CURRICULUM VITAE
Damion V. Demeter
ddemeter@ucsd.edu • damiondemeter.com • github.com/iamdamion
Education
PhD Psychology (Cognitive Neuroscience) | The University of Texas at Austin |
Austin, TX |
Advisor: Jessica A. Church, PhD |
Conferred: 2021 |
MA Counseling Psychology | Pacific University, School of Professional Psych |
Hillsboro, OR |
Master’s Thesis: “Disruptive Behavior Reduction: Treating Comorbid ODD” |
Conferred: 2012 |
BFA Film and Television (Editing) | Chapman University |
Orange, CA |
Research Interests
•Quantifying individual differences of functional brain network organization in typical and atypical development
•Integration and organizational trajectories of attention networks during development
•Technical Skills: Python, R, Docker, Singularity, FreeSurfer, FMRIB Software Library (FSL), Connectome Workbench, Gephi Graph Visualization, PsychoPy, Git, BIDS
•Fields: graph theory, machine learning, open science initiatives, cognitive neuroscience, psychology
Research Experience |
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Graduate Research Assistant | The Greene Lab |
University of California, San Diego |
PI: Deanna J. Greene, PhD |
Aug 2021 – Present |
Graduate Research Assistant | Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience Lab |
The University of Texas at Austin |
PI: Jessica A. Church, PhD |
Aug 2016 – Aug 2021 |
Research Assistant II | Fair Neuroimaging Lab |
Oregon Health and Science University |
PI: Damien A. Fair, PA-C, PhD |
Mar 2013 – Aug 2016 |
Professional Service |
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2020 |
PsyArXiv Moderator |
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2020 |
OHBM Brainhack – Americas Hub & Brainhack Team Member |
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2020 |
Neuromatch 2.0 – Organizational Team |
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2020 |
Neuromatch Conference – Organizational Team |
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2020 |
PyCon – Python Tutorial Reviewer |
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2019 |
Brainhack Global – Organizational Committee Member |
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Honors and Awards
2020 Graduate School Continuing Fellowship - The University of Texas at Austin 2020 NIH Outstanding Scholars in Neuroscience Award Program (OSNAP)
2019 Travel Award - ABCD Workshop 2019, Portland, OR
2019 Travel Award - NeuroHackademy 2019, Seattle, WA
2018 Professional Development Award - Dept. of Psychology, The University of Texas at Austin 2018 John W. Dallenbach Fellowship - Dept. of Psychology, The University of Texas at Austin 2017 John W. Dallenbach Fellowship - Dept. of Psychology, The University of Texas at Austin
Publications
Levitis, E., Gould van Praag, C.D., Gau, R., Heunis, S., DuPre, E.,…Demeter, D.V., Maumet, C. (2021). Centering inclusivity in the design of online conferences – An OHBM-Open Science perspective. GigaScience 10(8) doi: 10.1093/gigascience/giab051
Gau, R., Noble, S., Heuer, K., Bottenhorn, K.L., Bilgin, I.P.,…Demeter, D.V., Zuo, X-N (2021). Brainhack: Developing a culture of open, inclusive, community-driven neuroscience. Neuron 109(11) doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2021.04.001
Weng, T.B., Vela, R.D., Weber, W., Dodla, M., Heinsfeld, A.S.,…Demeter, D.V.,…Craddock, R.C. (2021). The impact of customized head molds on motion and motion-related artifacts from structural and functional MRI scans in children. medRxiv doi: 10.1101/2021.03.24.21253213
Kong, X-Z, ENIGMA Laterality Working Group, Francks, C. (2020). Reproducibiility in the absence of selective reporting: An illustration from large-scale brain asymmetry research. Human Brain Mapping 1(11) doi: 10.1002/hbm.25154
Cordova, M., Shada, K., Demeter, D.V., Doyle, O., Miranda-Dominguez, O.,…Feczko, E. (2020). Heterogeneity of executive function revealed by a functional random forest approach across ADHD and ASD. NeuroImage Clin. 26 doi: 10.1016/j.nicl.2020.102245
Demeter, D.V., Engelhardt, L.E., Mallett, R., Gordon, E.M., Nugiel, T.,…Church, J.A. (2020). Functional connectivity fingerprints at rest are similar across youths and adults and vary with genetic similarity, iScience, 20(1) doi: 10.1016/j.isci. 2019.100801
Anandakumar, J., Mills, K.L., Earl, E.A., Irwin, L., Miranda-Dominguez, O., Demeter, D.V.,…Fair, D.A. (2018). Individual differences in
functional brain connectivity predict temporal discounting preference in the transition to adolescence, Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 34, 101-113
Kong, X-Z., Mathias, S.R., Guadalupe, T., Glahn, D.C., Franke, B., Crivello, F.,…Francks, C. (2018). Mapping cortical brain asymmetry in 17,141 healthy individuals worldwide via the ENIGMA Consortium. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 83, doi:10.1073/pnas.1718418115
Feczko, E., Balba, N.M., Miranda-Dominguez, O., Cordova, M., Karalunas, S.L., Irwin, L., Demeter, D.V.,…Fair, D.A. (2018). Subtyping cognitive profiles in Autism Spectrum Disorder using a Functional Random Forest algorithm, NeuroImage, 172, 674-688, doi:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2017.12.044
Scheuer, H., Alarcón, G., Demeter, D.V., Earl, E., Fair, D.A., & Nagel, B.J. (2017). Reduced fronto-amygdalar connectivity in adolescence is associated with increased depression symptoms over time. Psychiatry Res Neuroimaging, 266, 35-41, doi:10.1016/j.pscychresns.2017.05.012
Earl, E., Demeter, D.V., Mills, K., Mihai, G., Ruzic, L., Ketz, N., … Gorgolewski, K.J. (2016). 2015 Brainhack Proceedings: Human Connectome Project Minimal Preprocessing Pipelines to Nipype. GigaScience, 5(S1), 1–26, doi:10.1186/s13742-016-0147-0-h
Graham, A.M., Buss, C., Rasmussen, J.M., Rudolph, M.D., Demeter, D.V., Gilmore, J.H.,...Fair, D.A. (2016). Implications of newborn amygdala connectivity for fear and cognitive development at 6-months-of-age. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 18, 12-25, doi: 10.1016/j.dcn.2015.09.006
Demeter, D.V., & Davis, S.E. (2013) Procrastination as a tool: Exploring unconventional components of academic success. Creative Education, 04(07), 144-149. doi:10.4236/ce.2013.47A2018
Presentations
2021 Nugiel, T., Demeter, D.V., Mitchell, M.E., Garza, A., Juranek, J., Church, J.A. “Functional connectivity of cognitive control and learning systems in English learners”. Flux Virtual Congress, September 2021; Flash Talk & Poster Presentation
2021 Demeter, D.V., Gordon, E.M., Nugiel, T., Garza, A., Larguinho, T.L., Church, J.A. “Resting State Cortical Hubs in Youths”. Flux Virtual Congress, September 2021; Poster Presentation
2021 Demeter, D.V., Roe, M.A., Gordon, E.M., Mitchell, M., Nugiel, T., Larguinho, T., Garza, A., Church, J.A. “Quantifying Patterns of Resting State fMRI Associated with EF Task Performance in Youths”. Society for Research in Child Development, (Virtual), April 2021; Poster Presentation
2021 Nugiel, T., Mitchell, M., Demeter, D.V., Garza, A., Juranek, J., Church, J.A. “Neurobiological evidence for the role of cognitive control for reading and math in English Learners”. Society for Research in Child Development, (Virtual), April 2021; Poster
2021 Larguinho, T., Demeter, D.V., Jackson, N., Mitchell, M., Jacob, A., Garcia, N., Church, J.A. “Evaluating the impact of daytime and sleeping movements on executive function”. Society for Research in Child Development, (Virtual), April 2021; Poster
2020 Nugiel, T., Mitchell, M., Demeter, D.V., Juranek, J., Church, J.A. “Brain activity in cognitive control systems is related to academic skill in English Learners.” Flux Congress, (Virtual), September 2020; Poster Presentation (#1-E-24)
2020 Demeter, D.V., Roe, M.A., Gordon, E.M, Mitchell, M., Nugiel, T., Larguinho, T., Garza, A., Church, J.A. “Are graph metrics of rs-fMRI a viable predictor of EF task performance in youths?.” Flux Congress, Virtual, September 2020; Poster Presentation (Accepted)
2019 Demeter, D.V., Engelhardt, L.E., Mallett, R., Gordon, E.M, Nugiel, T., Juranek, J., Harden, K.P., Tucker-Drob, E.M., Lewis- Peacock, J.A., Church, J.A. “Functional connectivity at rest is similar across youths and adults and varies with genetic similarity.” Flux Congress, New York, NY, September 2019; Poster Presentation (#2-P112)
2018 Demeter, D.V., Engelhardt, L.E., Mallett, R., Roe, M.A., Nugiel, T., Mitchell, M.E., Juranek, J., Harden, K.P., Tucker-Drob, E.M., Lewis-Peacock, J.A., & Church, J.A. “Identifying twin pairs by classifying variability in whole-brain functional connectivity.” 48th annual Society for Neuroscience meeting, San Diego, California. November 2018; Poster Presentation (#III18)
2016 Mills, K.L., Earl, E., Miranda-Dominguez, O., Demeter, D.V., Weston, A.W., Buckley, S., Nigg, J., & Fair, D.A. “Cortical development of children with ADHD: Effects of motion on developmental trajectories.” Presented by Fair, D.A. at the 22nd annual Organization for Human Brain Mapping meeting, Geneva, Switzerland. June 2016; Poster Presentation (#2031)
2016 Anandakumar, J., Mills, K.L., Earl, E., Miranda-Dominguez, O., Demeter, D.V., Weston, A.W., Nigg, J., & Fair, D.A. “Age and neural maturation predict changes in temporal discounting during transition to adolescence.” Presented by Anandakumar, J. at the Oregon chapter meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, Portland, Oregon. May 2016; Poster Presentation
2015 Stein, H., Alarcón, G., Demeter, D.V., Earl, E., Fair, D.A., & Nagel, B.J. “Weaker baseline fronto-amygdalar resting state functional connectivity in healthy adolescents who escalate in depression symptoms over time.” 45st annual Society for Neuroscience meeting, Chicago, IL. October 2015; Poster Presentation
2015 Demeter, D.V., Earl, E., Cary, P., Hawkey, E.J., Painter, J.G., Nigg, J.T., & Fair, D.A. “The effects of stimulant medication on functional network development in ADHD.” (Updated Analyses) 21st annual Organization for Human Brain Mapping meeting, Honolulu, HI. June 2015; Poster Presentation (#1619)
2015 Hawkey, E.J., Demeter, D.V., Cary, P., Earl, E., Painter, J.G., Langhorst, M., Kriz, D., Hill, A., Fombonne, E., Nigg, J.T., & Fair, D.A. “Uncovering distinct neural networks through community detection in children with Autism.” 21st annual Organization for Human Brain Mapping meeting, Honolulu, HI. June 2015; Poster Presentation (#3804)
2015 Demeter, D.V., Earl, E., Cary, P., Hawkey, E.J., Painter, J.G., Nigg, J.T., & Fair, D.A. “The effects of stimulant medication on functional network development in ADHD.” 21st annual International Society for Research in Child and Adolescent Psychopathology meeting, Portland, OR. July 2015; Poster Presentation
2015 Ewens, L.A., Earl, E., Demeter, D.V., Addis, D.R., Fair, D., & Tippett, L.J. “Altered lateralization of resting-state networks in expert musicians.” 25th annual Rotman Research Institute Conference, Toronto, ON, Canada. March 2015; Poster
Presentation
2013 Demeter, D.V., & Davis, S.E. “Procrastination as a tool: Exploring unconventional components of academic success.” 11th Annual Hawaii International Conference on Education, Honolulu, HI. January 2013; Paper Session
Other Relevant Work
2015 Alarcón, G., Cservenka, A., Rudolph, M.D., Fair, D.A, Nagel, B.J. Developmental sex differences in resting state functional connectivity of amygdala sub-regions NeuroImage, Volume 115, Issue null, Pages 235-244. (Acknowledgement for development of MRI processing tools used for analyses.)
Guest Lectures and Workshops
Graduate Teaching Assistant – The University of Texas at Austin
2019 (Fall) Behavior Problems of Children (PSY339) - Prof: Jessica Church-Lang, PhD
2019 (Spring) Neural Plasticity and Behavior (PSY341K) - Prof: Theresa Jones, PhD
2018 (Fall) Human Brain Imaging in Psychology (PSY332D) - Prof: David Schnyer, PhD
2018 (Spring) Intro to Cognitive Psychology (PSY305) - Prof: Lauretta Reeves, PhD
2017 (Fall) Statistics and Research Methods (PSY418) - Prof: Robert Josephs, PhD
2017 (Sum) Intro to Child Psychology (S304) - Prof: Jessie-Raye Bauer, MA
2017 (Spring) Cognitive Neuroscience (PSY355N) - Prof: Alison Preston, PhD
2016 (Fall) Cognition (PSY355) - Prof: Lauretta Reeves, PhD
Guest Lectures and Workshops
The University of Texas at Austin (TA Guest Lectures)
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2018 |
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“Intercortical Recordings in Humans” (PSY332D) |
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2018 |
(Spring) |
“Neuroimaging and Cognition” (PSY305) |
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2017 |
(Fall) |
Statistics and Research Methods: Lab (PSY418) |
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2017 |
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“Are human brains unique? Brain evolution” (PSY355N) |
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2016 |
(Fall) |
“Introduction to fMRI” (PSY355) |
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Other Locations |
“Intro to Neuroimaging and Hemodynamics” - fMRI Nanocourse |
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2016 |
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Workshops |
Oregon Health & Science University | Profs: Damien Fair, PA-C, PhD & Bonnie Nagel, PhD |
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“The DCN Lab Neuroimaging Pipeline” – Lab Training Workshop |
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2020 |
(Fall) |
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2015 |
(Spring) |
The University of Texas at Austin | Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience Lab |
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“Introduction to fMRI Processing in Python” - Intern Training Workshops |
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2014 |
(Fall) |
Oregon Health & Science University | Fair Neuroimaging Lab |
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“fMRI Processing with Nipype and the PATH GUI” - Connectivity Corner Workshops |
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Oregon Health & Science University | Fair Neuroimaging Lab (OHSU Inter-Lab Training) |
Clinical Experience
2011 - 2012 Master’s Counseling Practicum | Intervention with Adolescents with Psychopathology LifeWorks NW, Nickerson Program, Portland, OR | Supervisor: Lurlene Shamsud-Din, MS, CADC
Provided individual, group, and milieu intervention services for adolescents with ADHD, depression, anxiety, and oppositional defiant disorder in day treatment setting. Monthly client supervision and case review, case presentation, and relevant research presentation. Designed, implemented, and trained staff on a behavioral assessment to aid in the tracking and treatment of client pica behavior. Provided staff training on fragile x syndrome.
Professional Membership
FLUX Society
Organization for Human Brain Mapping
Society for Neuroscience
Society for Research in Child Development
