CURRICULUM VITAE NITISH V. THAKOR, Ph.D. PDF DOC Dept. of Biomedical Engineering The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Baltimore, MD 21205 e-mail: nthakor [AT] bme.jhu.edu Tel: 410-955-7093 (Off.), 410-955-0077 (Lab) Fax: 410-955-0549 Birth date 2/19/52 Married, four children U.S. Citizen 12010 Misty Rise Ct. Clarkesville, MD 21029 Tel: 410-531-9037 Academic Record 1969-1974  B.S.   Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay 1977-1978  M.S.   Biomedical Engineering, University of Wisconsin, Madison 1979-1981  Ph.D.   Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Wisconsin, Madison Experience   1974-1976 Electronics Engineer Philips Company (India) 1977-1981 Teaching & Research Asst. University of Wisconsin, Madison 1981-1983 Asst. Professor, Electrical Eng & Computer Science Northwestern University, Evanston 1984-1986  Asst. Professor, Biomedical Eng The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine 1987-1994 Assoc. Professor, Biomedical Eng The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine 1994-present Professor, Biomedical Engineering The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Teaching 1981- 1983 Computers in Biomedical Engineering, Real-time Computer Systems, Microprocessor Software Design 1984- present  Principles of Design of Biomedical Instrumentation, Advanced Biomedical Instrumentation, Biomedical Sensors, Neuroengineering Continuing education courses on Microcomputer-based Medical Instrumentation and Biomedical Laboratory Computing, Neuroengineering 1985- 1990 Director, Master's Degree Program in Biomedical Engineering 1988- present Biomedical Sensors & Instrumentation, Professional Programs in Engineering 2004- present Director, Neuroengineering Training Program Awards National Scholarship, India;Graduate Fellowships, University of Wisconsin, Madison 2nd Prize, Student Paper Competition, Annu. Conf. Eng. Med. Biol., 1981 1st Prize, Paper Competition, Symp. Computer Appl. Med. Care, 1982 Research Career Development Award, The National Institutes of Health, 1985-90 The Presidential Young Investigator Award, The National Science Foundation, 1985-91 The Fulbright Fellowship, Cybernetics Institute, Barcelona, Spain, 1987 Centennial Achievement Medal - University of Wisconsin, School of Engineering, 1993 Fellow, American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering, 1996; Fellow, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 1997, Founding Fellow, Biomedical Engineering Society, 2005 Research Focus and Mission Research Focus: Basic and applied research on Medical Instrumentation, Micro and Nanotechnology and Signal Processing with focus on Neuroengineering. Mission: To sustain an internationally recognized basic research program on basic and clinical neuroscience research on the mechanism and therapy of brain diseases and disorders. To develop a nationally recognized program for technology development and commercialization of medical instrumentation and technology with a focus on Neuroengineering. Develop innovative micro and nanotechnologies for medical research and clinical applications, especially in the area of neurosciences. To educate students and post-doctoral scientists for careers in academia and industry and to foster a vibrant academic-industry relationship. To create an innovative educational frame-work through innovative new curricula, emphasis on design in undergraduate curriculum, and to provide professional/continuing training Publications, presentations, and organizational leadership at national and international conferences and symposia. To create a Center of Excellence for medical instrumentation education, research and technology development with a focus on Neuroengineering. To foster research collaboration and education at the international level Advising/Mentorship PhD Students: 10 Masters Students: 48 Trainees: 19 Post-Doc Fellows: 23 Research Associates: 7 Professional Activities Society Memberships: Fellow, IEEE; Fellow, AIMBE, Founding Fellow, Biomed. Eng. Soc.; Sigma Xi Editor-in-Chief IEEE Transactions on Neural and Rehabilitation Engineering, 2006-present. Associate Editor: IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering (1989-2002), IEEE Transactions on Information Technology (1996-2002), J. Ambulatory Monitoring (1988-1994), J. Biological Systems (1992-1996), Annals of Biomedical Engineering (1999-present); Editorial Advisory Board, IEEE T-BME (2002-present); Nanobiotechnology (2005-present), American J of Nanomedicine (2005-present) Reviewer: IEEE Trans. Biomed. Eng., IEEE Trans. Signal Processing, IEEE Trans. Neural Rehab Eng., Med. Biol. Eng. Comput., J. Appl. Physiol., J. Electroenceph. Clin. Neurophysiol., J. Cardiac Electrophysiol., Circ. Res., PACE, J. Neurosci. Methods, Brain Res., J. Physiology, etc. Advisory Boards: University of Wisconsin-Madison (Biomedical Eng), 2002-2004; University of Washington (Biomedical Engineering), 2005-present; Engineering Research Center, University of Southern California, 2004-present, Cleveland Clinic (Biomedical Engineering): 2005-present. Permanent Member: (1995-99) Surgery & Bioengineering Study Section, NIH; Member: Quantum Grant Panel (2006). NIH Study Section Chair, Biomedical Research Partnership (2006); Member of the NIH Training Grant Review Panel (2004-present). Member: Special Study Sections and Small Business Grants Study Sections, NIH and NSF; frequently during 1985-present; Member, NIH Site Visits; Frequent reviewer for the NSF, Whitaker Foundation. Review Panel: NIDRR, 1998; VA Merit Review (2003); Reviewer Army Research grants (2002-2003; 2004-5) International Reviewer: Frequent reviewer of proposals from funding agencies in Canada (NSERC), Austria, New Zealand, NATO and Fogarty International Programs. Referee: Student Paper Competitions: Symposium of Computer Applic. Medical Care, 1984-86, IEEE Int. Conf. Eng. Med. Biol. Soc., 1989-1992 Award Committee: Provost Award, 1998-present; Johns Hopkins University. Promotion Committees: Member and Chair of several Associate and Full Professorial promotion ad hoc committees (JHU), Search Committees of Chairs of Radiology, Orthopedic Surgery (JHMI). Societies: AIMBE Fellows nomination committee, 2003-2005; IEEE Ad Com, 2003-2004. IEEE EMBC Publications Committee, 2004-2006. Consultant: American Edwards, GST Laboratories, Primary Care Software, Physio Control, Cardiac Pacemakers Inc., Eli Lilly & Co., DVP, Cadent, Infinite Biomedical Technologies. Founder 1998, Infinite Biomedical Technologies, Baltimore, MD (Research and development of neurological, cardiovascular and other technologies such as Intraoperative Neurological Monitor, Cortical Injury Monitor, Implantable Mycordial Ischemia Detection Technology, Microfabricated Urinary Incontinence Device, Endometrioscope). Raised $12 Million in Phase I and II awards from the National Institutes of Health. Two technologies undergoing clinical trials at Johns Hopkins Hospital and elsewhere. Founder Ikona Medical, 2006 for Development of minimally invasive endscopic imaging. Recent Publications [188] HC Shin, X Jia, NV Thakor, "Quantitative Analysis of Neural Electrical Activities in Thalamus and Cortex After Ischemic Brain Injury," World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering 2006, Aug 27-Sep 1, Seoul, S. Korea [187] X Jia, MA Koenig, HC Shin, G Zhen, DF Hanley, NV Thakor, RG Geocadin, "Earlier initiation of therapeutic hypothermia increases neurological recovery after asphyxial cardiac arrest in rats," 2006 Neurocritical Care Society Meeting, Nov 4-5, 2006 Baltimore, MD, USA [186] X Jia, HC Shin, MA Koenig, G Zhen, DF Hanley, NV Thakor, RG Geocadin, "The effect of immediate hypothermia therapy on neurological recovery after cardiac arrest in rats," Neuroscience 2006, Society's 36th Annual Meeting. October 14-18, 2006 Atlanta, GA, USA [185] Xiaofeng Jia, Matthew A. Koenig, Hyun-Chool Shin, Gehua Zhen, Romergryko G. Geocadin, Nitish V. Thakor, "Detection and Monitoring of Brain Recovery after Therapeutic Hypothermia in a Post-cardiac Arrest Rodent Model: A Quantitative EEG Study: P156," Circulation Research 2006, September 1, 99(5) E45. [184] Vikram Aggarwal, Aniruddha Chatterjee, Yoonju Cho, Rob Rasmussen, Soumyadipta Acharya, Nitish V. Thakor, "Noninvasive Cortical Control of a Prosthetic Hand with Local Machine Control and Haptic Feedback," Ann. Meeting of Biomedical Engineering Soc (BMES 2006), Chicago, USA, Oct 11-14, 2006. [183] Vikram Aggarwal and Angelo H. All, "Somatosensory evoked potential monitoring of spinal cord in noisy environments," Intl Journal of Medical Implants and Devices, 2006 (in print) [182] Hyunchool Shin, Xiaofeng Jia and Nitish Thakor, "Effects of ischemic brain injury on thalamo-cortical and cortico-thalamic interaction: neural electrical perspectives," Neuroscience 2006, Society's 36th Annual Meeting. October 14-18, 2006. Atlanta, GA, USA [181] Hyunchool Shin, Shanbao Tong, Xiaofeng Jia, Romergryko Geocadin, Nitish Thakor, "Quantitative EEG Assessment of Brain Injury and Hypothermic Neuroprotection after Cardiac Arrest," 28th IEEE EMBS Ann. Intl. Conference, Aug. 30 - Sept. 3, 2006. New York City, New York, USA [180] Hyun-Chool Shin, Shanbao Tong, Soichiro Yamashita, Xiaofeng Jia, Romergryko G. Geocadin, Nitish V. Thakor, "Quantitative EEG and Effect of Hypothermia on Brain Recovery After Cardiac Arrest," IEEE Trans. on Biomedical Eng. 2006 Jun, 53(6): 1016-1023. [179] Nitish V. Thakor, Hyun-Chool Shin, Shanbao Tong, Romergryko Geocadin, "Quantitative EEG Assessment: Hypothermic Neural Protection After Ischemic Brain Injury," IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine, vol. 25, no.4, pp. 20--25, July 2006. [178] S. Acharya, M. Mollazadeh, K. Murari, N.V. Thakor, "Spatiotemporal Source Tuning Filter Bank for Multiclass EEG based Brain Computer Interfaces," Proc. 28th Ann. Intl. Conf. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS'2006), New York City, Aug. 30 - Sep 3, 2006. PDF [177] Xiaofeng Jia, Matthew A. Koenig, Hyun-Chool Shin, Gehua Zhen, Romergryko G. Geocadin, Nitish V. Thakor, "Detection and Monitoring of Brain Recovery after Therapeutic Hypothermia in a Post-cardiac Arrest Rodent Model: A Quantitative EEG Study", 3rd Ann Symp of the Am. Heart Assoc. Council on Basic Cardiovascular Sci - Translation of Basic Insights Into Clinical Practice. Jul 31 - Aug 3, 2006 Keystone, Colorado,USA [176] Xiaofeng Jia, Matthew A. Koenig, Hyun-Chool Shin, Gehua Zhen, Soichiro Yamashita, Nitish V. Thakor, Romergryko G. Geocadin, " Quantitative EEG and Neurological Recovery after therapeutic Hypothermia of Asphyxial Cardiac Arrest in Rats", Brain Research, 2006, September 21, 1111(1) 166-175.. [175] Angelo H. All, Deliang Ye, Nitish V. Thakor, "Sensory Feedback and Training to Achieve Optimum Minimum Occlusion Force in Vascular Surgery", International Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine and Science, Vol 5, No 2, pp 69-73, 2005. [174] Deliang Ye, Homayoun Mozaffari-Naeini, Carl Busart and Nitish V. Thakor, "MEMSurgery: An Integrated Test-Bed for Vascular Surgery", International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery, 1(3), pp 21-30, 2005. [173] Manisha Aggarwal, Deliang Ye, Angelo Homayoun All, Nitish V. Thakor, "Segmentation of Rat Spinal Cord 3D MR Images by Markov Random Field Model and the K-Means Algorithm", The Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) annual meeting, Baltimore, Maryland, Sept. 2005. [172] M. Brooke, D.L. Sherman, A.H. All and N.V. Thakor, "Four Limb Integrated Evoked Potential Monitoring For Spinal Cord Injury assessments", The Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) annual meeting, Baltimore, Maryland, Sept. 2005. [171] Mozaffari H., Berrocal Y.A., Sherman D., Aggarwal M., Ye D., Thakor N. V. and Eaton, M.J, "Multi-Site Stimulation and Multi-Channel Somatosensory Evoked Potential (SEP) Monitoring and Localization of Injury by Diffusion Tensor MRI after Contusive Spinal Cord Injury", 12th Annual Conference of the American Society for Neural Transplantation & Repair April, 2005 (ASNTR). [170] Hongxuan Zhang, Yaseen Oweis, Homayoun Mozaffari-Naeini, Santosh Venkatesha, Nitish. V. Thakor, Ananth Natarajan, "Continuous Quantitative Motor Evoked Potentials for Spinal Cord Injury Detection", The 2nd International Neural Conference on Engineering, Arlington, Virginia, March 2005. [169] K. Murari, C. Sauer, M. Stanacevic, G. Cauwenberghs and N.V. Thakor, "Wireless Multichannel Integrated Potentiostat for Distributed Neurotransmitter Sensing," Proc. 27th Ann. Int. Conf. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS'2005), Shanghai, Sept. 1-4, 2005. [168] Angelo H. All, Deliang Ye, Nitish V. Thakor. "Sensory Feedback and Training to Achieve Optimum Minimum Occlusion Force in Vascular Surgery", International Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine and Science, Vol 5, No 2, 2005. [167] Vogelstein J. R., Etienne-Cummings R., Thakor N. V. and Cohen A. H., "Phase-dependent effects of stimulation of the spinal central pattern generator for locomotion", submitted to IEEE Trans Neural Rehab Eng, 2005. [166] Sauer C., Stanacevic M., Cauwenberghs G, and Thakor N. V., "Power harvesting and telemetry in CMOS for implanted devices", IEEE Trans. Circuits Systems I: Regular Papers, Special Issue on Biomedical Circuits and Systems: A New Wave of Technology, Dec 2005. [165] Cai Y, Qiu Y, Wei L, Zhang W, Hu S, Smith PR, Crabtree VP, Tong S, Thakor N. V., Zhu Y., "Complex character analysis of heart rate variability following brain asphyxia", Med Eng Phys, 2005. Full list of Publications Patents "Automated Method and Apparatus for Determining Characteristics of Nerve Fibers," with D. Cheung and C. Christman,", U.S. Patent No. 5,231,580; 1993. "Magnetocentrifugation," N. V. Thakor, U.S. Patent No. 5,565,105; 1996. "Implantable Controllable Incontinence Prosthesis for Urinary Incontinence," with A. Natarajan, Patent awarded, 2003. "Myocardial Ischemia Detection, Indication and Action Technology," with A. Natarajan, U.S. Patent No. 6,501,983; 2002, PCT application pending "Intraurethral Continent Prosthesis," with A. Natarajan, U.S. Patent No. 6,638,208; 2003, PCT application pending "Method and Analysis for Cardiac Ischemia Detection," with A. Natarajan, H. Zhang, J. Wallace, Application filed Jan 2004 "Method and Devices for Imaging and Biopsy," with J. Wallace, A. Natarajan, S. Venkatesha, K. Peacock, Application filed Feb 2004 "Apparatus and Methods for Brain Rhythm Analysis," with A. Bezerianos, R. Al Hatib, H.Nashnash, J. Paul, D. Sherman, S. Tong, S. Venkatesha. Pending Prosecution "Non-invasive detection of in-stent stenosis and drug elution," with G. Barret, J. Wallace, and A. Natarajan. Pending Prosecution "Methods of pacing heart beat extraction and evaluation," with H. Zhang, A. Natarajan. Pending Prosecution