Sharif Kronemer, Ph.D.

Post-Doctoral Fellow

Start Date: 2021

Email: sharif.kronemer@nih.gov
Phone: (301) 496-8174
CV: Sharif Kronemer CV

Sharif I. Kronemer, PhD earned a BA in Neuroscience and Philosophy from Ohio Wesleyan University (2012), followed by an MSc in Cognitive Neuroscience from University College London (2013). He completed his PhD at Yale University in 2021 where his research combined fMRI, scalp and intracranial EEG, pupillometry, and machine learning to explore the human brain mechanisms of visual consciousness. Currently, Dr. Kronemer is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Section on Functional Imaging Methods at the National Institute of Mental Health. His research focuses on uncovering the brain mechanisms that distinguish real versus illusory visual perception and studying spontaneous fluctuations in conscious state using advanced neuroimaging techniques, including high-field fMRI and MEG. Dr. Kronemer is also leveraging machine learning and non-neural physiological signals to predict conscious perception in healthy individuals and patient groups (e.g., cortical blindness). Beyond the lab, Dr. Kronemer is a dedicated science communicator and advocate for public engagement in science. To learn more visit: https://www.sharifkronemer.com.

Recent Publications:

Published:
2025
Title:
Sleuthing subjectivity: A review of covert measures of consciousness
Publication:
Nature Reviews Neuroscience
Published:
2025
Title:
Eye metrics are a marker of visual conscious awareness and neural processing in cerebral blindness
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BioRXiv
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Published:
2025
Title:
Cross-species real time detection of trends in pupil size fluctuation
Publication:
Behavior Research Methods
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Published:
2024
Title:
Visual imagery vividness correlates with afterimage brightness and sharpness
Publication:
Neuroscience of Consciousness
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Recent Presentations:

Presented on:
July 2024
Title:
The central neural mechanisms of afterimage perception: A whole brain and cortical layer fMRI study
Conference/Event:
2024: Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness
File:
Kronemer_ASSC_27_Talk_Presentation.pdf
Presented on:
June 2024
Title:
Whole brain and primary visual cortex layer fMRI signatures of afterimage perception
Conference/Event:
2024: Organization for Human Brain Mapping
File:
Kronemer_et_al_OHBM_Afterimage_Poster.pdf
Presented on:
June 2024
Title:
Phase of pupillary unrest corresponds with perceptual sensitivity, MEG, and whole brain fMRI signals
Conference/Event:
2024: Organization for Human Brain Mapping
File:
Gobo_et_al_OHBM_2024.pdf
Presented on:
November 2023
Title:
Pupil size and phase as a real-time marker of perceptual sensitivity and whole brain activity
Conference/Event:
2023: Society For Neuroscience
File:
Gobo_et_al_SFN_2023.pdf
Presented on:
November 2023
Title:
Perceptually-matched images and afterimages share whole brain fMRI dynamics
Conference/Event:
2023: Society For Neuroscience
File:
Kronemer_et_al_SfN_Poster_2023.pdf

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