Morse Scholar Alumni 2018–2020
Current Position
Post-Doctoral Researcher, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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About
Jose is a postdoctoral trainee in Medical Physics a UW-Madison. His research has had an emphasis in developing and implementing methods based on quantitative diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (dMRI) for the non-invasive study of brain tissue micro-structure. Applications of such methods include the study of brain development as well as the investigation of neurological conditions like autism, traumatic brain injury, and cerebral palsy. His expertise includes multivariate analytic methods for precision-medicine analyses; dMRI signal model optimization; data processing pipelines for neuroimaging studies in both human and preclinical animal models; construction of test objects (phantoms) for apparent diffusion coefficient, relaxometry (T1,T2), and elastography quantification; and MRI pulse sequence and protocol development.
Education
| 2009 | BS | ||
| 20?? | PhD | University of Wisconsin-Madison | |
| 2018–2020 | Morse Scholar | Major Professor: Andy Alexander, PhD | Waisman Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison |
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Selected Publications
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Surgent, O., Guerrero-Gonzalez, J., Dean, D. C., 3rd, Adluru, N., Kirk, G. R., Kecskemeti, S. R., Alexander, A. L., Li, J. J., & Travers, B. G. (2024). Microstructural neural correlates of maximal grip strength in autistic children: the role of the cortico-cerebellar network and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder features. Frontiers in integrative neuroscience, 18, 1359099. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnint.2024.1359099
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Guerrero-Gonzalez, J. M., Kirk, G. R., Birn, R., Bigler, E. D., Bowen, K., Broman, A. T., Rosario, B. L., Butt, W., Beers, S. R., Bell, M. J., Alexander, A. L., Ferrazzano, P. A., & ADAPT MRI Biomarkers Investigators (2024). Multi-modal MRI of hippocampal morphometry and connectivity after pediatric severe TBI. Brain imaging and behavior, 18(1), 159–170. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11682-023-00818-x
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Travers, B. G., Surgent, O., Guerrero-Gonzalez, J., Dean, D. C., 3rd, Adluru, N., Kecskemeti, S. R., Kirk, G. R., Alexander, A. L., Zhu, J., Skaletski, E. C., Naik, S., & Duran, M. (2024). Role of autonomic, nociceptive, and limbic brainstem nuclei in core autism features. Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research, 17(2), 266–279. https://doi.org/10.1002/aur.3096
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DiPiero, M., Cordash, H., Prigge, M. B., King, C. K., Morgan, J., Guerrero-Gonzalez, J., Adluru, N., King, J. B., Lange, N., Bigler, E. D., Zielinski, B. A., Alexander, A. L., Lainhart, J. E., & Dean, D. C., 3rd (2023). Tract- and gray matter- based spatial statistics show white matter and gray matter microstructural differences in autistic males. Frontiers in neuroscience, 17, 1231719. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2023.1231719
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Surgent, O., Guerrero-Gonzalez, J., Dean, D. C., 3rd, Kirk, G. R., Adluru, N., Kecskemeti, S. R., Alexander, A. L., & Travers, B. G. (2023). How we get a grip: Microstructural neural correlates of manual grip strength in children. NeuroImage, 273, 120117. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2023.120117
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Surgent, O., Riaz, A., Ausderau, K. K., Adluru, N., Kirk, G. R., Guerrero-Gonzalez, J., Skaletski, E. C., Kecskemeti, S. R., Dean Iii, D. C., Weismer, S. E., Alexander, A. L., & Travers, B. G. (2022). Brainstem white matter microstructure is associated with hyporesponsiveness and overall sensory features in autistic children. Molecular autism, 13(1), 48. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13229-022-00524-3
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Guerrero-Gonzalez, J. M., Yeske, B., Kirk, G. R., Bell, M. J., Ferrazzano, P. A., & Alexander, A. L. (2022). Mahalanobis distance tractometry (MaD-Tract) – a framework for personalized white matter anomaly detection applied to TBI. NeuroImage, 260, 119475. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2022.119475