Leadership
Dr. John Tommy Vaughan, Director
Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Radiology, Director of Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Principal Investigator at Columbia's Zuckerman Institute
A pioneer in the field with 45 patents to his name, Vaughan designs and builds the MRI systems that produce high-resolution images of anatomical, metabolic and physiological systems and functions. His inventions, usually licensed by the biotech and medical industries, are found in most MRI systems.
Kathleen Durkin, Administrative Director
Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute at Columbia University in the City of New York
Columbia University + Zuckerman Institute
Marina Manso Jimeno
PhD in Biomedical Engineering 2024
Interests: Deep learning methods, Image reconstruction and Neuroimaging datasets
James Liu
MS in Biomedical Engineering 2025
Interests: MRI, Brain-Computer Interfaces
Keerthi Sravan Ravi
PhD in Biomedical Engineering 2024
Interests: AI/Deep Learning in MR Imaging
Enlin Qian
PhD in Biomedical Engineering 2024
Interests: quantitative MRI, magnetic resonance fingerprinting, DL-based image acquisition/reconstruction, and MR thermometry
Sophia Lopez
BA in Neuroscience at Barnard College 2026
Barbara Silver Horowitz ‘55 Scholar of Distinction
Interests: History of Neuroscience, MRI, mind and brain disorders