birth_place ethnicity fields workplaces name birth_date known_for residence article_title citizenship alma_mater
sarangarh , chhattisgarh , india hindu psychiatry , cognitive neuroscience university of minnesota , harvard medical school rajendra badgaiyan 14 july 1955 developing single scan dynamic molecular imaging technique minneapolis , usa rajendra badgaiyan
 usa gandhi school , boston , usa medical college , bhopal , india harvard medical
rajendra badgaiyan

professor rajendra d badgaiyan -lrb- born 1955 -rrb- is an indian-american psychiatrist and cognitive neuroscientist .
he is best known for developing a new neuroimaging technique for detection of acute changes in concentration of dopamine released in the live human brain during performance of a cognitive .
behavioral or emotional task .
the technique is called single scan dynamic molecular imaging technique and it uses positron emission tomography -lrb- pet -rrb- for detection , mapping and measurement of dopamine released during brain processing .
this technique has for the first time allowed scientists to detect changes in the concentration of neurotransmitters released acutely during task performance .
it expanded the scope of neuroimaging studies by allowing detection of neurochemical changes associated with the brain processing .
prof badgaiyan is also known for his theory of supervisory attentional system badgaiyan was born and raised in india .
he graduated with mbbs and md degrees from gandhi medical college bhopal and received ma degree in psychology from bhopal university .
he taught neurophysiology in medical schools in bhopal , rohtak and banaras hindu university .
in india he was awarded a number of prizes and awards including the prestigious bk anand prize of the association of physiologists and pharmacologists of india in 1991 .
he developed neurophysiology laboratory at gandhi medical college and behavior research laboratory at banaras hindu university according to his cv .
in 1995 he moved to the us to work with prof michael posner at university of oregon .
he was trained in brain imaging and cognitive neuroscience at oregon , western psychiatric institute and clinic at university of pittsburgh massachusetts general hospital , harvard university , harvard medical school and massachusetts institute of technology .
at harvard he worked in the laboratory of daniel schacter .
and finished psychiatry residency training program at harvard medical school .
during the training he received the solomon award for the best young researcher and the dupont and livingston prizes .
in 2004 he received prize for outstanding research conducted at massachusetts general hospital and was recognized as one of the promising young investigators by the society of nuclear medicine .
in 2009 he moved to university at buffalo to establish molecular imaging laboratory .
he also served as the director of outpatient chemical dependency clinic at buffalo .
in 2014 he moved to university of minnesota at minneapolis to accept a position of tenured professor of psychiatry .
he was also appointed neuromodulation scholar of the university and the director of the laboratory of advanced radiochemistry and that of molecular and functional imaging .
