Heather Kosakowski, Ph.D.

Heather Kosakowski received her B.A. in neuroscience from Wellesley College and a Ph.D. in cognitive science from MIT. Her work in the Buckner Lab focuses on how the striatum is organized and interacts with networks that span association cortices. In the future, Kosakowski hopes to combine her pre-doctoral training with her post-doctoral training to better understand infant brain function and organization.

Principal Investigator: Randy Buckner

Fellow: Yourdanos (Jordan) Eyassu

Undergraduate Fellow Project:

Recent advances in fMRI research has enabled precise definition and interrogation of networks that span association cortex in the cerebrum. It is unknown how the human striatum functions in relation to these networks. This project will focus on precision neuroimaging techniques to better understand human striatal organization and function within individuals. The undergraduate fellow for this project will learn about striatal function, have hands-on experience collecting and analyzing fMRI data, and gain a deeper understanding of networks associated with the striatum.