Christos D. Strubakos
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Assistant Professor of Law
Degrees
- J.D. University of Detroit Mercy School of Law
- Ph.D. Wayne State University School of Medicine
- M.Div. Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology
- B.A. University of Windsor
Biography
Christos D. Strubakos earned a Ph.D. In neurophysiology from Wayne State University's School of Medicine. He completed post-doctoral training in human clinical neurology at Henry Ford Hospital's Department of Neurology, and as taught as an Adjunct Professor at the University of Windsor. He attended Detroit Mercy Law school. After graduation, he worked as a Research Attorney at the Michigan Court of Appeals. He joins the Detroit Mercy Law faculty in 2025. His research interests are at the intersection of neuroscience, psychology, and the law.
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Courses Taught
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Selected Publications
A Comparative Study of Constitutions: History, Typology, Interpretation Methods (with Rossini, A ). (forthcoming 2025)
On the Neurological Origins of Property (with J. Belian). (forthcoming 2025)
Legal Persuasion: Insights from Cognitive Psychology and Neuroscience. University of Detroit Mercy Law Review. (2025)
Developmental Neurobiology and Miller v. Alabama: To What Extent Do Juvenile Brains Change? Cleveland State Law Review, 73(2). (2025)
Executive Branch Expansion is an Inevitable Consequence of the Madisonian Psychological Framework. Stetson Law Review, 54(1). (2024)
What Can Computational Neuroscience Teach Us About Cognition, Legal Reasoning, and Legal Pedagogy. University of Detroit Mercy Law Review, 101(3). (2024)
The Efficacy and Methodology of Using Functional Near Infrared Spectroscopy to Determine Resting State Brain Networks. Journal of Neurophysiology, (with Alionte, C., Notte, C.) 131(4). (2024)
The Rules Against Hearsay: Their Historical Development Reflects the Functioning of Human Cognition. Regent University Law Review, 36(1). (2024)
Raze Out the Written Troubles of the Brain: The Constitutional Issues with Reading the Brain Waves of Domestic Terrorism Detainees. Albany Law Journal of Science & Technology, 33(2). (2023)
Forming a “Brain Print” – Using Cognitive Neuroscience and Brain Imaging as an Objective Measure of Criminal Insanity. Lincoln Memorial University Law Review, 10 (1). (Top 10 SSRN Downloads). (2022)
In What Furnace Was Thy Brain? Redefining Ethics, Cognition, and Tort Duty for Medical Artificial Intelligence. University of Detroit Mercy Law Review, 100 (1). (Top 10 SSRN Downloads). (2022)
From Symmetry to Chaos and Back: Understanding and Imaging the Mechanisms of Neural Repair After Stroke. (with Alionte, C., Notte, C.) Life Sciences, 288. (2022)
Repeating Words, Retelling Stories: Repetition, Variation, and Serial Significance. (with Rossini, A.) Cambridge Scholars.1 (2022)
Strubakos, C. D., Malik, M., Wider, J. M., Lee, I., Reynolds, C. A., Mitsias, P., Przyklenk, K., Hüttemann, M., & Sanderson, T. H. (2019). Non-invasive treatment with near-infrared light: A novel mechanisms-based strategy that evokes sustained reduction in brain injury after stroke. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism, 40(4), 833–844. (2019) https://doi.org/10.1177/0271678x19845149
Non-Invasive Mitochondrial Modulation with Near-Infrared Light Reduces Brain Injury after Stroke [PhD Thesis]. (2018) https://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/oa_dissertations/2128/
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Selected Presentations
“Your Feeling Brain: Emotions and the Nervous System,” Mental Health Professionals of Ottawa, October 22, 2021
“Imaging the brain in the clinic and research: usefulness and shortcomings,” University of Windsor, Department of Psychology Lecture to Neuropsychology Program and Graduate Students, April 22, 2021.
“Neuroscience: The effects of anxiety on the brain and body,” Ontario Association of Social Workers, March 3, 2021.
“Lionizing the Hero. The art of repetition in the case of a Homeric and Virgilian simile,” University of Windsor, CRRAR, Windsor, Ontario, September 18, 2020.
“Non-invasive mitochondrial modulation with infrared light limits brain injury after stroke,” American Heart Association, November 2018, Chicago, Illinois (with M. Malik, J.M. Wider, I. Lee, C.A. Reynolds, P. Mitsias, K. Przyklenk, M. Hüttemann, T.H. Sanderson).
“Functional connectivity in Resting-State fMRI: Emerging paradigms in stroke recovery,” Wayne State University, School of Medicine, Department of Physiology, Detroit, Michigan, May 30, 2018.
“Pre-clinical study of therapeutic infrared light treatment for focal cerebral ischemia/reperfusion injury,” University of Michigan, Department of Emergency Medicine, Ann Arbor, Michigan, February 15, 2018.
“Non-invasive mitochondrial modulation: a novel approach to reduce brain injury following cardiac arrest-resuscitation, poster at American Heart Association, Anaheim, California, November 2017 (with T.H. Sanderson, J.M. Wider, I. Lee, E. Gruley, C.A. Reynolds, K. Przyklenk, M. Hüttemann).