Sailaja Anumula Curriculum Vitae

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Teaching Mathematics/Science Tutor 2013-present Experience TRIO Services, Georgia Perimeter College, Clarkston campus, Clarkston, GA

Courses Taught:  Foundation of Numbers and Operations  Quantitative Skills and Reasoning  Introduction to Statistics  Honors Introduction to Statistics  College Algebra  Precalculus  Honors Precalculus  Calculus I  Calculus II  Discrete Mathematics  Chemistry  Physics

SAT Mathematics Tutor 2013-2015 Ivy League College Prep Academy, Suwanee GA

Lecturer, Shadan Institute of Post graduate studies 1994-1997 Osmania University, Hyderabad, INDIA

Courses Taught:  Mathematical Physics  Electromagnetic Theory  Digital Circuits  Electronic Circuits

Research Research Associate, Biomedical Imaging Technology Center, Apr, 2010 – Dec, 2011 Experience Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA Advisor: Prof. Xiaoping Hu  Designed and constructed radio frequency coils and hardware for special needs of FMRI research collaborators  Designed and constructed three-element phased array labeling coil which can be used in conjunction with receive and transmit coils to investigate perfusion of blood in human kidneys (Siemens 3.0T scanner).  Implemented the hardware necessary for a three channel high power amplifier with PIN diode drivers to drive the phased array labeling coil used in kidney perfusion studies.  Constructed 19F and 1H coils to investigate the feasibility of carotid perfusion studies in mice (Bruker Biospin 9.4T scanner).

Research Associate, Laboratory for Structural NMR Imaging, 2005 – July, 2009 University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA Advisor: Prof. Felix W Wehrli

 Investigated the effects of hypomineralization and recovery effects of cortical bone with ultra-short echo-time (UTE) imaging (31P and 1H) in a rabbit model of osteomalacia (Bruker Biospin 9.4T scanner) by quantifying bone phosphorus and bone water content.  Investigated the effects of postmenopausal osteoporosis due to ovariectomy and treatment with alendronate in rat cortical bone using UTE imaging (31P and 1H) in an ovariectomized rat model (Bruker Biospin 9.4T scanner)  Conducted multi modality study (high resolution solution NMR, -CT, biomechanics) to validate the results of UTE imaging in rabbit model of osteomalacia and ovariectomized rat model of osteoporosis

Post-Doctoral Fellow, Laboratory for Structural NMR Imaging 2002-2005 University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA,USA Advisor: Prof. Felix W Wehrli

 Developed ultra-short echo-time imaging sequence (31P and 1H) to image cortical bone (Bruker-Biospin; 9.4T)  Investigated the SNR improvements in carotid vessel wall imaging at 3.0T relative to 1.5T with high resolution black blood imaging  Constructed phased array surface coils and bird cage coils to optimize imaging the carotids, ankle and wrist.

Education Ph.D. in physics, University of Hyderabad, INDIA 1994 1989-94 M. Phil. in physics, University of Hyderabad, INDIA 1987-89 M.Sc. in physics, University of Hyderabad, INDIA 1985-87 B.Sc. in physics, Nagarjuna University, INDIA 1982-85 Awards e-poster award nomination 2009 and honors “Solid-State 1H and 31P MRI Detects Changes in Bone Mineralization and Water Content in OVX Rat Bone in Response to Treatment with Alendronate ” in Proc. of ISMRM 17th Annual meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.

Poster award 1st position 2007 “Solid-State 31P MRI quantifies mineralization changes in OVX Rat bone” in Proc. of 4th. Annual Scientific Symposium of PENN Center for Musculoskeletal Disorders, University of Pennsylvania

Poster award 2nd position 2006 “Multi-modality Study of the Hypomineralization and recovery in a Rabbit model of Osteomalacia” in Proc. of Annual Scientific Symposium of Penn Center for Musculoskeletal Disorders, University of Pennsylvania

Research Associate Fellowship 1992 Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, INDIA

Senior Research Fellowship 1989 Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, INDIA

Gold medal 1989 (M.phil) (Graduated with University 1st rank), University of Hyderabad, INDIA

Gold medal 1986 (B.Sc) (Graduated with University 1st rank), Nagarjuna University, INDIA

Publications 1. S.Anumula, S. L. Wehrli, A.C. Wright, F. W. Wehrli, Ultra-Short Echo-Time MRI Detects Changes in Bone Mineralization and Water Content in OVX Rat Bone in Response to Alendronate Treatment, Bone, 46 (5); p 1391 (2010).

2. S. Anumula, J. Magland, S. L. Wehrli, H. Ong, H. K. Song, F. W. Wehrli, Multi-modality Study of the Compositional and Mechanical Implications of Hypomineralization in a Rabbit Model of Osteomalacia, Bone, 42 (2); p 405 (2008).

3. S. Anumula, J. Magland, S.L. Wehrli, H. Zhang, H. Ong, H.K.Song, F.W. Wehrli, Measurement of Phosphorus content in Normal and Osteomalacic Rabbit bone by Solid-State 3D radial Imaging, Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 56; p 946 (2006).

4. S. Anumula, H. K. Song, A.C. Wright, F. W. Wehrli, High-Resolution Black-Blood MRI of the Carotid Vessel Wall Using Phased-Array Coils at 1.5 and 3 Tesla, Acad. Radiology, 12; p 1521 (2005). 5. S. Anumula, D.Loganathan and K. Venu, Field Cycling NMR Spectrometer, Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. India Spl. Issue,66(A); (1996).

6. S. Anumula, K. Venu and V.S.S. Sastry, Rotational viscosity (1) study of nematic phases in binary liquid crystal mixtures of 6OCB and 8OCB, Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst., 250; p 177 (1994).

Abstracts 1. S. Anumula, D. Horng, S.L. Wehrli, J. Magland, F.W. Wehrli, Solid-State 1H and 31P MRI detects Changes in Bone Mineralization and Water Content in OVX Rat Bone in Response to Treatment with Alendronate, in “Proc. of ISMRM 17th Annual meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA., 2009.”

2. S. Anumula, D. Horng, S. L. Wehrli, F. W. Wehrli, Solid-State 31P MRI quantifies mineralization changes in OVX rat bone, in “Proc. of ASBMR 30th Annual meeting,” Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 2008.

3. S. Anumula, S.L. Wehrli, J. Magland, F. W. Wehrli, Solid-State 31P MRI quantifies decreased mineralization density in OVX rat bone, in “Proc. of ASBMR 29th Annual meeting,” Honolulu, Hawaii, USA., 2007.

4. S. Anumula, J.Magland, S.L. Wehrli, A. Wright, H. Ong, H.Song, F. W. Wehrli, Multi-modality Study of the Hypomineralization and recovery in a Rabbit model of Osteomalacia, in “Proc. of ASBMR 28th Annual meeting,” Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA., 2006.

5. S. Anumula, H. Ong, J. Magland, H. Zhang, H.K. Song, S. L. Wehrli, F. W. Wehrli, Measurement of Phosphorus Content in Normal and Osteomalacic Rabbit Bone by Solid-State 3D Radial Imaging, in “Proc. of ISMRM 14th scientific meeting, Seattle, Washington, USA., 2006.”

6. S. Anumula, J.Magland, H. Zhang, H. Ong, S.L. Wehrli, F. W. Wehrli, Multi- modality Study of the Compositional and Mechanical Implications of Hypomineralization in a Rabbit Model of Osteomalacia, in “Proc. of ASBMR 27th Annual meeting,” Nashville, Tennessee, USA., 2005.

7. S. Anumula, H. Ong, J. Magland, H.K. Song, S. W. Wehrli, F. W. Wehrli, Measurement of Water Content in Normal and Osteomalacic Rabbit Bone by Solid- State 3D Radial Imaging, in “Proc. of ISMRM 13th scientific meeting,” Miami Beach, Florida, USA., 2005. 8. S. Anumula, H. K. Song, A. C. Wright and F. W. Wehrli, Carotid Vessel Wall Imaging: A Comparison between 1.5T and 3.0T, in “Proc. of ISMRM 12th scientific meeting,” Tokyo, Japan, 2004.

9. S. Anumula, K. Venu and V.S.S. Sastry, Influence of end chain length on molecular motions in a homologous series - a proton NMR study, in “Proc. of Ampere Summer Institute on advance Techniques in Experimental Magnetic Resonance,” Slovenia, 1993.

10. S. Anumula, K. Venu and V.S.S. Sastry, Field cycling NMR spectrometer, in “Proc. of Solid state physics symposium,” India, 1993.

11. S. Anumula, K. Venu and V.S.S. Sastry, Proton spin lattice relaxation studies of molecular motions in liquid crystalline p-alkoxy benzoic acids, in “Proc. of XXVI CONGRESS AMPERE,” Greece, 1992.

12. S. Anumula, K. Venu and V.S.S. Sastry, Molecular dynamics in a liquid crystal (Nonyloxy Benzoic Acid) through proton Nuclear Magnetic Resonance studies, in “Discussion meeting on ‘Dynamics in complex fluids'” New Delhi, India, 1992.

13. S. Anumula, K. Venu and V.S.S. Sastry, Proton NMR Relaxation studies of molecular dynamics in the nematic phase of butyloxybenzylidene Butylanilene (4O.4), in “Proc. of Solid state physics symposium,” India, 1992.

14. S. Anumula, K. Venu and V.S.S. Sastry, Proton magnetic relaxation spectroscopy of Heptyloxy Benzoic acid, in “Proc. of Solid state physics symposium,” India, 1991.

15. S. Anumula, K. Venu and V.S.S. Sastry, Rotational viscosity in re-entrant liquid crystal mixture - A NMR study, in “Proc. of XXV CONGRESS AMPERE,” Stuttgart, FRG, 1990.

16. S. Anumula, K. Venu and V.S.S. Sastry, Rotational viscosity of binary liquid crystalline mixture of 6OCB and 8OCB, in “Proc. of Solid state physics symposium,” India, 1989.

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