Director of the DSCL Lab. He is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Columbia University and a Research Scientist at the New York State Psychiatric Institute. After receiving his MD and PhD at Washington University School of Medicine with Maurizio Corbetta and Larry Snyder, he completed his psychiatry residency at Columbia University while continuing his PhD work with Vincent Ferrera.  Afterwards he completed a T32 research fellowship with Daniel Javitt and has now joined the faculty at Columbia University and the New York State Psychiatric Institute. In addition, he is Co-Director of the C3N Center and Technical Director of the NYSPI MRI Unit. For his work, Gaurav has received a number of awards, including a NARSAD Young Investigator Award in 2015, a K23 Career Development Award in 2016, and a David Mahoney Neuroimaging Award from the Dana Foundation in 2017.  CV Google Scholar Profile

Associate Director

Data manager and works with the MR team to stream line multi modal data processing pipelines for all supported protocols.

Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry in the Division of Substance Use Disorders at Columbia University Medical Center. He received his M.D. from the University of Florida College of Medicine, completed his residency in general psychiatry at Washington University School of Medicine, and clinical fellowship in Addiction Psychiatry/T32 Research fellowship in Substance Use Disorders at Columbia University/NYSPI. His current research interests include using advanced functional imaging techniques to investigate mechanisms of changes protracted abstinence and cognitive control involved in relapse and recovery in alcohol use disorder. He was awarded an NIH K23 Career Development Award in 2024.

Research Assistant

C3N Research Scientist IV / Center Coordinator, Google Scholar Profile

Nicholas Foley, PhD

Postdoctoral Researcher, Google Scholar Profile

Gordon Highsmith Petty, PhD

Postdoctoral Researcher

MD/MA candidate Columbia University

MD/PhD candidate Columbia University

Alumni

Andrew Drysdale, MD/PhD

MaKenzie Ramsey, BS

Faith Drevlow, BS

Allen Qu, BS

Nicole MacIlvane, MA

Safia Mirza, BA

Nahian Chowdhury, BA

Fabiola Plaza, BA

Marie Mathieu, MS

Daniel Ruiz-Betancourt, BA

Yvette Dzumaga, MD/MBA

Johanne Solis, MS

Laura Bartel, BS

Sophie Arkin, MA