Education
2002 – 2009
Ph.D. in Physics
Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
1997 – 2001
B.A. (Magna Cum Laude) in Physics and Mathematics
Harvard College, Cambridge, MA
Research Experience
June 2011 – Postdoctoral Fellow in Computational Neuroscience
Computational Neurobiology Laboratory, Salk Institute, and Center for Theoretical
Biological Physics, University of California, San Diego, CA
• Studies of epigenomic reorganization during brain development
Advisors: Prof. Terrence Sejnowski, Prof. Joseph Ecker and Dr. Margarita Behrens
2009 – 2011 Swartz Postdoctoral Fellow in Theoretical Neuroscience
Center for Brain Science, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
• Computational analysis of human intra- and extracranial EEG recordings for studies of the
neural basis of general anesthesia in humans.
Advisors: Prof. Emery Brown and Dr. Patrick Purdon
• Developed statistical model-based analysis method for super-resolution optical microscopy data
sets.
Advisor: Prof. Xiaowei Zhuang
• Theoretical and computational models of neural coding for high-acuity vision.
Advisors: Prof. Markus Meister and Prof. Haim Sompolinsky
2004 – 2008 Ph.D. research in biophysics and neuroscience
Physics Department, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
• Thesis: Biophysical modeling and optical imaging tools for studies of cerebellar motor learning.
Advisor: Prof. Mark J. Schnitzer
2002 – 2003 Graduate Research in condensed matter physics
Physics Department, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
• Theoretical studies of solid-state spintronics materials.
Advisor: Prof. Shoucheng Zhang
2001 – 2002 Research Assistant in quantum optics
Clarendon Laboratory, Physics Department, Oxford University, Oxford, UK
• Experimentally demonstrated a new interferometer for optical state measurement.
Advisor: Prof. Ian Walmsley
Curriculum vitae
Eran A. Mukamel
Grants and Fellowships
2012 –
2012
2011 – 2012
2009 – 2011
2001 – 2004
K99 Pathway to Independence Award, NIH/NINDS
Neuroplasticity of Aging Traing Grant, NIH/UCSD(declined)
Center for Theoretical Biological Physics Junior Research Fellowship
Swartz Postdoctoral Fellowship in theoretical neuroscience, Harvard University
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship
Professional Associations
2011 –
2010 –
2005 –
2011 –
2010
2009 – 2011
Invited peer reviewer for J. Neurophysiology, PLoS-One, Biological Cybernetics,
IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Conference, Computational and Systems
Neuroscience (Cosyne), and Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology
Project Grant Schemes.
Member, Biophysical Society
Member, Society for Neuroscience
Physics instructor, San Diego Math Circle (high school enrichment program)
Non-Resident Tutor in Physics, Lowell House, Harvard University
Organizer of Swartz Seminar Series in Theoretical Neuroscience, Harvard Center
for Brain Science
Awards and Honors
2010
2006
1998, 2000
1999
Gatsby Cosyne Fellowship
Paul Harmon Kirkpatrick Award for teaching, Stanford Physics Department
Harvard College Scholarships
John Harvard Scholarship
Workshops and Courses
June, 2012
October, 2010
August, 2006
“Statistical Analysis of Genome Scale Data,” Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, NY.
“Emerging Techniques in Neuroscience,” Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics,
University of California, Santa Barbara.
“Methods in Computational Neuroscience,” Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods
Hole, MA.
Publications and Presentations
Reseach articles under review or in preparation:
1. Mukamel, E.A., Pirondini, E., Babadi, B., Wong, K.F., Pierce, E.T., Harrell, P.G., Walsh, J.L., Salazar-Gomez, A.F., Cash, S.S., Eskandar, E.N., Weiner, V.S., Brown, E.N. and Purdon, P.L. “A
novel transition in brain state during propofol induced unconsciousness.” In preparation.
Published research articles in peer-reviewed journals and conference proceedings:
2. Mukamel, E.A. and Schnitzer, M.J. (2012) “Unified performance limits for conventional and stochastic localization fluorescence microscopy.” Physical Review Letters. 109:168102.
3. Mukamel, E.A., Babcock, H. and Zhuang, X. (2012) “Statistical deconvolution for super-resolution
fluorescence microscopy.” Biophysical Journal. 102:2391. Recommended by Faculty of 1000.
4. Lewis, L., Weiner, V.S., Mukamel, E.A., Donoghue, J.A., Eskandar, E.N., Madsen, J.R., Anderson, W.S., Hochberg, L.R., Cash, S.S., Brown, E.N. and Purdon, P.L. (2012) “Rapid fragmentation
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Curriculum vitae
Eran A. Mukamel
of neuronal networks at the onset of propofol-induced unconsciousness.” Proc. Natl. Acad. of Sci.
Plus, In press (DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1210907109).
5. Mukamel, E.A., Wong, K.F., Brown, E.N. and Purdon, P.L. (2011) “Phase-based measures of
cross-frequency coupling in brain electrical dynamics under general anesthesia.” Conf. Proc. IEEE
Eng. Med. Biol. Soc. 2011. 2011:1981.
6. Wong, K.F., Mukamel, E.A., Salazar, A.F., Pierce, E.T., Harrell, P.G., Walsh, J.L., Sampson, A.,
Brown, E.N. and Purdon, P.L. (2011) “Robust Time-Varying Multivariate Coherence Estimation:
Application to Electroencephalogram Recordings During General Anesthesia.” Conf. Proc. IEEE
Eng. Med. Biol. Soc. 2011. 2011:4725.
7. Wong, K.F., Smith, A.C., Pierce, E.T., Harrell, P.G., Walsh, J.L., Salazar, A.F., Tavares, C.L., Cimenser, A., Prerau, M.J., Mukamel, E.A., Sampson, A., Purdon, P.L. and Brown, E.N. (2011)
“Bayesian Analysis of Trinomial Data in Behavioral Experiments and Its Application to Human
Studies of General Anesthesia.” Conf. Proc. IEEE Eng. Med. Biol. Soc. 2011. 2011:4705.
8. Mukamel, E.A., Nimmerjahn, A., and Schnitzer, M.J. (2009). “Automated analysis of cellular signals from large-scale calcium-imaging data.” Neuron. 63(6):747.
9. Nimmerjahn, A., Mukamel, E.A., and Schnitzer, M.J. (2009). “Motor behavior activates Bergmann
glial networks.” Neuron. 62(3):400.
10. Wetmore*, D.Z., Mukamel*, E.A., and Schnitzer, M.J. (2008). “Lock-and-key mechanisms of
cerebellar memory recall based on rebound currents.” J. Neurophysiology. 100:2328. (*These
authors contributed equally to this work.)
11. Flusberg, B.A., Nimmerjahn, A., Cocker, E.D., Mukamel, E.A., Barretto, R.P., Ko, T.H., Burns,
L.D., Jung, J.C., and Schnitzer, M.J. (2008). “High-speed, miniaturized fluorescence microscopy in
freely moving mice.” Nature Methods. 5:935.
12. Bernevig, B.A., Hu, J.P, Mukamel, E.A., and Zhang, S.C. (2004). “Dissipationless Spin Current in
Anisotropic p–Doped Semiconductors.” Physical Review B. 70:113301.
13. Mukamel, E.A., Banaszek, K., Walmsley, I.A., and Dorrer, C. (2003). “Direct Measurement of the
Spatial Wigner Function with Area–Integrated Detection.” Optics Letters. 28:1317.
14. U’Ren, A.B., Mukamel, E.A., Banaszek, K., and Walmsley, I.A. (2003). “Managing Photons for
Quantum Information Processing.” Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences. 261:1493.
15. Mukamel, E.A., and Shakhnovich, E.I. (2002). “Phase Diagram for Unzipping DNA with Long–
Range Interactions.” Physical Review E. 66:32901.
16. Iaconis, C., Mukamel, E.A., and Walmsley, I.A. (2000). “Temporal Heterodyne Detector for Multitemporal Mode Quantum State Measurement.” Journal of Optics B: Quantum and Semiclassical
Optics. 2:510.
Opinion and review papers:
17. Wilt, B.A., Burns, L.D., Wei Ho, E.T., Ghosh, K.K., Mukamel, E.A., and Schnitzer, M.J. (2009).
“Advances in light microscopy for neuroscience.” Annual Review of Neuroscience. 32:435.
18. Mukamel, E.A., and Schnitzer, M.J. (2005). “Retinal coding of visual scenes –– repetitive and redundant too?” Neuron. 46(3):357.
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