Postdoc
I am mainly interested in neurodevelopment. My research focuses on novel and improved methods to study individual differences in the early brain. I have previously worked with mapping function and structure of typical and atypical brain maturation trajectories. Currently, I am using dMRI to study longitudinal datasets.
Brain Maturation group
2025
PhD in Intelligent Systems Engineering, Indiana University
2020
BSc in Electrical Engineering, National University of Rosario
2016
BSc in Electrical Engineering, National University of Rosario
2026 - Present
Postdoc at DRCMR
2026 - 2026
Postdoc at Indiana University
2020 - 2025
PhD student at Indiana University
2015 - 2020
Teaching assistant at Universidad Nacional de Rosario
Derman D, Pham DD, Mejia AF, Ferradal SL (2025) Individual patterns of functional connectivity in neonates as revealed by surface-based Bayesian modeling. Imaging Neuroscience 3. https://doi.org/10.1162/imag_a_00504
Derman D, Ferradal SL (2025) Tracking functional brain networks in preterm and term infants using precision mapping. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience: 101629. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dcn.2025.101629
Derman D*, Da Silva Sanchez N*, Pham DD, Butler ER, Nebel MB, Mejia AF (2026) Bayesian brain mapping: population-informed individualized functional topography and connectivity. arXiv:2602.01551 [stat.AP]. Under review. *Shared first authorship. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2602.01551
Asadian A, Derman D, Adepoju T, White BR, Ferradal SL (2025) Anesthetic effects on functional connectivity fingerprinting in mice. In: Kainerstorfer JM, Buckley EM, Srinivasan VJ (eds) Clinical and Translational Neurophotonics 2025, vol 13302. SPIE, 1330205. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3042513
Subhash AT, Derman D, Fisher HB, Paladugu SA, Crozier A, Ko TS, White BR, Ferradal SL (2026) Developing diffuse optical tomography for peri-arrest monitoring in piglets. Optica Biophotonics Congress 2026, Technical Digest Series (Optica Publishing Group), paper OT2D.3. https://doi.org/10.1364/OTS.2026.OT2D.3
Asadian A, Derman D, White BR, Ferradal SL (2026) Independent component analysis denoising improves reliability of widefield optical imaging functional connectivity. Optica Biophotonics Congress 2026, Technical Digest Series (Optica Publishing Group), paper BT2A.4. https://doi.org/10.1364/BRAIN.2026.BT2A.4