 Dr. Purdon received his Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2005.His research in neuroengineering encompasses the mechanisms of anesthesia , Alzheimer’s disease and brain health, anesthesia and the developing brain, neural signal processing, and the development of novel technologies for brain monitoring.He has published over 90 peer-reviewed publications, is an inventor on 16 pending patents, and is a Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering.