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Saugata Chakraborty                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                                    
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences
Wayne State University School of Medicine

E-mail:  saugy.chakraborty@gmail.com

Phone:(313) 577-9532

EDUCATION

(06/2001 - 07/2003) Master of Science in Nuclear (High Energy) Physics (STAR-SVT Group)
Wayne State University ;
Study of Unusual Strange Baryon Enhancement in Central Au-Au collisions at Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider

(09/98-09/2000)Worked towards Master of Science in Liquid Crystals (Condensed Matter)
Wayne State University
Frederickz Transition in Liquid Crystals and survey of LCD Display Devices

(09/95-09/97) Master of Science in Applied Physics (Condensed Matter)
Indian Institute of Technology - Bombay (IIT)
Electro-Optic properties & Phase Transitions of Liquid Crystals

(09/91-09/95) Bachelor of Science in Electronics & Applied Physics (Condensed Matter)
University of Bombay ,(Mithibai College), graduated with Honors

EXPERIENCE

(03/04-current) Research Associate, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Neuroscience:

fMRI

Using the Partial Least Squares (PLS) software, a functional connectivity analysis on the dysfunctional neurocircuitry of face processing in schizophrenia.

Using SPM2 software, pre and post-processing of emotional picture processing data in bipolar subjects.

Using PLS & SPM2, a functional and effective connectivity analysis on the effects of learning on schizophrenic subjects compared to healthy controls.

MR Spectrocopy

Training in LCModel for analysis of spectroscopy data acquired on Bruker 11.7T.

MR related skills

Expertise in experimental design & data acquisition of fMRI, MRI, and ¹H-MRS.

Proficiency in SPM and PLS statistics package for analyzing functional imaging data.

Proficient in BRAINS2 software for Inter Cranial Volume tracings and segmentation.

Building experimental paradigms using Presentation software.

(09/01-07/03) Research Assistant. Department of Nuclear Physics:
Working on Enhancement of Multi-Strange particle production at RHIC energies
at Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL,Long Island) and WSU.
Research Advisor: Professor Rene Bellwied

(09/97-09/01) Teaching Assistant, Department of Nuclear Physics:
Wayne State University:
Laboratory Instructor for Pre-Medical & Pre-Engineering students.
Labs included:
PHY 2130 / PHY 2170 (Mechanics Lab).
PHY 2140 / PHY 2180 (Electricity & Magnetism Labs).
PHY 2010 (Astronomy Lab).
PHY 1020 (Introductory Physics Lab).
PHY 3100 (Acoustics Lab).
Quiz Instructor for the above courses.
Instructor for Planetarium Demonstrations.

(05/03-07/03) Lecturer
PHY 2180 General Physics II

(09/99-12/99) Team Project
Engineering department of Wayne State University;
Applications of Smart Sensor Integrated Devices

MERIT AWARDS

(2000-2001) Awarded the Daniel Gustafson Memorial Teaching Award at WSU for excellence in teaching.
(2001-Present) Elected for the President of the Society of Physics Students (SPS) at WSU.
(1997-2001) Awarded a scholarship at WSU

COMPUTER SKILLS

C++, C, HTML, UNIX, Macintosh and Windows, Mathematica, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, LINUX, Photoshop, TeX and Netscape Communicator.

PERSONAL INTERESTS

Sports (Footbal, Volleyball, Swimming), Hiking, Social work, Music

PUBLICATIONS & ABSTRACTS 

• Chakraborty S, Guo Y., Barnby L., Lamont M., Pavlinov A., Bellwied R, Study of Unusual Strange Baryon Enhancement in central Au-Au Collisions at Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider  2003..

• Chakraborty S, Seraji-Bozorgzad N, Peethala R, Phan KL, Rajarethinam R, Keshavan MS, Diwadkar VA (in preparation). Dysfunctional neurocircuitry of face processing in schizophrenia: Evidence of reduced fusiform, amygdala and frontal connectivity. (Biological Psychiatry 2005)
• Chakraborty S, Seraji-Bozorgzad N, Peethala R, Phan KL, Rajarethinam R, Keshavan MS, Diwadkar VA. Studying face processing in schizophrenia using fMRI: Hypo-activation of the fusiform gyrus and altered connectivity. International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM) 2005; Miami, Florida.
• Invited speaker for Functional Connectivity for the Michigan Imaging Group Retreat at Grosse Pointe.( Talk available on request. 2005)
• Diwadkar VA, Chakraborty S, Benton MD, Keshavan MS. Schizophrenia patients showed impaired hippocampal and prefrontal responses during associative learning: fMRI evidence of hypoactivation and dysplasticity. (Abstract for ISMRM)(2006).
• Chakraborty S, Seraji-Bozorgzad N, Tancer M. Is there a State dependent impaired connectivity to affective pictures in Bipolar disorders? ( Talk at Wayne State University, School of Medicine, 2007)
• Chakraborty S, Seraji-Bozorgzad N, Benton M., Keshavan M. S., Diwadkar V.  Anterior cingulate activity is related to impaired episodic retrieval in early course schizophrenia: Partial Least Squares analyses. (Poster Presented at the Human Brain Mapping HBM, 2007)

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