Anna Devor is an Israeli-American biomedical engineer who is an associate 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 The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJI; he, הַאוּנִיבֶרְסִיטָה הַעִבְרִית בִּירוּשָׁלַיִם) is a public research university based in Jerusalem, Israel. Co-founded by Albert Einstein and Dr. Chaim Weiz ...

for doctoral studies, where she studied biophysical mechanisms of membrane potential oscillations in a network of coupled neurons. After earning her doctorate, she moved to the

Massachusetts General Hospital Massachusetts General Hospital (Mass General or MGH) is the original and largest teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School located in the West End neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. It is the third oldest general hospital in the United Stat ...

to work as a postdoc in brain imaging technology.

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. She combines these measurements with system-level analysis and

functional magnetic resonance imaging Functional magnetic resonance imaging or functional MRI (fMRI) measures brain activity by detecting changes associated with blood flow. This technique relies on the fact that cerebral blood flow and neuronal activation are coupled. When an area o ...

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

Awards and honors

* The BRAIN Initiative awardee * International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine Outstanding Teacher Award * Elected Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering

Selected publications

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Devor, Anne Living people 1972 births Hebrew University of Jerusalem alumni Boston University faculty Biomedical engineers Israeli women engineers 21st-century Israeli engineers 21st-century women engineers Massachusetts General Hospital people University of California, San Diego people Fellows of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering