Ph.D. in Physics,
April 2000, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, USA
M.S. in
Computational Physics (Honors), June 1999, University of
Kansas, Lawrence
M.S. in Physics,
1994, Tribhuvan University, Nepal
B.S. in Physics,
1991, Tribhuvan University, Nepal
Academic Appointments
Associate Professor, 2013 - present,
Department of Physics & Astronomy,Georgia State University (GSU),
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Assistant Professor, 2007 -2013, Department of Physics & Astronomy,Georgia State University (GSU),
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Research assistant scientist, November 2004 –
June 2007, Department of Biomedical Engineering , University
of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
Postdoctoral Research Associate/Adjunct
Teaching Faculty Member, August 2002 -September 2004, Center for Complex
Systems & Brain Sciences/Physics Department, FloridaAtlantic
University, Boca Raton, Florida
Postdoctoral Fellow, May 2000 - July 2002,
Georgia Institute of Technology School of Physics &Emory University School of Medicine,
Atlanta, Georgia
Visiting Research Assistant, August 1999 - May
2000, Department of Mathematics and Center for
Systems Science and Engineering, Arizona State University,
Tempe, Arizona
Research Assistant, January 1998 - July 1999,
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Kansas,
Lawrence
Research Assistant, Summer 1997, Department of
Physics and Astronomy, University of Kansas, Lawrence
Head Teaching Assistant, August 1997 - 1998,
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Kansas,
Lawrence
Teaching Assistant, August 1996 - 1997,
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University ofKansas, Lawrence
Asst. Lecturer, July 1994 - July 1996, Physics
Department, Institute of Engineering, Tribhuvan University,Nepal
Award, Honor and Recognition
National Science Foundation Faculty Career
Award, 2010
Biography Included in Marquis Who’s Who in
America, 2010
M.S. in Computational Physics with Honors,
1999
Member, Physics Honor Society ΣΠΣ, inducted
1998
Professional Membership
Society for Neuroscience, American Physical
Society, Human Brain Mapping
Research Focus
Experimental
Biophysics/Neuroscience
-Neuroimaging
(fMRI and EEG) of human cognition and perception
-Development of
near-infrared spectroscopy based brain imaging system
Theoretical
Biophysics/Neuroscience
-Modeling
of brain processes, and neurons and networks
- Development of signal processing techniques for brain
activity time series data
Grant Support
Active
Agency: National Science Foundation
Title: Career: Brain
Network Activity During Perceptual Decision-Making (PI: Dhamala)
Duration: 9/15/2010 - 8/31/2015
GSU Brains and Behavior Seed Grant (2011 -
2012) (PI: Dhamala)
Duration: 7/01/2011 - 6/30/2012
Previous
Agency: Department of Veterans Affairs
Title: Simultaneous EEG-fMRI studies(PI: Dhamala)
Duration: 10/01/ 2008 - 9/31/2011
GT/GSU Advanced Brain Imaging Center Faculty
Seed Grant (2010 - 2011)
GSU Brains and Behavior Seed Grant (2009 -
2010) (PI: Dhamala, co-PI:
Perera)
GSU Research Initiation Grant (2008 - 2009)
(PI: M. Dhamala)
GSU Brains and Behavior Seed Grant (2008 –
2009) (PI: M. Dhamala, co-PI: S. Brosnan)
Mentoring & Advising or co-Advising
Bhim Adhikari,
2007 – present, Graduate Student, Department of Physics
& Astronomy, GSU
Bidhan Lamichhane,
2008 – present, Graduate Student, Department of Physics
& Astronomy
SahilBajaj, 2009
– present, Graduate Student, Department of Physics &
Astronomy
Ganesh Chand, 2011 - present, Graduate
Student, Department of Physics & Astronomy
Ellen Wooten, 2011
- present, Graduate Student, Department of Physics &
Astronomy
Greggory Rothmeier, 2009 – present, Graduate
Student, Department of Physics & Astronomy (co-advising
with Dr. Unil Perera)
Ryan Szczech, 2011- 2012, Undergraduate
Student, Biology Major.
Kristen Quinn, 2009, 2011, Undergraduate
Student, ION Program, CBN, GSU/Emory
Eli Goshorn, 2010, Undergraduate Student,
Brain Fellow, CBN, GSU/Emory
Masters and PhD Committees
PhD in physics: Neranjan S. Edirisinghe
(2010), Tatiana Malaschenko (2011)
Masters in physics: Neranjan S. Edirisinghe
(2008), William Barnett (2009), B. Adhikari (2011)
Masters in mathematics: Mathew Brooks (2009),
Paul Channell (2009)
PhD in physics (ongoing): A. Acharya,B. Adhikari, S. Bajaj, B. Lamichhane, G. Chand, E. Wooten, A. N.
Rmanayaka.