Daniil Aksenov is the Director of the MR Center and Chief Research Scientist at NorthShore University HealthSystem, Senior Clinician Researcher at University of Chicago, and Professor (Adjunct) of Biomedical Engineering at Northwestern University. Aksenov’s research focuses on the study of brain tissue oxygen regulation and short/long term effects of neonatal anesthesia. He earned his MD in Internal Medicine in 1996 and PhD in Neurology in 2000. Dr. Aksenov has many years of experience in the field of electrophysiology and MR imaging. In terms of methods, he has focused on improving the traditional approach of single-neuron recording by adding localized injections simultaneously with MR imaging, optogenetics and brain tissue oxygen recording in awake state. Dr. Aksenov has also spent many years developing the techniques used in brain surgeries for multimodal and artifact-free recording.