Anna Devor Explained

Anna Devor
Birth Name:אנה דבור
Workplaces:Massachusetts General Hospital
University of California, San Diego
Boston University
Alma Mater:Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Thesis Title:Functional organization of the local network in the inferior olivary nucleus
Thesis Url:https://worldcat.org/en/title/234102688
Thesis Year:2001

Anna Devor is an Israeli-American biomedical engineer who is a full professor at Boston University. Her research considers neuronal imaging and new strategies to better understand brain function. She is the editor of Neurophotonics, an SPIE journal.

Early life and education

Devor was an undergraduate student in Israel. She moved to the Hebrew University of Jerusalem for doctoral studies, where she studied biophysical mechanisms of membrane potential oscillations in a network of coupled neurons.[1] After earning her doctorate, she moved to the Massachusetts General Hospital to work as a postdoc in brain imaging technology.[2]

Research and career

Devor launched her own research laboratory at University of California, San Diego in 2005, where she has worked on technologies that enable the real time detection of brain activity.[3] She combines these measurements with system-level analysis and functional magnetic resonance imaging. She created a brain-computer interface that had a flexible backing with penetrating microneedles, which can interface with the human brain and record signals from nearby neurons.[4]

Devor has developed summer schools based on neuroimaging, microscopy and blood flow regulation.[5] Devor is the editor-in-chief of Neurophotonics, an SPIE journal.[6]

Awards and honors

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2017-07-27 . Anna Devor . 2022-12-26 . Global Neuroethics Summit . en-US.
  2. Web site: 2017-07-27 . Anna Devor . 2022-12-26 . Global Neuroethics Summit . en-US.
  3. Web site: Anna Devor, PhD Rajen Kilachand Center for Integrated Life Sciences & Engineering Building . 2022-12-26 . www.bu.edu.
  4. Web site: A new brain-computer interface with a flexible backing . 2022-12-26 . EurekAlert! . en.
  5. Web site: Anna Devor Profiles RNS . 2022-12-26 . profiles.bu.edu . en.
  6. Web site: New editor-in-chief appointed for SPIE journal Neurophotonics . 2022-12-26 . spie.org.
  7. Web site: Devor Awarded a New NIH BRAIN Initiative grant to study cell-type-specific mechanisms of Patterned Sensory Stimulation (PSS) Neurophotonics Center . 2022-12-25 . www.bu.edu.
  8. Web site: admin . 2017 Outstanding Teacher Awards . 2022-12-25 . ISMRM . en-US.
  9. Web site: Anna Devor Dr. Anna Devor Inducted into AIMBE College of Fellows - AIMBE . 2022-12-26 . en.