Nagesh Adluru


I'm an Assistant Scientist in Waisman Laboratory for Brain Imaging and Behavior at University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Personal

Research

Abnormalities in white matter, which forms the basis for structural brain circuitry, are pervasive in many psychopatholgies. Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) is a noninvasive and sensitive method to characterize microstructure of the white matter. My research interests are in developing and integrating state-of-the-art image processing, statistical and machine learning techniques for large-scale mining of DTI data in neuroscientific studies. I have analyzed DTI data of both non-human and human primates from a wide range of studies including anxiety, autism, neuroplasticity effects of meditation. My current focus of research is combining genetic and DTI data from a large sample of rhesus monkeys to understand neuronal processes underlying white matter alterations involved in the risk for developing anxiety. I am also actively working on developing and applying high angular resolution diffusion imaging (HARDI) processing and analyses for improved quantitative mapping of the white matter. Such techniques can provide increased sensitivity to individual differences in the white matter in various forms of affective disorders.

Please see my CV for full list of publications. Here's my current NIH style bio-sketch.

Research Resource Development

Students (Mentoring)

Current

  • Samuel Doran (Neurobiology - Undergraduate)
  • Dan Destiche (Neurobiology & Psychology - Undergraduate)
  • Tom Dubois (Neurobiology - Undergraduate)
  • Sharon Lu (Undergraduate)
  • Bimi Pangli (Psychology - Undergraduate)
  • Elizabeth Zakszewski (Medical Physics - Graduate)

Past

  • Anne Bartosic (now at GE)
  • Chad Ennis (now a student at UW Medical School)
  • Kamiya Motwani (now at Oracle)

Contact

    Waisman Center, T-129
    Madison, WI 53705

    The best way to reach me is via email:
    adluru at wisc edu