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Curriculum Vitae (Short Version)

Amir Shmuel

Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University

A. CONTACTS

Office Address:

MNI, 3801 University St., room NW109

Montreal H3A 2B4, QC, Canada

Telephone (514) 398-2192

Fax (514) 398-8106

Email: [email protected]

B. EDUCATION

1999: Ph.D. in Neuroscience.

Institution: The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.

Fields of research: Vision, Cerebral Cortex, Organization of Visual Areas.

Thesis: “Visual Areas V1 and V2: Functional Architecture and Organization of the Inter-

Connectivity as Revealed by Optical Imaging”.

Advisors: Prof. Amiram Grinvald and Prof. Shimon Ullman.

1990: M.Sc. in Computer Science.

Institution: The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel.

Fields of research: Computational Vision and Image Processing.

Thesis: “Active Vision: 3D from an Image Sequence”.

Advisors: Prof. Michael Werman and Prof. Shmuel Peleg.

Graduated Summa Cum Laude.

1989: B.Med. in Medical Sciences.


1987: B.Sc. in Computer Science.


Graduated Summa Cum Laude.

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Post-graduate training in research

2002 – 2007: Research Scientist and Senior Research Scientist in Neuroscience and Brain Imaging.

Institution: Max-Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Tuebingen, Germany.

Department: Neurophysiology of cognitive processes.

Fields of research: Mechanism of functional MRI signals and methods of imaging alert non-human

primates.

Advisor: Prof. Nikos K. Logothetis.

2003 – 2004: Long-term Fellow.

Institution: European Molecular Biology Organization.

1999 – 2002: Postdoctoral Fellow in Brain Imaging.

Institution: University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA.

Department: Radiology, Center for MR Research.

Fields of research: Mechanism of functional MRI signals and high-resolution functional MRI of the

visual cortex.

Advisor: Prof. Kamil Ugurbil.

1999 – 1999: Postdoctoral Fellow in Neuroscience.

Institution: The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.

Department: Neurobiology.

Fields of research: Vision, Cerebral Cortex, Organization of Visual Areas.

Advisors: Prof. Amiram Grinvald and Prof. Shimon Ullman.

C. APPOINTMENTS

University

MNI, McConnell Brain Imaging Centre and Neuronal Circuits Unit

McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada

2015 – Co-Director, Quebec Platform for High-Field Brain Imaging

2012 – Canada Research Chair in Neuroscience and Brain Imaging (renewed)

2012 – MNI Killam Scholar

2012 – Associate Professor, Dept. of Neurology and Neurosurgery

2010 – Associate Member, Dept. of Physiology

2007 – Associate Member, Dept. of Biomedical Engineering

2013 – 2014 Interim director of MRI research

2007 – 2013 Assistant Professor, Dept. of Neurology and Neurosurgery

2007 – 2012 Canada Research Chair in Neuroscience and Brain Imaging

Center for MR Research, Dept. of Radiology

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA

2004 – Visiting Scientist

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Other

1990 – 1992: Systems and Software Consultant to IMI Ltd., Israel

D. HONORS, AWARDS, RECOGNITION

1. Canada Research Chair award (2012 – 2017; tier II)

2. Human Brain Mapping Editor's Choice Award for 2008

Awarded for the paper: Shmuel A, Leopold DA (2008) Neuronal correlates of spontaneous

fluctuations in fMRI signals in monkey visual cortex: implications for functional connectivity at

rest. Human Brain Mapping, 29:751-761.

The award was presented at the opening ceremony of the 2009 meeting of the Organization for

Human Brain Mapping.

3. Canada Research Chair award (2007 – 2012; tier II)

E. SELECTED GRANTS

1. Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI)

Program: Operating grant for operating the CFI-funded wide bore 7 Tesla scanner

PI: Amir Shmuel

Period: 2018/01 - 2022/12

Total funding: $2,254,900

2. MITACS

Program: Elevate

Using multivariate deep-learning algorithms for automatic quality control of high-resolution MRI

PI: Amir Shmuel

Period: 2017/02 - 2019/01

Total funding: $110,000


Program: Innovation fund

PI: Amir Shmuel

Quebec Centre for High-Field Brain Imaging

Period: 2016/04 - 2019/03


4. Canadian Institute for Brain Research (CIHR)

Program: Operating grant

PI: Edith Hamel

The cellular basis of neurovascular coupling in the cerebral cortex

Period: 2015/07 - 2020/06


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5. Natural Sciences and Engineering Council of Canada (NSERC)

Program: Discovery grant

PI: Amir Shmuel

Mechanisms of high-resolution functional imaging and of decoding information conveyed by

cortical columns

Period: 2015/04 - 2019/03


6. Brain Canada

Program: Platform operating grant

PI: Amir Shmuel

Montreal Primate Brain Imaging

Period: 2014/12 - 2017/11


7. Canada Research Chairs

Program: Canada Research Chairs

PI: Amir Shmuel

Period: 2012/06 - 2017/05



Program: CREATE

PI: Kaleem Siddiqi

CREATE Medical Image Analysis

Period: 2012/04 - 2018/03


9. Canadian Institute for Brain Research (CIHR)


PI: Amir Shmuel

Neuronal Correlates of Spontaneous Fluctuations in Blood-Oxygenation Imaging Signals

Period: 2010/04 - 2015/03



Program: Collaborative Health Research Program

PI: Amir Shmuel

Modeling and validating the effect of transcranial magnetic stimulation on cortical excitability

Period: 2010/04 - 2013/03



Program: Discovery grant

PI: Amir Shmuel

Neurophysiological mechanisms of visual perception

Period: 2009/04 - 2014/03


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12. Human Frontiers Science Program


PI: Amir Shmuel

Neuronal correlates of hemodynamic signals

Period: 2008/08 - 2012/07



Program: Infrastructure grant

PI: Amir Shmuel

Period: 20008/06 - 2010/05


14. Canada Research Chairs

Program: Canada Research Chairs

PI: Amir Shmuel

Period: 2007/06 - 2012/05


F. SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Articles in peer reviewed journals (submitted or under revision)

1. *Yao Z-S, Fukuda M, Moon C-H, Kim S-G, Shmuel A (submitted) Cerebral blood volume

functional MRI with no contributions from macroscopic vessels rules out the decoding of

oriented grating stimuli through local irregularities in cat area 17.

2. *Chaimow D, Shmuel A (BioRxiv) A more accurate account of the effect of k-space sampling

and signal decay on the effective spatial resolution in functional MRI. BioRxiv 097154, doi:

https://doi.org/10.1101/097154.

3. *Chaimow D, Uğurbil K, Shmuel A (NeuroImage, minor revisions) Optimization of functional

MRI for detection, decoding and high-resolution imaging of the response patterns of cortical

columns.

4. *Chaimow D, Yacoub E, Uğurbil K, Shmuel A (NeuroImage, under revision) Spatial specificity

of the functional MRI blood oxygenation response relative to neuronal activity. BioRxiv

097287, doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/097287.

5. *Yao Z-S, Villeneuve M, Kropf P, Peplowski A, Shmuel A (submitted) Spatial specificity of

blood-oxygenation and blood volume responses of pial vessels and gray matter: implications for

high-resolution fMRI.

Articles in peer reviewed journals

6. *Lecrux C, Sandoe CH, *Neupane S, *Kropf P, Toussay X, Tong X-K, Shmuel A, Hamel E

(2017) Impact of Altered Cholinergic Tones on the Neurovascular Coupling Response to Whisker

Stimulation. Journal of Neuroscience, 37(6):1518 –1531.

7. Tam A, Dansereau C, Badhwar A, Orban P, Belleville S, Chertkow H, Dagher A, Hanganu A,

Monchi A, Rosa-Neto P, Shmuel A, Wang S, Breitner J, Bellec P, for the Alzheimer’s Disease

https://doi.org/10.1101/097154

https://doi.org/10.1101/097287

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Neuroimaging Initiative (2016) A dataset of multiresolution functional brain parcellations in an

elderly population with no or mild cognitive impairment. Data in Brief, 9:1122-1129.

8. *Kropf P, Shmuel A (2016) 1-D current-source density (CSD) estimation in inverse theory: a

unified framework for higher-order spectral regularization of quadrature and expansion type CSD

methods. Neural Computation, 28:1305-1355.

9. *Dawson D, Lewis LB, *Carbonell F, Mendola JD, Shmuel A (2016) Partial-correlation based

retinotopically organized resting-state functional connectivity within and between areas of the

visual cortex reflects more than cortical distance. Brain Connectivity, 6(1):57-75. doi:

10.1089/brain.2014.0331.

10. Tam A, Dansereau C, Badhwar A, Orban P, Belleville S, Chertkow H, Dagher A, Hanganu A,

Monchi O, Rosa-Neto P, Shmuel A, Wang S, Breitner J, Bellec P for the Alzheimer's Disease

Neuroimaging Initiative (2015) Common Effects of Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment on

Resting-State Connectivity Across Four Independent Studies. Front. Aging Neurosci. 7:242. doi:

10.3389/fnagi.2015.00242

11. *Sotero RC, Bortel A, *Na’aman S, *Mocanu MV, *Kropf P, *Villeneuve M, Shmuel A (2015)

Laminar distribution of phase-amplitude coupling of spontaneous current sources and sinks.

Front. Neurosci. 9:454. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2015.00454.

12. Buxton RB, Griffeth VE, Simon AB, Moradi F, Shmuel A (2014) Variability of the coupling of

blood flow and oxygen metabolism responses in the brain: a problem for interpreting BOLD

studies but potentially a new window on the underlying neural activity. Front Neurosci., 8:139.

Corrigendum DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2014.00241.

13. Wu L, Soder RB, Schoemaker D, *Carbonnell F, Sziklase V, Rowley J, Mohades S, Fonov V,

Bellec P, Dagher A, Shmuel A, Jiac JP, Gauthier S, Rosa-Neto P (2014) Resting state executive

control network adaptations in amnestic mild cognitive impairment. Journal of Alzheimer’s

disease, 40:993-1004.

14. *Carbonell F, Bellec P, Shmuel A (2014) Quantification of the impact of a confounding variable

on functional connectivity confirms anti-correlated networks in the resting-state. Neuroimage,

86:343-53.

15. Rowley J, Fonov V, Wu O, Eskildsen SF, Schoemaker D, Wu L, Mohades S, Shin M, Sziklas V,

Cheewakriengkrai L, Shmuel A, Dagher A, Gauthier S, Rosa-Neto P; Alzheimer's Disease

Neuroimaging Initiative (2013) White matter abnormalities and structural hippocampal

disconnections in amnestic mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease. PLoS ONE, 8(9):

e74776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0074776.

16. *Dawson D, *Cha K, Lewis LB, Mendola JD, Shmuel A (2013) Evaluation and calibration of

functional network modeling methods based on known anatomical connections. Neuroimage, 67:

331–343.

17. Leontiev O, Buracas GT, Liang C, Ances BM, Perthen JE, Shmuel A, Buxton RB (2013)

Coupling of cerebral blood flow and oxygen metabolism is conserved for chromatic and

luminance stimuli in human visual cortex. Neuroimage, 68: 221–228.

18. *Sotero RC, Shmuel A (2012) Energy-based stochastic control of neural mass models suggests

time-varying effective connectivity in the resting-state. Journal of Computational Neuroscience,

32 (3): 563-576 (doi: 10.1007/s10827-011-0370-8).

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19. *Carbonell F, Bellec P, Shmuel A (2011) Global and system-specific resting-state BOLD

fluctuations are uncorrelated: principal component analysis reveals anti-correlated networks.

Brain Connectivity, 1 (6): 496-510.

20. Zimmermann J, Goebel R, De Martino F, van de Moortele P-F, Feinberg D, Adriany G,

*Chaimow D, Shmuel A, Uğurbil K, Yacoub E (2011) Mapping the organization of axis of

motion selective features in human area MT using high-field fMRI. PLoS ONE 6(12): e28716.

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0028716.

21. *Leblond-Lecrux C, Toussay X, Kocharyan A, Fernandes P, *Neupane S, Lévesque M, Plaisier

F, Shmuel A, Cauli B, Hamel E (2011) Pyramidal neurons are “neurogenic hubs” in the

neurovascular coupling response to whisker stimulation. Journal of Neuroscience, 31: 9836-

9847.

22. *Chaimow D, Yacoub E, Ugurbil K, Shmuel A (2011) Modeling and analysis of mechanisms

underlying fMRI-based decoding of information conveyed in cortical columns. Neuroimage, 56

(2): 627-642.

23. *Sotero RC, Bortel A, Martínez-Cancino R, *Neupane S, *O’Connor P, *Carbonell F, Shmuel A

(2010) Anatomically-constrained effective connectivity among layers in a cortical column

modeled and estimated from local field potentials. Journal of Integrative Neuroscience, 9: 355–

379.

24. Shmuel A, *Chaimow D, Raddatz G, Ugurbil K, Yacoub E (2010) Mechanisms underlying

decoding at 7 T: Ocular dominance columns, broad structures, and macroscopic blood vessels in

V1 convey information on the stimulated eye. Neuroimage, 49:1957–1964.

25. Shmuel A, Leopold DA (2008) Neuronal correlates of spontaneous fluctuations in fMRI signals

in monkey visual cortex: implications for functional connectivity at rest. Human Brain Mapping,

29:751-761.

26. Keliris G*, Shmuel A* (* co-first authors), Ku SP, Pfeuffer J, Oeltermann A, Steudel T, Ku SP,

Logothetis NK (2007), Robust controlled functional MRI in alert monkeys at high magnetic field:

effects of jaw and body movements. NeuroImage, 36(3):550-570.

27. Pfeuffer J, Shmuel A, Keliris G, Steudel T, Merkle H, Logothetis NK (2007) Functional MR

imaging in the awake monkey: effects of motion on dynamic off-resonance and processing

strategies. Magnetic Resonance Imaging, 25(6):869-882.

28. Yacoub E*, Shmuel A* (* co-first authors), Logothetis NK, Ugurbil K (2007), Robust detection

of ocular dominance columns in humans using Hahn spin echo BOLD functional MRI at high

field. NeuroImage, 37(4):1161–1177.

29. Shmuel A, Yacoub E, Chaimow D, Logothetis NK, Ugurbil K (2007), Spatio-temporal point-

spread function of fMRI signal in human gray matter at 7 Tesla. NeuroImage, 35(2):539-552.

30. Shmuel A, Augath M, Oeltermann A, Logothetis NK (2006) Negative functional MRI response

correlates with decreases in neuronal activity in monkey visual area V1. Nature Neuroscience,

9(4):569-577.

See also the news and views: Narain C (2006) Going down BOLDly. Nature Neuroscience,

9(4):474.

31. Yacoub E, Van De Moortele PF, Shmuel A, Ugurbil K (2005) Signal and noise characteristics of

Hahn SE and GE BOLD fMRI at 7 T in humans. Neuroimage, 24(3):738-50.

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32. Shmuel A, Korman M, Melnik A, Harel M, Ullman S, Malach R, Grinvald A (2005) Retinotopic

axis specificity and selective clustering of feedback projections from V2 to V1 in the owl monkey.

The Journal of Neuroscience, 25(8):2117-31.

33. Swindale NV, Grinvald A, Shmuel A (2003) The spatial pattern of response magnitude and

selectivity for orientation and direction in cat visual cortex. Cerebral Cortex, 13(3):225-238.

34. Shmuel A, Yacoub E, Pfeuffer J, Van De Moortele PF, Adriany G, Hu X, Ugurbil K (2002)

Sustained negative BOLD, blood flow and oxygen consumption response and its coupling to the

positive response in the human brain. Neuron, 36(6):1195-1210.

See also the preview: Wade AR (2002) The negative BOLD signal unmasked. Neuron, 36(6):993-

995.

35. Pfeuffer J, Adriany G, Shmuel A, Yacoub E, Van De Moortele PF, Hu X, Ugurbil K (2002)

Perfusion-based high-resolution functional imaging in the human brain at 7 T. Magnetic

Resonance in Medicine, 47(5):903-911.

36. Pfeuffer J, Van De Moortele PF, Yacoub E, Shmuel A, Adriany G, Andersen P, Merkel H,

Ugurbil K, Hu X (2002) Zoomed functional imaging in the human brain at 7 Tesla with

simultaneous high spatial and high temporal resolution. Neuroimage, 17(1): 272-286.

37. Yacoub E, Shmuel A, Pfeuffer J, Van De Moortele PF, Adriany G, Ugurbil K, Hu X (2001)

Investigation of the Initial Dip in fMRI at 7 Tesla. NMR in Biomedicine, 14(7-8):408-412.

38. Yacoub E, Shmuel A, Pfeuffer J, Van De Moortele PF, Adriany G, Andersen P, Vaughn JT,

Merkle H, Ugurbil K, Hu X (2001) Imaging brain function in humans at 7 Tesla. Magnetic

Resonance in Medicine 45(4):588-594.

39. Shmuel A, Grinvald A (2000) Coexistence of linear zones and pinwheels within orientation maps

in cat visual cortex. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 97(10):5568- 5573.

40. Shmuel A, Grinvald A (1996) Functional organization for direction of motion and its relationship

to orientation maps in cat area 18. The Journal of Neuroscience, 16(21):6945-6964, and cover

illustration.

Reviews and book chapters

1. Shmuel A, Maier A (2015) Neurophysiological basis of functional MRI. In: fMRI: From

Nuclear Spins to Brain Function (editors, KÃ¢mil UÄŸurbil, KÃ¢mil UludaÄŸ and Lawrence

J. Berliner). Biological Magnetic Resonance, Vol. 30. Springer Science and Business Media, New

York, New York, USA.

2. Yacoub E, Shmuel A, Harel N (2015) High-resolution functional MRI. In: fMRI: From Nuclear

Spins to Brain Function (editors, KÃ¢mil UÄŸurbil, KÃ¢mil UludaÄŸ and Lawrence J.

Berliner). Biological Magnetic Resonance, Vol. 30. Springer Science and Business Media, New

York, New York, USA.

3. Shmuel A (2010) Locally Measured Neuronal Correlates of functional MRI Signals. In: EEG-

fMRI: Physiology, Technique and Applications (Mulert C, Lemieux L editors), Springer,

Heidelberg, Germany.

4. Ugurbil K, Kim DS, Duong T, Hu X, Ogawa S, Gruetter R, Chen W, Kim SG, Zhu XH, Yacoub

E, Van de Moortele PF, Shmuel A, Pfeuffer J, Merkle H, Andersen P, Adriany G (2001)

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Magnetic resonance imaging of brain function and neurochemistry. Proceedings of the IEEE

89(7):989-1140.

5. Grinvald A, Shmuel A, Glaser DE, Vanzetta I, Shtoyerman E, Shoham D, Arieli A (1999)

Intrinsic signal imaging in the neocortex. In: Imaging of Neuronal Activity (Yuste R, Lanni F,

Konnerth A editors), Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press.

6. Grinvald A, Shoham D, Shmuel A, Glaser DE, Vanzetta I, Shtoyerman E, Slovin H, Sterkin A,

Wijnbergen C, Hildesheim R, Arieli A (1999) In-vivo optical imaging of cortical architecture and

dynamics. In: Modern Techniques in Neuroscience Research (Windhorst U, Johansson H

editors), pages 893-969, Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg, Germany.

G. INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES: SYMPOSIA AND INVITED TALKS

1. Organized and chaired a symposium at the 22nd annual meeting of the Organization for

Human Brain Mapping, Geneva, Switzerland, June 2016:

Revealing Fine-Scale Representations and Processing with High-Resolution fMRI and MVPA

Participants:

Elisha Merriam, New York University, New York, NY, United States.

Amir Shumel, MNI, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada: “Evaluating contributions of fine-

scale irregularities, low-frequency organizations, macroscopic blood vessels and spatiotemporal

responses to fMRI-based orientation decoding”.

Lars Muckli, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom.

Nikolaus Kreigeskorte, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, Cambridge, United Kingdom.

2. BRAIN: 27th International Symposium on Cerebral Blood Flow, Metabolism and

Function, Vancouver, Canada, August 2015: “Lamina-specific mechanisms of spontaneous

fluctuations in hemodynamic signals”.

3. 21st annual meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping, Honolulu, United

States, June 2015: “Neurophysiological mechanisms underlying fMRI-based evoked responses and

resting-state functional connectivity”.

4. Organized and chaired a workshop at the 20th annual meeting of the Organization for

Human Brain Mapping, Hamburg, Germany, June 2014:

Biophysics, data-acquisition methods, and interpretation of laminar specific fMRI.

Participants:

Amir Shmuel, MNI, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada: “Inter-laminar functional

connectivity and neurovascular coupling during spontaneous activity and evoked responses”.

Essa Yacoub, Center for MR Research, University of MN, USA.

Lars Muckly, University of Glasgow, UK.

5. 2nd Yale University’s Scientific Workshop on Brain Functional Organization,

Connectivity and Behavior, Whistler, Canada, March 2014: “Neurophysiological mechanisms of


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6. ‘Advanced fMRI’ educational course at the 19th annual meeting of the Organization for

Human Brain Mapping, Seattle, USA, June 2013: “The Physiology of fMRI and its Relation to

Brain Information Processing”.

7. 10th European Congress on Epileptology, London, UK, September 2012: Session “EEG-

fMRI in epilepsy”: “Neuronal correlates of fMRI signals”.

7. 3rd Biennial International Conference on Resting-State Brain Networks, Magdeburg,

Germany, September 2012: “Neurophysiological and hemodynamic mechanisms associated with


8. Organized and chaired a workshop at the 18th annual meeting of the Organization for Human

Brain Mapping, Beijing, China, June 2012:

Attaining fMRI-Resolution on the Scale of Cortical Columns and Layers

Participants: Kang Cheng, RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Wako, Saitama, Japan.

Amir Shmuel, MNI, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada..

Jonathan R. Polimeni, Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Department of

Radiology, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, MA, USA.

9. Annual meeting of the International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Melbourne,

Australia, May 2012, educational course on ‘advanced fMRI’: “Neurophysiological basis of resting-

state correlated functional MRI signals”.

10. 8th International Brain Research Organization world congress, Florence, Italy, July 2011:

“Simultaneous spatiotemporal imaging of blood-oxygenation and neurophysiological signals”.

11. 2ed Biennial International Conference on Resting-State Brain Networks, Milwaukee, WI,

USA, September 2010: “Mechanisms of spontaneous activity and resting-state functional

connectivity”.

12. Organized and chaired a symposium at the 16th annual meeting of the Organization for Human

Brain Mapping, Barcelona, Spain, June 2010:

Decoding Information Conveyed by Cortical Columns: Mechanisms and Advanced Methods

for Investigating Higher-Order Cognitive Functions

Participants: Yukiasu Kamitani, Keihanna Science City, Japan.

Federico Demartino, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands.

Amir Shmuel, MNI, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada; CMRR, University of Minnesota,

USA.

Frank Tong, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA. 13. ‘Advanced fMRI’ educational course at the 16th annual meeting of the Organization for

Human Brain Mapping, Barcelona, Spain, June 2010: “The neuronal and hemodynamic origins of

fMRI signals and fMRI-based decoding”.

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14. 1st Biennial International Conference on Resting-State Brain Networks, Magdeburg,

Germany, December 2008: “Spatial extent of correlation between spontaneous fluctuations in

neurophysiological activity and fMRI signal in monkey V1”.

15. Annual meeting of the American society for Epilepsy, Seattle, USA, December 2008,

Symposium on ‘Metabolic changes during epileptic discharges’ organized by Jean Gotman:

“Relationship between neurophysiological activity, metabolism, and cerebral blood flow in the

cerebral cortex”.

16. Xth International Conference on Cognitive Neuroscience, Bodrum, Turkey, September 2008,

Symposium on ‘Multimodal Studies of Oscillations’ organized by Pedro Valdes-Sosa: “Neuronal

correlates of spontaneous fluctuations in functional MRI signals”.

17. Organized and chaired a symposium at the 14th annual meeting of the Organization for Human

Brain Mapping, Melbourne, Australia, June 2008:

Neuronal correlates of spontaneous fluctuations in hemodynamic signals

Participants: Michael Fox and Marcus Raichle, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, USA.

Andreas Kleinschmidt, CEA, Paris, France.

Amos Arieli, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.

Amir Shmuel, MNI, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.

18. Annual meeting of the International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Berlin,

Germany, May 2007, ‘Current Issues in Brain Function Study Group’ meeting: “Spontaneous

fluctuations in functional MRI signals correlate with fluctuations in the underlying local neuronal

activity”.

19. Annual meeting of the International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Berlin,

Germany, May 2007, Educational course on ‘fMRI: Basic to Cutting Edge’: “Relationship between

fMRI signals and the underlying neurophysiological activity”.

20. Discussion leader, Gordon Research Conference on ‘Brain Energy Metabolism & Blood

Flow’, organized by Marin Lauritzen and Edith Hamel, Oxford, UK, August 2006.

21. Organized and co-chaired a symposium at the 35th annual meeting of the Society for

Neuroscience, Washington DC, USA, November 2005:

Decreases in Cerebral Blood Flow and BOLD Signals: Neuronal Correlates and Mechanisms

of Regulation. Participants: Marcus Raichle, Washington University St. Louis, MO, USA.

Martin Lauritzen, Glostrup Hospital and University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

Edith Hamel, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.

Amir Shmuel, Max-Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Tuebingen, Germany.

22. Organized and chaired a symposium at the 10th annual meeting of the Organization for

Human Brain Mapping, Budapest, Hungary, June 2004:

Decreases in Cerebral Blood Flow and BOLD Signals and their Neuronal Correlates. Participants: Marcus Raichle, Washington University St. Louis, MO, USA.

Louis Lemieux, University College London, United Kingdom.

Arno Villringer, Charite, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany.

Amir Shmuel, Max-Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Tuebingen, Germany.

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H. SUPERVISION OF POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWS AND GRADUATE STUDENTS

Alumni: Postdoctoral fellows

1. Felix Carbonell, Ph.D.

Department: Neurology and Neurosurgery

Research project: Modeling and analysis of fMRI-based functional connectivity in the resting-

state

Completed: 2010

Present Position: 'Biospective, Inc.', Montreal; R&D in the biomedical imaging high-tech

sector

2. Clotilde Leblond-Lecrux, Ph.D.


Research project: Mechanisms of neurovascular coupling

Completed: 2012

Present Position: Research Associate, Hamel's lab in collaboration with my lab

3. Martin Y Villeneuve, Ph.D.


Research project: Laminar-specific current-source density responses to oriented grating stimuli

Completed: 2013

Present Position: Project manager, ‘Intelerad’, Montreal; R&D, R&D in the biomedical

imaging high-tech sector

4. Roberto C Sotero, Ph.D.


Research project: Modeling and analysis of laminar-specific neurophysiological processes and

neurovascular coupling

Completed: 2014

Present Position: Tenure track Assistant Professor; University of Calgary

Alumni: Ph.D. students

5. ZeShan Yao, Ph.D.

Program: Biomedical Engineering

Research project: Mechanisms of decoding information conveyed by cortical columns

Completed: 2016

Present Position: 'Synaptive Biomedical', Toronto; R&D in the biomedical imaging high-tech

sector

6. Ajay Venkateswaran, Ph.D.


Research project: Modeling and validating current density elicited by trans-cranial magnetic

stimulation

Completed: 2016

Present Position: R&D in the high-tech industry sector

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7. Pascal Kropf, Ph.D.


Research project: Modeling and validating current density in the cerebral cortex

Completed: 2016

Present Position: ‘Clemex Intelligent Microscopy‘, Montreal; R&D in the medical image

analysis high-tech industry sector

Alumni: Master’s students

8. Mirza Baig, M.Eng.


Research project: Design and implementation of a multi-purpose data acquisition and

experiment control system for MRI and neuroscientific lab environments

Completed: 2012

Present Position: ‘Cisco‘, Ottawa; R&D in the high-tech industry sector

9. Sujaya Neupane, M.Eng.


Research project: Effects of repetitive Transcranial Magnetic stimulation on cortical activity

Completed: 2011

Present Position: Ph.D. student, Integrated Program in Neuroscience

10. Sepide Movaghati, M.Eng.


Research project: Spatiotemporal responses to natural images in the primary visual cortex

Completed: 2015

Present Position: 'Synaptive Biomedical', Toronto; R&D in the biomedical imaging high-tech

sector

11. Niladri Mohanty, M.Eng.


Research project: Precise alignment of linear electrode probes to cortical layers

Completed: 2015

Present Position: R&D in the high-tech industry sector

Postdoctoral fellows

1. Aleksandra Bortel, Ph.D.


Research project: Neurophysiological mechanisms underlying cortical seizures

2. Ricardo Pizarro, Ph.D.


Research project: Using multivariate deep-learning algorithms for analysis of MRI data

Amir Shmuel, Ph.D

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Ph.D. students

3. Denis Chaimow

Program: Center for MR Research, University of Minnesota; University of Tuebingen,

Germany

Research project: Modeling and analysis of high-resolution functional MRI of cortical

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Status: Thesis submitted

4. Victor M Mocanu

Program: Integrated Program in Neuroscience

Research project: Laminar specific neurophysiological processes

5. Roland Pilgram

Program: Integrated Program in Neuroscience

Research project: Neurophysiological mechanisms of spontaneous fluctuations in functional

MRI signals

6. Debra Dawson

Program: M.D./Ph.D. program; Integrated Program in Neuroscience

Research project: Evaluation of functional network modeling methods

7. Fadi Ayad


Research project: Neurophysiological mechanisms of spontaneous fluctuations in functional

MRI

8. Kelvin Mok


Research project: MRI-based parcellation of the cerebral cortex

Master’s students

9. Sethu Boopathy Jegathambal

Program: Center for MR Research, University of Minnesota

Research project: MRI guided brain slicing for histology

I. EXTERNAL ORGANIZATIONS

Member of professional societies

Society for Neuroscience

Organization for Human Brain Mapping

International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

International Brain Research Organization

Amir Shmuel, Ph.D

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Organization of scientific meetings

Chair of the organizing committee of the 2018 Resting-State Brain Connectivity conference

Editorial boards of scientific journal

Frontiers in Brain Imaging Methods Associate editor

Brain Connectivity Associate editor

Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience Member of the editorial board

Frontiers in Neuroanatomy Member of the editorial board

Ad hoc reviewer for scientific journals

Neuron

Current Biology

PNAS

Cerebral Cortex

Journal of Neuroscience\

Human Brain Mapping

NeuroImage

Experimental Neurology

Trend in Cognitive Neuroscience

PLOS One

Journal of Vision

Journal of Integrative Neuroscience

Journal of Applied Physiology

Journal of Neurophysiology

Brain Topography

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

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