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EDUCATION
Indiana University Bloomington, IN Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Program in Neuroscience Majors: Psychology & Neuroscience (Ph.D)	2015 - 2021
North Carolina State University, NC Department of Biology Major: Biology (B.S) Minors: Math & Genetics	2005 - 2006 2012 - 2015
University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH Department of Philosophy, Graduate School Major: Philosophy of Cognitive Science	2009 - 2011
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC Departments of Philosophy and Psychology Majors: Psychology & Philosophy (B.A.) Minor: Cognitive Science	2006 - 2009

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Computational Neuroanatomy; PI: Sarah Heilbronner (UMN) Project: Anatomically informed segmentation of white matter Production of automated segmentation methods for major white matter tracts in tractography using cross-species and literature-based information. Visualization of tractography & segmentation results. Quantification of tract properties. Development and maintenance of several code repositories.	Summer 2021 - Fall 2022
Computational Neuroanatomy; PI: Franco Pestilli (IU-B) Project: Associative white matter tracts in the human brain Production of automated segmentation methods for major white matter tracts in tractography. Visualization of tractography & segmentation results. Quantification of tract properties. Web application development for brainlife.io. Development of tractography quality assurance methods. Development and maintenance of several code repositories. Development of data type specifications.	Fall 2015 - Summer 2021
DSPG Summer Research Fellow; PI: Gizem Korkmaz (UVA BioC. In.) Project: Open Source Software, Trends in Contributions and Collaborations Project: Army Performance Measurement, Content and Themes Developed software, developed websites, performed analyses (qualitative and quantitative), performed data curation/cleaning, linked datasets, created visualizations, presented insights, managed interns.	Summer 2020
Neurobiology & Behavior Laboratory; PI: John Godwin (NCSU) Project: Identification of zebrafish brain regions involved with stress response via in-situ hybridization for c-fos Behavioral testing, analysis of movement tracking data, cryosectioning, microscopy, ISH, DNA/RNA extraction, slide preparation, protocol optimization, grant writing. Developed and presented talks, presented work at numerous poster sessions.	Fall 2012 - Spring 2015
WFIRM Summer Scholar; PI: John Jackson (WFU) Project: Regeneration of thymic tissue and function using a mouse model Performed tissue extraction, cell culturing, decellularization, cryosectioning, advanced microscopy, immunofluorescence, PCR & gel electrophoresis. Developed and presented talks on ongoing work.	Summer 2013
Neuroimaging Research Laboratory; PI: Joseph Hopfinger (UNC) Project: Investigation of endogenous and exogenous attentional control using attentional blink paradigm Ran subject behavioral trials, obtained subject IRB documentation, preparation for and conduct of EEGs, utilized eye-tracking device & software, managed subject results & data, troubleshot user-interface coding, assisted in lab writing projects.	Fall 2007 - Spring 2009
Center for Integrated Fungal Research; PI: Tarek Joobeur (NCSU) Project: Investigating the genetic basis of Fusarium wilt resistance in melons Managed and prepared samples, conducted PCR and gel electrophoresis, participation in article manuscript development, journal club.	Fall 2004 - Spring 2005

INSTRUCTIONAL EXPERIENCE
IU Bloomington Graduate teaching assistant Provided assistance with grading and classroom management. Led discussion sections and held office hours. Courses/topics include research methods and statistics, cognitive neuroscience, and social neuroscience.	Fall 2020 - Spring 2021; Fall 2017 - Spring 2018
NCSU Teaching Assistant: GN 311 - Principles of Genetics Led discussion sections and held office hours. Graded course assignments and tests.	Fall 2014
University of Cincinnati Teaching Assistant Provided assistance with grading and classroom management. Led discussion sections and held office hours. Courses/topics include ethics, introduction to philosophy, political philosophy, and classical philosophy.	Fall, Winter and Spring Quarters, 2009 - 2011
Duke TIP 1. Psychology Instructor Developed syllabus, developed course materials, led instruction, assessed performance, provided progress reports. 2. Psychology Teaching Assistant Provided assistance with grading and classroom management. Led daily review sessions. 3. Nanotechnology Teaching Assistant Provided assistance with grading and classroom management. Led daily review sessions.	1. Summers 2010 & 2011 2. Summer 2009 3. Summer 2008

LEADERSHIP, ENGAGEMENT, AND ADVOCACY EXPERIENCE
IU Bloomington 1. Chair, Benefits committee (IU GPSG): Chaired committee representing and advocating on behalf of graduate and professional student government (GPSG) on issues related to compensation, benefits, and professional issues. Regularly met/communicated with university administrators (e.g. Dean of University Graduate School) about policy development, mutual endeavors, and specific concerns. Member of GPSG executive committee. Managed team of graduate student representatives. 2. Member, Technology Policy Committee (BFC): Represented GPSG on campus issues related to technology implementation. Regular meeting topics included virtual conferencing (e.g. Zoom), email & data platforms, and research data storage and ownership. 3. Member: Research Affairs Committee (BFC): Represented graduate student researchers on campus issues related to research affairs. Regular meeting topics included COVID impacts, conflict of interest management, research disclosures, campus open access policies, NTT researchers, and other subjects. Worked with campus stakeholders and administrators from the Office of Research Administration, Office of the Vice Provost for Research, and others. 4. Representative, Bloomington Faculty Council (BFC): Voting member of the campus faculty council representing graduate student researchers on all matters coming before the council. Topics include campus level policy, resolutions, and campus development planning. 5. Graduate student researcher ambassador, IU GPSG: General representative of graduate student researchers on campus. Often met or interacted with campus/university administrators on specific issues and persistent ad hoc committees. 6. Neuroscience Representative, IU GPSG: Represented graduate students from the Program in Neuroscience to the Graduate and Professional Student Government. Helped to shape and develop resolutions. Active member. 7. Indiana University Representative, Indiana Science Communication Day: Participated in multi-university advocacy day at Indiana State House. Engaged policy makers and staff members to emphasize importance of science and continued support of science.	1. Fall 2020 - Spring 2021 2. Fall 2020 - Spring 2021 3. Fall 2017 - Spring 2021 4. Fall 2017 - Spring 2021 5. Fall 2017 - Spring 2021 6. Fall 2017 - Spring 2020 7. March 2, 2020
NCSU Vice President, NCSU Future Society Club Led meetings, scheduled and organized talks, managed membership. Meeting topics included technology, science, society, and the interplay between these. Chief Editor: NCSU Undergraduate Research Journal Served as the chief editor of the undergraduate research journal. Evaluated submissions and provided feedback to authors. Collaborated with faculty in support of organization.	2013 - 2015 2013 - 2015

LEADERSHIP, ENGAGEMENT, AND ADVOCACY EXPERIENCE

IU Bloomington
1. Chair, Benefits committee (IU GPSG):
Chaired committee representing and advocating on behalf of graduate and professional student government (GPSG) on issues related to compensation, benefits, and professional issues. Regularly met/communicated with university administrators (e.g. Dean of University Graduate School) about policy development, mutual endeavors, and specific concerns. Member of GPSG executive committee. Managed team of graduate student representatives.
2. Member, Technology Policy Committee (BFC):
Represented GPSG on campus issues related to technology implementation. Regular meeting topics included virtual conferencing (e.g. Zoom), email & data platforms, and research data storage and ownership.
3. Member: Research Affairs Committee (BFC):
Represented graduate student researchers on campus issues related to research affairs. Regular meeting topics included COVID impacts, conflict of interest management, research disclosures, campus open access policies, NTT researchers, and other subjects. Worked with campus stakeholders and administrators from the Office of Research Administration, Office of the Vice Provost for Research, and others.
4. Representative, Bloomington Faculty Council (BFC):
Voting member of the campus faculty council representing graduate student researchers on all matters coming before the council. Topics include campus level policy, resolutions, and campus development planning.
5. Graduate student researcher ambassador, IU GPSG:
General representative of graduate student researchers on campus. Often met or interacted with campus/university administrators on specific issues and persistent ad hoc committees.
6. Neuroscience Representative, IU GPSG:
Represented graduate students from the Program in Neuroscience to the Graduate and Professional Student Government. Helped to shape and develop resolutions. Active member.
7. Indiana University Representative, Indiana Science Communication Day:
Participated in multi-university advocacy day at Indiana State House. Engaged policy makers and staff members to emphasize importance of science and continued support of science.

1. Fall 2020 - Spring 2021

2. Fall 2020 - Spring 2021

3. Fall 2017 - Spring 2021

4. Fall 2017 - Spring 2021

5. Fall 2017 - Spring 2021

6. Fall 2017 - Spring 2020

7. March 2, 2020

NCSU
Vice President, NCSU Future Society Club
Led meetings, scheduled and organized talks, managed membership. Meeting topics included technology, science, society, and the interplay between these.
Chief Editor: NCSU Undergraduate Research Journal
Served as the chief editor of the undergraduate research journal. Evaluated submissions and provided feedback to authors. Collaborated with faculty in support of organization.

2013 - 2015

2013 - 2015

PUBLICATIONS
Oryza sativa (japonica cultivar-group) clone dan18 putative D-type cyclin gene, partial cds. N/A
Shape analysis of white matter tracts via the Laplace-Beltrami spectrum Kitchell, L., Bullock, D., Hayashi, S., & Pestilli, F. (2018, September). Shape analysis of white matter tracts via the Laplace-Beltrami spectrum. In International Workshop on Shape in Medical Imaging (pp. 195-206). Springer, Cham.
Anatomically-Informed Multiple Linear Assignment Problems for White Matter Bundle Segmentation Bertò, G., Avesani, P., Pestilli, F., Bullock, D., Caron, B., & Olivetti, E. (2019, April). Anatomically-Informed Multiple Linear Assignment Problems for White Matter Bundle Segmentation. In 2019 IEEE 16th International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI 2019) (pp. 135-138). IEEE.
The open diffusion data derivatives, brain data upcycling via integrated publishing of derivatives and reproducible open cloud services Avesani, P., McPherson, B., Hayashi, S., Caiafa, C. F., Henschel, R., Garyfallidis, E., ... & Pestilli, F. (2019). The open diffusion data derivatives, brain data upcycling via integrated publishing of derivatives and reproducible open cloud services. Scientific data, 6(1), 1-13.
Associative white matter connecting the dorsal and ventral posterior human cortex Bullock, D., Takemura, H., Caiafa, C.F. et al. Associative white matter connecting the dorsal and ventral posterior human cortex. Brain Struct Funct 224, 2631–2660 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00429-019-01907-8
Advanced mapping of the human white matter microstructure better separates elite sports participation Caron, B., Bullock, D., Kitchell, L., McPherson, B. C., Kellar, D. A., Cheng, H., ... & Pestilli, F. (2020). Advanced mapping of the human white matter microstructure better separates elite sports participation. PsyArXiv.
Bundle analytics, a computational framework for investigating the shapes and profiles of brain pathways across populations Chandio, B. Q., Risacher, S. L., Pestilli, F., Bullock, D., Yeh, F. C., Koudoro, S., ... & Garyfallidis, E. (2020). Bundle analytics, a computational framework for investigating the shapes and profiles of brain pathways across populations. Scientific reports, 10(1), 1-18.
Classifyber, a robust streamline-based linear classifier for white matter bundle segmentation Bertò, G., Bullock, D., Astolfi, P., Hayashi, S., Zigiotto, L., Annicchiarico, L., ... & Olivetti, E. (2021). Classifyber, a robust streamline-based linear classifier for white matter bundle segmentation. NeuroImage, 224, 117402.
The human endogenous attentional control network includes a ventro-temporal cortical node Sani, I., Stemmann, H., Caron, B., Bullock, D., Stemmler, T., Fahle, M., ... & Freiwald, W. A. (2021). The human endogenous attentional control network includes a ventro-temporal cortical node. Nature communications, 12(1), 1-16.
Collegiate athlete brain data for white matter mapping and network neuroscience Caron, B., Stuck, R., McPherson, B. et al. Collegiate athlete brain data for white matter mapping and network neuroscience. Sci Data 8, 56 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00823-z
Computational Segmentation of White Matter Anatomy: Methods, Insights, and Standards Bullock, D. (2021). Computational Segmentation of White Matter Anatomy: Methods, Insights, and Standards.
A model of the development of major white matter pathways within and between ventral and dorsal visual streams Vinci-Booher, S., Caron, B., Bullock, D., James, K., & Pestilli, F. (2021). A model of the development of major white matter pathways within and between ventral and dorsal visual streams. Journal of Vision, 21(9), 2698-2698.
Tractography dissection variability: What happens when 42 groups dissect 14 white matter bundles on the same dataset? Schilling, K. G., Rheault, F., Petit, L., Hansen, C. B., Nath, V., Yeh, F. C., ... & Descoteaux, M. (2021). Tractography dissection variability: What happens when 42 groups dissect 14 white matter bundles on the same dataset?. NeuroImage, 243, 118502.
Visual information routes in the posterior dorsal and ventral face network studied with intracranial neurophysiology and white matter tract endpoints Babo-Rebelo, M., Puce, A., Bullock, D., Hugueville, L., Pestilli, F., Adam, C., ... & George, N. (2022). Visual information routes in the posterior dorsal and ventral face network studied with intracranial neurophysiology and white matter tract endpoints. Cerebral Cortex, 32(2), 342-366.
A taxonomy of the brain’s white matter: twenty-one major tracts for the 21st century Daniel N Bullock, Elena A Hayday, Mark D Grier, Wei Tang, Franco Pestilli, Sarah R Heilbronner, A taxonomy of the brain’s white matter: twenty-one major tracts for the 21st century, Cerebral Cortex, Volume 32, Issue 20, 15 October 2022, Pages 4524–4548, https://doi.org/10.1093/cercor/bhab500
Development of white matter tracts between and within the dorsal and ventral streams Vinci-Booher, S., Caron, B., Bullock, D., James, K., & Pestilli, F. (2022). Development of white matter tracts between and within the dorsal and ventral streams. Brain Structure and Function, 227(4), 1457-1477.
The use of chemogenetic actuator ligands in nonhuman primate DREADDs-fMRI Adriana K. Cushnie, Daniel N. Bullock, Ana M. G. Manea, Wei Tang, Jan Zimmermann, Sarah R.Heilbronner, The use of chemogenetic actuator ligands in nonhuman primate DREADDs-fMRI, Current Research in Neurobiology, in press, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crneur.2022.100072
brainlife.io: A decentralized and open source cloud platform to support neuroscience research Hayashi, S., Caron, B. A., Heinsfeld, A. S., Vinci-Booher, S., McPherson, B., Bullock, D. N., ... & Pestilli, F. (2023). brainlife. io: A decentralized and open source cloud platform to support neuroscience research. ArXiv.Current Research in Neurobiology, revision under review, https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2306.02183

PRODUCTS
Qualifying Exams Paper Compilation
White Matter Anatomy Database (WMAD)
Interactive White Matter Segmentation
White Matter Segmentation Education (WiMSE)
OCT & MAIA Scripts
CiteAs on requirements.txt
White Matter Anatomy Tools (wmaTools)
White Matter Anatomy Python Tools (wma_pyTools)
Track the Anterior Limb of the Internal Capsule
White Matter Anatomy Segmentation (wmaSeg)

SOFTWARE AND CODE DEVELOPMENT
Languages/formats: Matlab, python, SQL, regex, Markdown, JSON, jupyter, docker, git/GitHub

PRESENTATIONS & POSTERS
Daniel Bullock, Soichi Hayashi, Lindsey Kitchell, Brent McPherson, Bradley Caron, Franco Pestilli. White Matter Mapping on brainlife.io: A Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable Implementation Organization for Human Brain Mapping, Rome, Italy	2019
Bradley Caron, Lindsey Kitchell, Brent McPherson, Daniel Bullock, Soichi Hayashi, Derek Keller, Hu Cheng, Sharlene Newman, Nicholas Port, Franco Pestilli. Microstructural differences in both the white- and gray-matter tissue distinguish athletes groups Organization for Human Brain Mapping, Rome, Italy	2019
Giulia Bertó, Paolo Avesani, Franco Pestilli, Daniel Bullock, Bradley Caron, Emanuele Olivetti. Segmentation of White Matter Bundles as Anatomically-Informed Multiple Linear Assignment Problems. Organization for Human Brain Mapping, Rome, Italy	2019
Soichi Hayashi, Lindsey Kitchell, Brent McPherson, Bradley Caron, Daniel Bullock, Paolo Avesani, Robert Henschel, Eleftherios Garyfallidis, Lei Wang, Ivo Dinov, Franco Pestilli. Orchestrating cloud networks for discoverable, accessible, interoperable, and reusable neuroscience Organization for Human Brain Mapping, Rome, Italy	2019
Brent McPherson, Daniel Bullock, Bradley Caron, Lindsey Kitchell, Soichi Hayashi, Josh Faskowitz, Olaf Sporns, Richard Betzel, Paolo Avesani, Franco Pestilli. Making network neuroscience more findable, accessible, interoperable, and reusable via brainlife.io Organization for Human Brain Mapping, Rome, Italy	2019
Sophia Vinci-Booher, Daniel Bullock, Bradley Caron, Brent McPherson,, Karen H. James, & Franco Pestilli. The relationship between the microstructure of vertical white matter pathways and behavior in early elementary school children. Cognitive Development Society Biennial Conference, Louisville, KY	Oct, 2019
Kitchell, Lindsey, Daniel Bullock, Soichi Hayashi, Franco Pestilli. Shape Analysis of White Matter Tracts via the Laplace-Beltrami Spectrum Shape in Medical Imaging Workshop at MICCAI, Granada, Spain	2018
Daniel Bullock, Hiromasa Takemura, Cesar F. Caiafa, Lindsey Kitchell, Brent McPherson, Bradley Caron, Franco Pestilli. Clarifying the anatomical organization and cortical projections of multiple major white matter tracts associating the human temporal and parietal lobes. Society for Neuroscience	2018
Lindsey Kitchell, Daniel Bullock, Soichi Hayashis, Franco Pestilli. White Matter Tracts as Classification Features for Machine Learning. Midwest Cognitive Science Conference	2018
Bradley Caron, Derek Keller, Lindsey Kitchell, Brent McPherson, Daniel Bullock, Soichi Hayashi, Hu Cheng, Sharlene Newman, Nicholas Port, Franco Pestilli. Advanced white matter mapping in the subconcussive brain. AAN Sports Concussion Conference Big Ten-Ivy League TBI Research Consortium Summit	2018 2018
Franco Pestilli, Brent McPherson, Daniel Bullock, Andrea Avena-Koenigsberger, Joey Contreras, Cesar Caiafa, Olaf Sporns, Andrew Saykin. Multidimensional encoding of structural brain connectomes: Building quantitative biological networks with preserved edge properties to study the visual white matter and brain aging. Society for Neuroscience Network Science, Indianapolis IN.	2017 2017
Daniel Bullock, Hiromasa Takemura, Cesar F. Caiafa, Franco Pestilli. The posterior associative white matter network connecting temporal and parietal human brain lobes. Society for Neuroscience	2016
Daniel Bullock, Julian Moehlen, Brent McPherson, Cesar Caiafa, Hiromasa Takemura, Franco Pestilli. Evidence for a direct white matter tract between human parietal and inferotemporal cortex. Association for Psychological Science, Annual Convention	2016
Daniel Bullock, Ryan Wong, John Godwin. Localization of differential neuron activity in zebrafish with distinct stress dispositions using c-fos activity. State of North Carolina Undergraduate Research & Creativity Symposium NC State Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium NCSU Spring Biology Capstone Symposium	2014 2014 2014
Daniel Bullock, Sook Won Ryu, Ashis Mondal, James Yoo, John Jackson. Towards Engineered Thymic Tissue Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine Research Day	2013

GRANTS & HONORS
Grants & Awards: 1. Neuroimaging NIH Postdoctoral Training Fellowship (T32) 2. Clinical Translational NIMH Predoctoral Training Fellowship (T32) 3. Center for Information and Neural Networks (CiNet) fellowship 4. Psychological and Brain Sciences departmental fellowship 5. Spring/Summer NCSU Undergraduate Research Grant 6. Spring/Summer NCSU Undergraduate Research Grant	1. Jan 2022 - Present 2. Fall 2018 - Spring 2020 3. Winter 2016 - 2017 4. Fall 2015 - Spring 2017 5. 2014 6. 2013
Honors / Academic Internships: Data Science for the Public Good (DSPG) Young Scholars program Indiana Science Communication Day, IU Representative UW eScience Institute Neurohackacademy Summer Scholar SENS Research Foundation Summer Research Intern Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine Summer Scholar	2020 2020 2019 2013 2013

Daniel N. Bullock

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