Franco Pestilli
- Associate Professor of Psychology
- Neuroscience
Accepting graduate students 25-26 academic year
Contact Information
Biography
Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Texas, Austin. Dr. Pestilli joined the University of Texas in 2020. Prior to that, he was Associate Professor at Indiana University. Dr. Pestilli holds a Ph.D. from New York University and a B.A. from the University of Rome La Sapienza and received Postdoctoral Training at Stanford University and Columbia University.
Research
The research in the laboratory of Dr. Pestilli focuses on understanding brain networks, and brain white matter. Major efforts in the laboratory of Dr. Pestilli focus on promoting openness, trust, and standardization of scientific research. Dr. Pestilli is the Director and Founder of the cloud computing platform brainlife.io, the platform serves thousands of users and promotes scientific education, transparency, and rigor. brainlife.io has enabled researchers to assess how brain networks are affected by disease and change across the lifespan.
Fields of Interest
- Computational
- Behavior
- Cognition/Sensory Systems
- Computational/Theoretical
Publications
2022
Mapping the Microstructure and Striae of the Human Olfactory Tract with Diffusion MRI
Shiloh L. Echevarria-Cooper Guangyu Zhou Christina Zelano Franco Pestilli Todd B. Parrish Thorsten Kahnt
The Journal of Neuroscience Jan 2022 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1552-21.20212021
Deep learning and cross-species analysis identify the influences of sex and cannabinoid signaling on cerebellar vermis morphology.Kylie Black Brent McPherson John Hainline Shawyon Baygani Brynna Webb Tristen Mier Amanda Essex Ken MackieFranco Pestilli Anna Kalinovsky
Jul 2021 10.1101/2021.07.03.450642International Data Governance for Neuroscience
Damian Eke Amy Bernard Jan G. Bjaalie Ricardo Chavarriaga Takashi Hanakawa Anthony Hannan Sean HillMaryann Elizabeth Martone Agnes McMahon Oliver Ruebel Edda Thiels Franco Pestilli
Jun 2021 10.31234/osf.io/esz9b
Development of white matter tracts between and within the dorsal and ventral streams
S. Vinci-Booher B. Caron D. Bullock K. James F. Pestilli
Jan 2021 10.1101/2021.01.27.428423In defense of decentralized research data management
Michael Hanke Franco Pestilli Adina S. Wagner Christopher J. Markiewicz Jean-Baptiste Poline Yaroslav O. Halchenko
Neuroforum Jan 2021 10.1515/nf-2020-00372020
A single-mode associates global patterns of brain network structure and behavior across the human lifespan
Brent McPherson Franco Pestilli
Sep 2020 10.1101/2020.09.24.312090The visual white matter connecting human area prostriata and the thalamus is retinotopically organized
Jan W. Kurzawski Kyriaki Mikellidou Maria Concetta Morrone Franco Pestilli
Brain Structure and Function Jul 2020 10.1007/s00429-020-02096-5Visual information routes in the posterior dorsal and ventral face network studied with intracranial neurophysiology, and white matter tract endpoints
M Babo-Rebelo A Puce D Bullock L Hugueville F Pestilli C Adam K Lehongre V Lambrecq V Dinkelacker N George
May 2020 10.1101/2020.05.22.102046The visual white matter connecting human area prostriata and the thalamus is retinotopically organized
Jan W. Kurzawski Kyriaki Mikellidou Maria Concetta Morrone Franco Pestilli
Apr 2020 10.1101/2020.04.19.047993Classifyber, a robust streamline-based linear classifier for white matter bundle segmentation
Giulia Bertò Daniel Bullock Pietro Astolfi Soichi Hayashi Luca Zigiotto Luciano Annicchiarico Francesco CorsiniAlessandro De Benedictis Silvio Sarubbo Franco Pestilli Paolo Avesani Emanuele Olivetti
Feb 2020 10.1101/2020.02.10.942714Advanced mapping of the human white matter microstructure better separates elite sports participation
Bradley Caron Daniel Bullock Lindsey Kitchell Brent McPherson Derek Alexander Kellar Hu Cheng Sharlene D. NewmanNicholas L. Port Franco Pestilli
Jan 2020 10.31234/osf.io/dxaqp