Richard Betzel, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience

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 MG, Seguin C, Bazinet V, Luppi A, Podschun A, Singleton SP, Faskowitz J, Parakkattu V, Misic B, Markett S, Kuceyeski A, Parkes L. Controlling the human connectome with spatially diffuse input signals. Commun Biol. 2026 Feb 28. doi: 10.1038/s42003-026-09560-8.
  • Merritt H, Koch MK, Jo Y, Chumin E, Betzel RF. Social "envirotyping" the ABCD study contextualizes dissociable brain organization and diverging outcomes. Soc Cogn Affect Neurosci. 2026 Feb 2:nsag005. 
  • Betzel R, Puxeddu MG, Seguin C. Hierarchical communities in the larval Drosophila connectome: Links to cellular annotations and network topology. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2024 Sep 17;121(38):e2320177121.
  • Tanner J, Faskowitz J, Teixeira AS, Seguin C, Coletta L, Gozzi A, Mišić B, Betzel RF. A multi-modal, asymmetric, weighted, and signed description of anatomical connectivity. Nat Commun. 2024 Jul 12;15(1):5865.
  • Betzel RF, Faskowitz J, Sporns O. Living on the edge: network neuroscience beyond nodes. Trends Cogn Sci. 2023 Nov;27(11):1068-1084.
  • Zamani Esfahlani F, Faskowitz J, Slack J, Mišić B, Betzel RF. Local structure-function relationships in human brain networks across the lifespan. Nat Commun. 2022 Apr 19;13(1):2053. 
  • Faskowitz J, Esfahlani FZ, Jo Y, Sporns O, Betzel RF. Edge-centric functional network representations of human cerebral cortex reveal overlapping system-level architecture. Nat Neurosci. 2020 Dec;23(12):1644-1654.
  • Zamani Esfahlani F, Jo Y, Faskowitz J, Byrge L, Kennedy DP, Sporns O, Betzel RF. High-amplitude cofluctuations in cortical activity drive functional connectivity. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2020 Nov 10;117(45):28393-28401. 
Richard Betzel