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.

Recent Publications:

Published:
2025
Title:
Eye metrics often reflect visual conscious awareness, conscious content, and neural processing in cerebral blindness
Publication:
Communications Biology
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Published:
2025
Title:
The human brain mechanisms of afterimages: From networks to cortical layers
Publication:
BioRXiv
Published:
2025
Title:
Sleuthing subjectivity: A review of covert measures of consciousness
Publication:
Nature Reviews Neuroscience
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 2026
Title:
Eye measures reveal unconscious and conscious processing in healthy and impaired sensory perception
Conference/Event:
2026: Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness
File:
Kronemer_ASSC_Covert_Consciousness_Symposium_PDF.pdf
Presented on:
August 2025
Title:
The human brain mechanisms of afterimages: From networks to cortical layers
Conference/Event:
File:
Layer_fMRI_Lab_Meeting_8_18_2025.pdf
Presented on:
July 2025
Title:
Investigating Perceptual Reality Monitoring Using Afterimage Perception
Conference/Event:
2025: Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness
File:
Levesque_et_al_ASSC_Poster_2025_PRINT.pdf
Presented on:
July 2025
Title:
Investigating Eye Metrics as an Indicator of Sensory Neural Processing, Behavior, and Conscious Perception
Conference/Event:
2025: Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness
File:
Suwanamalik-Murphy_et_al_ASSC.pdf
Presented on:
July 2025
Title:
Visual Conscious Awareness and Neural Processing Are Linked to Eye Metrics in Cerebral Blindness
Conference/Event:
2025: Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness
File:
Kronemer_ASSC_25_Presentation.pdf

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