He is also Director of the Technical and Instrumentation Core at the Brain Imaging Center. He received a BS in Physics from Yale University and a PhD in Biophysics from the University of California at Berkeley. His training is in MR physics, and his PhD thesis is entitled “Three Dimensional Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopic Imaging of Sodium Ions Using Stochastic Excitation and Oscillating Gradients”. He is the Director of the OMG, and his research is focused on multimodal acquisition and processing for hemodynamic quantitation and physiological denoising of BOLD data. His hobbies include photography, cooking and eating unusual foods, winemaking, and long walks on the beach.