Richard Betzel, Ph.D.

E-MAIL: [email protected]

Advising Statement

Research Interests:

My lab uses tools from network neuroscience to map the architecture of biological neural networks across spatial scales and species. Our aim is to understand how connectome architecture supports brain function and how insults and miswiring lead to maladaptive behavior and disease.

Publications

• Betzel, R., Puxeddu, M. G., & Seguin, C. (2024). Hierarchical communities in the larval Drosophila connectome: Links to cellular annotations and network topology. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 121(38), e2320177121.
• Tanner, J., Faskowitz, J., Teixeira, A. S., Seguin, C., Coletta, L., Gozzi, A., ... & Betzel, R. F. (2024). A multi-modal, asymmetric, weighted, and signed description of anatomical connectivity. Nature communications, 15(1), 5865.
• Betzel, R. F., Faskowitz, J., & Sporns, O. (2023). Living on the edge: network neuroscience beyond nodes. Trends in cognitive sciences, 27(11), 1068-1084.
• Zamani Esfahlani, F., Faskowitz, J., Slack, J., Mišić, B., & Betzel, R. F. (2022). Local structure-function relationships in human brain networks across the lifespan. Nature communications, 13(1), 2053
• Faskowitz, J., Esfahlani, F. Z., Jo, Y., Sporns, O., & Betzel, R. F. (2020). Edge-centric functional network representations of human cerebral cortex reveal overlapping system-level architecture. Nature neuroscience, 23(12), 1644-1654.
• Zamani Esfahlani, F., Jo, Y., Faskowitz, J., Byrge, L., Kennedy, D. P., Sporns, O., & Betzel, R. F. (2020). High-amplitude cofluctuations in cortical activity drive functional connectivity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117(45), 28393-28401.