Our lab members 

Dr. Murat Yildirim holds a PhD degree from UT Austin and he received his B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees from Middle East Technical University in Turkey, all in Mechanical Engineering. He performed his postdoctoral training at Picower Institute for Learning and Memory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he developed custom-made optical systems to perform large scale optical recordings and perturbations in behaving mouse brain and cerebral organoids. His current research interests are developing next generation multiphoton systems to study the structure, function, and biomechanics of the brain with various biological systems and models spanning from cerebral organoids, to small animals, to humans through their interaction with femtosecond laser pulses for the diagnosis, characterization, and treatment of specific brain disorders to positively impact human mental health. He is the recipient of several prestigious awards such as a Pathway to Independence Award (K99/R00) from NIBIB. He is a member of SPIE, OSA, and SfN.