

Dr. Dekel Rosenfeld
We develop neurotechnologies and approaches to interface with the central and peripheral nervous systems. Relevant applications include neuromodulation, neural recording, and neural regeneration. Our multidisciplinary research integrates knowledge from engineering, neuroscience, materials science and life sciences. Our minimally invasive approaches allow remote control on cell functionality and integration in a wide range of biological applications. For example, we connect organ function with neurological disorders to study organ-to-brain connections in health and disease with emphasis on mental health disorders. Our novel method to control organ function remotely relies on functionalized magnetic nanoparticles that can trigger activation of ion channels when exposed to alternating magnetic fields.
Behavioral Neuroscience
Brain Disorders Research
Cellular & Molecular Neuroscience
- Dekel Rosenfeld, Alexander W Senko, Junsang Moon, Isabel Yick, Georgios Varnavides, Danijela Gregureć, Florian Koehler, Po-Han Chiang, Michael G Christiansen, Lisa Y Maeng, Alik S Widge, Polina Anikeeva. Transgene-free remote magnetothermal regulation of adrenal hormones. Science advances. 2020. https://www.science.org/doi/full/10.1126/sciadv.aaz3734
- Lisa Y Maeng*, Dekel Rosenfeld*, Gregory J Simandl, Florian Koehler, Alexander W Senko, Junsang Moon, Georgios Varnavides, Maria F Murillo, Adriano E Reimer, Aaron Wald, Polina Anikeeva, Alik S Widge. Probing neuro-endocrine interactions through remote magnetothermal adrenal stimulation. Frontiers in Neuroscience. 2022. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9274974/
- D Rosenfeld, H Field, YJ Kim, KKL Pang, K Nagao, F Koehler, P Anikeeva. Magnetothermal Modulation of Calcium‐Dependent Nerve Growth. Advanced Functional Materials. 2022. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/adfm.202204558
- Dena Shahriari, Dekel Rosenfeld, Polina Anikeeva. Emerging frontier of peripheral nerve and organ interfaces. Neuron. 2020. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0896627320307492