Overview
biography
- Dr. Robert Laird earned a BS in Physics from Eastern Kentucky University and an MS and PhD in Physics from Florida State University. He is an experimental nuclear and medical physicist whose research interests lie at the interdisciplinary junction between physics and medicine. Over the past decade, Dr. Laird has directed over 20 undergraduate research projects and senior theses related to radiation detection metrology and functional magnetic resonance imaging. He has received numerous teaching awards including the Texas Lutheran University Professor of the Year Award, St. Mary's University Delta Zeta Outstanding Professor Award, and Trinity University's Alpha Lambda Delta Outstanding Professor Award. Dr. Laird's current research activities are funded by the National Institutes of Health.
research interests
- Medical Physics
Affiliation
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- Center for Imaging Science Facility
Scholarly & Creative Works
selected scholarly works & creative activities
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2024Methods for decoding cortical gradients of functional connectivityFull Text via DOI: 10.1162/imag_a_00081
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2019Brain activity links performance in science reasoning with conceptual approachFull Text via DOI: 10.1038/s41539-019-0059-8 Web of Science: 000609469900001
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2019Sex differences in brain correlates of STEM anxietyFull Text via DOI: 10.1038/s41539-019-0058-9 Web of Science: 000609468600001
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2008Modeling motor connectivity using TMS/PET and structural equation modeling. NEUROIMAGE. 41:424-436.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2008.01.065 Web of Science: 000256271100025
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2007Rotational structures and their evolution with spin in Gd152. PHYSICAL REVIEW C. 75:064314.Full Text via DOI: 10.1103/physrevc.75.064314
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2002High precision quadrupole moment measurements of states up to I=20ħ in the yrast band of 158Er. PHYSICAL REVIEW C. 65:034320.Full Text via DOI: 10.1103/physrevc.65.034320
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2000Highly deformed rotational structures in 136Pm. PHYSICAL REVIEW C. 62:031304.Full Text via DOI: 10.1103/physrevc.62.031304
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2000Discrete line γ-ray spectroscopy in the (50–60)ħ spin domain of 161,162Er. PHYSICAL REVIEW C. 62:024321.Full Text via DOI: 10.1103/physrevc.62.024321
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1999Highly deformed structures in the mass∼130 region and their relative quadrupole moments. 11TH CONFERENCE ON THE INTERSECTIONS OF PARTICLE AND NUCLEAR PHYSICS (CIPANP 2012). 481:383-392.Full Text via DOI: 10.1063/1.59522
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1999Differential quadrupole moment measurements of the 1/2+[660] (i13/2) neutron intruder band in 133Nd and 135Nd. PHYSICAL REVIEW C. 60:011303.Full Text via DOI: 10.1103/physrevc.60.011303
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1999Relative quadrupole deformations for decoupled structures in the odd-odd 130Pr and 132Pr nuclei. PHYSICAL REVIEW C. 59:3076-3085.Full Text via DOI: 10.1103/physrevc.59.3076
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1999Relative quadrupole deformations for structures in odd proton Pr nuclei near mass. JOURNAL OF PHYSICS G-NUCLEAR AND PARTICLE PHYSICS. 25:893.Full Text via DOI: 10.1088/0954-3899/25/4/063
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1999Configuration and unusually fast decay of the Kπ=16- four-quasiparticle isomer in 182Re. PHYSICAL REVIEW C. 59:r575-r579.Full Text via DOI: 10.1103/physrevc.59.r575
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1998Observation of three-quasiparticle structures in the N=88 nucleus 153Tb. PHYSICAL REVIEW C. 58:1321-1324.Full Text via DOI: 10.1103/physrevc.58.1321
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1998Quadrupole moment measurement of the highly deformed πg9/2⊗νh11/2 band in 130Pr. EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL A. 2:249-251.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s100500050116
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1998High-K quasiparticle structures in 159Er and 160Er. EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL A. 1:267-274.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s100500050061
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Book Chapter
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2000The A~130 Highly-Deformed Region: New Results and Global Differential Lifetime Measurements. 365-377.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-4257-5_51
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Conference
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2018Higher Liver Fibrosis and Iron Status with Magnetic Resonance Elastography in HIV. HEPATOLOGY. 619A-620A.Web of Science: 000446020501281
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2018MR Elastography Detects Higher Liver Fibrosis in HIV Infected Cocaine Users in the Miami Adult Studies on HIV (MASH) Cohort. HEPATOLOGY. 618A-618A.Web of Science: 000446020501278
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2009Modeling motor learning connectivity using coordinate-based meta-analysis and TMS/PET. 1079-1082.Full Text via DOI: 10.1109/ACSSC.2009.5470062
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Other Scholarly Work
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2023Methods for decoding cortical gradients of functional connectivityFull Text via DOI: 10.1101/2023.08.01.551505
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Preprint
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2021Intelligence and academic performance: Is it all in your head?Full Text via DOI: 10.1101/2021.01.23.427928
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