Professor, Adjunct
Department of Radiology, Emory University
Dr. Krishnamurthy is a Bioengineer with considerable experience with MR imaging (MRI) and MR spectroscopy (MRS) sequence design and analysis to create novel biomarkers for the clinic and rehabilitation sciences.

Hugo Sandoval
Senior Research Associate
Human Brain Imaging
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

Flor Aurelia Espinoza Hidalgo
Research Scientist Affiliate

Michael Schlund
Senior Research Scientist
Georgia State University

Kyle Frantz
Professor of Neuroscience
Georgia State University

David Gutman
Associate Professor of Biomedical Informatics
Emory University School of Medicine

Erin Tone
Associate Professor in Psychology
Georgia State University

Philip Kragel
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Emory University

Andrey Shilnikov
Distinguished University Professor
Neuroscience Institute
Department of Mathematics & Statistics
Georgia State University

Vonetta Dotson
Associate Professor in Gerontology & Psychology
Georgia State University

Constantine Dovrolis
Professor of Computer Science
Georgia Institute of Technology

Heather Offutt
Chair of Cognitive Sciences
Georgia State University

Guantao Chen
Department Chair of Mathematics & Statistics
Georgia State University

Michael Treadway
Professor in Psychology
Emory University

Dobromir Rahnev
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Georgia Institute of Technology

Armin R. Mikler
Professor and Chair of Computer Science
Georgia State University

Jennifer Stevens
Assistant Professor
Emory University School of Medicine

Sanne van Rooij
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Emory University

Stuart Mark Jefferies
Professor of Physics and Astronomy
Georgia State University

Negar Fani
Assistant Professor Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Emory University

Mukesh Dhamala
Associate Professor of Neuroscience, Physics & Astronomy
Georgia State University

Andrew H. Miller
Professor of Psychiatry
Emory University School of Medicine

Ihab Hajjar
Professor of Neurology
Goizueta Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center

Daniel Takabi
Computer Science
Georgia State University

Jonathan Shihao Ji
Associate professor in Computer Science
Georgia State University

Rella Kautiainen
Graduate Research Assistant
Clinical Neuropsychology

Eyal Aharoni
Associate Professor of Psychology
Georgia State University

Jeff Malins
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Georgia State University

Tricia King
Professor of Psychology
Georgia State University

Srinivas Rachakonda
Software Engineer
TReNDS Center

Mohammad Sendi
Graduate Research Assistant
TReNDS Center & Georgia Institute of Technology

Shile Qi
Postdoctoral Research Assistant
TReNDS Center & Georgia State University

Thomas DeRamus
Postdoctoral Research Assistant
TReNDS Center & Georgia State University

Victor Vergara
Research Assistant Professor
TReNDS Center & Georgia State University
Dr. Vergara uses multi-modal data and deep learning to study TBI, addiction, and other neurological disorders.

Yuhui Du
Research Scientist
TReNDS Center & Georgia State University

Jessica Turner
Professor of Psychology
TReNDS Center & The Ohio State University
Dr. Turner investigates the genetics underlying brain structure changes in chronic schizophrenia.