Erin M. Buckley, Ph.D

Department of Physics and Astronomy

University of Pennsylvania

209 S. 33^rd St.

Philadelphia, PA 19104

Office: (215) 573-6406

Fax: (215) 573-6391

ebuckle2@sas.upenn.edu

http://www.sas.upenn.edu/~ebuckle2/

EDUCATION

Postdoctoral Fellowship, July 2011 to present

Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA

Doctor of Philosophy, Physics June 2011

University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Masters of Science, Physics December 2008

University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Bachelor of Arts, Physics May 2005

College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Postdoctoral Fellow July 2011 - present

Advisor: Daniel J. Licht, Department of Neurology, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

-Employ diffuse optical spectroscopies to monitor post-operative cerebral hemodynamics in neonates with heart defects to predict brain injury.

Doctoral Dissertation June, 2006 – June 2011

Advisor: Arjun G. Yodh, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania

-Focused on the use of diffuse optics to monitor cerebral hemodynamics and to predict brain injury in critically-ill neonates.

-Constructed three new hybrid instruments incorporating near infrared spectroscopy and diffuse correlation spectroscopy.

-Simulated photon propagation through tissue using Monte Carlo.

-Participated in numerous research studies that validate the diffuse optics results.

Senior Honors Thesis Fall 2004, Spring 2005

Advisor: Todd D. Averett, Department of Physics, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA

-Developed an electron paramagnetic resonance system to measure polarization of ³He target cells used to study the structure of the neutron.

Laboratory Assistant Fall 2003, Spring 2004

Advisor: Todd D. Averett, Department of Physics, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA

-Enhanced nuclear magnetic resonance system to accurately measure polarization of ³He target cells.

Summer Research Summers 2003, 2004

-Advisor: Gary M. Atkinson, Department of Electrical Engineering, Virginia Commonwealth University

-Advisor: Todd D. Averett, Research Experience for Undergraduates

Department of Physics, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Teaching Assistant Fall 2005- Spring 2007

Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania

- Taught two three hour introductory physics labs per week for around 30 students per semester (two semesters total).

- Graded homework assignments for honors introductory physics, two semesters.

Private Tutor 2002-2011

- Tutor calculus, multivariable calculus, and geometry.

RELEVANT WORK EXPERIENCE

Graduate Assistant Fall 2005- Spring 2008

Rodin College House, University of Pennsylvania

-Served as a mentor/advisor to 36 upperclassmen per year.

-Organized hall programs and house wide programs (for over 800 residents).

-Involved in the hiring process for new staff members.

Summer Intern Summer 2005

Philip Morris USA, Richmond, VA

-Assisted in research testing of new products.

Resident Assistant Fall 2002-Spring 2005

College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA

-Served as a mentor/advisor to both freshman and upperclassmen.

-Organized hall programs to enhance sense of community.

HONORS/AWARDS

Best Student Poster Presentation Award April 2010

- Awarded to 10 - 20 best student poster presenters who demonstrate outstanding research and scientific presentation skills in the Biomedical Optics field.

GAPSA Travel Grant March, 2008

-Awarded to supplement cost of attending the Optical Society of America's annual Biomedical Optics conference.

Penn Prize for Excellence in Teaching by Graduate Students May, 2006

-Awarded annually to ten graduate students in the university nominated by undergraduates.

SKILLS

Computer Systems:	Programming Languages:	Miscellaneous:
Windows	Matlab	Microsoft Office
Mac OSX	Visual Basic 6.0	R
Linux	LabView	Monte Carlo Simulations
	C/C^++	SPM5

PUBLICATIONS

Erin M. Buckley, Donna A. Goff, Jennifer M. Lynch, Maryam Y. Naim, Laura K. Diaz, Susan C. Nicolson, MD; Lisa M. Montenegro, Natasha A. Lavin, Turgut Durduran, Thomas L. Spray, J. William Gaynor, Mary E. Putt, A. G. Yodh, Mark A. Fogel, Daniel J. Licht, Sodium Bicarbonate Causes A Dose-Dependent Increase in Cerebral Blood Flow in Children with Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Submitted.

Erin M. Buckley, Dalton Hance , Thomas Pawlowski, Jennifer M. Lynch, Felice B. Wilson, Rickson C. Mesquita, Turgut Durduran, Laura K. Diaz, Mary E. Putt, Daniel J. Licht, Mark A. Fogel, and Arjun G Yodh. Validation of Diffuse Correlation Spectroscopic Measurements of Cerebral Blood Flow Using Phase-Encoded Velocity Mapping MRI. Journal of Biomedical Optics, In Press.

Rickson C. Mesquita, Turgut Durduran, Guoqiang Yu, Erin M. Buckley, Meeri N. Kim, Chao Zhou, Regine Choe, Ulas Sunar, and Arjun G. Yodh. Direct Measurement of Tissue Blood Flow & Metabolism with Diffuse Optics. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A, In Press, 2011.

Donna A. Goff, Erin M. Buckley, Turgut Durduran, Jiongjong Wang, and Daniel J. Licht. Noninvasive Cerebral Perfusion Imaging in High-Risk Neonates. Seminars in Perinatology, 34(1):48-58, 2010.

Meeri N. Kim, Turgut Durduran, Suzanne Frangos, Brian L. Edlow, Erin M. Buckley, Heather E. Moss, Chao Zhou, uoqiang Yu, Regine Choe, Eileen Maloney-Wilensky, Ronald L. Wolf, M. Sean Grady, Joel H. Greenberg, Joshua M. Levine, Arjun G. Yodh, John A. Detre and W. Andrew Kofke. Noninvasive Measurement of Cerebral Blood Flow and Blood Oxygenation Using Near-Infrared and Diffuse Correlation Spectroscopies in Critically Brain-Injured Adults. Neurocritical Care, 12(2):173-180, April 2010.

Turgut Durduran, Chao Zhou, Erin M. Buckley, Meeri N. Kim, Guoqiang Yu, Regine Choe, J. William Gaynor, Thomas L. Spray, Suzanne M. Durning, Stefanie E. Mason, Lisa M. Montenegro, Susan C. Nicolson, Robert A. Zimmerman, Mary E. Putt, Jiongjiong Wang, Joel H. Greenberg, John A. Detre, Arjun G. Yodh, and Daniel J. Licht. Optical measurement of cerebral hemodynamics and oxygen metabolism in neonates with congenital heart defects. J. Biomedical Optics, 15(3):037004, May 2010.

Erin M Buckley, N M Cook, T Durduran, M N Kim, C Zhou, R Choe, G Yu, S Shultz, C M Sehgal, D J Licht, P H Arger, M E Putt, H H Hurt, A G Yodh. Cerebral Hemodynamics in Preterm Infants During Positional Intervention Measured with Diffuse Correlation Spectroscopy and Transcranial Doppler Ultrasound, Optics Express 17(14), 2009.

CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

Buckley, EM et al (2011) Cerebral Hemodynamic Effects of Blood Transfusions in Neonates Measured with Diffuse Optics. Poster presentation at BRAIN 2011: XXVth International Symposium on Cerebral Blood Flow, Metabolism, and Function, Barcelona, Spain.

Buckley, EM et al (2011) Cerebral Effects of Blood Transfusions in Neonates with Congenital Heart Defects. Oral presentation at the BIOS SPIE Photonics meeting, San Francisco, CA.

Buckley, EM et al (2010) Pre-surgical Cerebral Hemodynamic Monitoring of Patients with Single Ventricle Congenital Heart Defects During Hypercapnia. Poster Presentation at the conference on Functional Near Infrared Spectroscopy, Boston, MA.

Buckley, EM et al (2010) Cerebral Hemodynamics During Hypercapnia in Neonates With Complex Congenital Heart Defects. Poster Presentation at 20^th Annual CHOP Research Poster Day, Philadelphia, PA.

Buckley, EM et al (2010) Cerebral Metabolism Changes During Hypercapnia in Neonates with Congenital Heart Defects. Poster Presentation at Human Brain Mapping, Barcelona, Spain.

Buckley, EM et al (2010) Post-Surgical Cerebral Autoregulation in Neonates with Congenital Heart Defects Monitored With Diffuse Correlation Spectroscopy. Poster Presentation at OSA Biomedical Optics Meeting, Miami Beach, FL.

Buckley, EM et al (2010) Monitoring Cerebral Hemodynamics in Critically Ill Neonates. Invited Talk at American Society for Photobiology Annual Meeting, Providence, RI.

Buckley, EM et al (2009) Arterial spin-labeled MRI validation of diffuse correlation spectroscopy for non-invasive, continuous monitoring of cerebral blood flow in neonates. Poster Presentation NIH Inter-Institute Workshop on Optical Diagnostic and Biophotonic Methods from Bench to Bedside, Bethesda, MD.

Durduran, T et al (2009) Probing Cerebral Hemodynamics with Diffuse Optics: Vascular Reactivity to Hypercapnia in Neonates with Severe Congenital Heart Defects. Oral presentation at BRAIN 09: XXIVth International Symposium on Cerebral Blood Flow, Metabolism, and Function, Chicago, IL.

Buckley, EM et al (2009). Monitoring Cerebral Blood Flow in Neonates with Diffuse Correlation Spectroscopy. Oral presentation at the BIOS SPIE Photonics meeting, San Jose, CA.

Buckley, EM et al (2008). Hemodynamic Changes in Preterm Infants Using Diffuse Correlation Spectroscopy and Doppler Ultrasound. Poster presentation at OSA Biomedical Optics Meeting, St. Petersburg, FL.

Durduran, T et al (2008). Validation of Diffuse Correlation Spectroscopy for Non-invasive, Continuous Monitoring of CBF in Neonates with Congenital Heart Defects. Poster presentation at ANA annual meeting, Salt Lake City, UT.