2007 - present. Postdoctoral fellow. New Mexico Resonance. Development of an MR Elastography technique to determine internal 3D structure of granular materials. Studies of pattern formation in biparticulate rotating drum systems using MRI. Additional software development and data analysis techniques.

2004-2007. Graduate Student. UNM and New Mexico Resonance. Granular flow and pattern formation studies using MRI. Software development and data analysis. Cellular automata simulations of flowing granular matter.

2007. Student instructor. Physics 151. UNM.

2006. Teaching assistant for Statistical Mechanics & Thermodynamics. UNM.

2006. Astronomy 101 lab instructor. UNM.

2003-2004. Research assistant. Laboratory for Cognitive Neuroscience. Software development and data analysis to test the capabilities of neuronal source separation algorithms. UNM.

2003. Physics 151 lab instructor. UNM.

2000-2003. Research assistant with the New Mexico Particle Physics Group. PHENIX experiment at Brookhaven National Lab. Built and installed parts of the muon detecting arms. Software development. UNM/BNL.

2001. Teaching assistant for PHYS 108. UNM.

2000. Teaching assistant for PHYS 301. UNM.

2000. Research assistant in ecology/conservation group. Fieldwork was conducted in Francis Marion National Forest to determine causes of declining amphibian populations. College of Charleston.

1999. REU. Research assistant studying the chaotic dynamics of two- and three-dimensional fluid mixing. Bucknell University.

UNM RPT Grant, Fall 2006.

Travel Grant, Gordon Research Conference, 2006.

“MRI studies of the influence of particle density in 3D, size-segregating, banding, rotating drum systems,” Sanfratello, L., and Fukushima, E., accepted to Powders and Grains 2009 (2009).

“MR Elastography Studies of the 3D Force Chain Structure in Dense Granular Media: Distribution of Chain Lengths,” Sanfratello, L., and Fukushima, E., accepted to Powders and Grains 2009 (2009).

"Distribution of force chain lengths: a useful granular statistic," Sanfratello, L., and Fukushima, E., submitted to Phys. Rev. E October 2008.

"Experimental studies of density segregation in the 3D rotating cylinder and the absence of banding," Sanfratello, L., and Fukushima, E., Granular Matter, 11(2), 73-78, (2009).

”Using MR elastography to image the 3D force chain structure of a quasi-static granular assembly," Sanfratello, L., Fukushima, E., and Behringer, R.P., Granular Matter, 11(1), 1-6, (2009).

PhD. Dissertation: “NMR studies of flowing and segregating granular materials,” August 2007.

“Velocity Depth Profile of Granular Matter in a Horizontal Rotating Drum,” Sanfratello, L., Caprihan, C., Fukushima, E., Granular Matter, 9(1-2), 1, (2007).

“Single-Trial Classification of ERP Using Second-Order Blind Identification (SOBI).” Wang, Y., Sutherland, M., Sanfratello, L., Tang, A. Machine Learning Conference Proceedings 2004.

Poster:"Using MR Elastography to image the 3D force chain structure of a quasi-static granular assembly," Sanfratello, L. and Fukushima, E. Presented at the Gordon Research Conference: Granular & Granular-Fluid Flow. June 22-27, 2008. Waterville, ME.

Talk: "Using MR Elastography to image the 3D force chain structure of a quasi-static granular assembly," Sanfratello, L. and Fukushima, E. Presented at the APS March Meeting. March 2008. New Orleans, LA."

Invited talk: "Using MR Elastography to image 3D force chains in a granular material," Sanfratello, L. and Fukushima, E. Presented at the NMR^2 Conference. Oct 2007. Albuquerque, NM.

Talk: “Shape and velocity profile of the core in a radially segregated rotating cylinder of granular particles,” Sanfratello, L. and Fukushima, E. Presented at the APS March Meeting. Mar. 5-9 2007. Denver, Co.

Talk: “Bulk Evolution During Axial Segregation and Coarsening In a Rotating Cylinder,” Sanfratello, L., Altobelli, S.A., Fukushima, E. Presented at the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics conference. Nov. 18-21 2006. Tampa, FL.

Poster: “Using NMR to Study the Velocity Depth Profile of Axially Segregating Granular Flow in a Horizontal Rotating Cylinder,” Sanfratello, L., Caprihan, C., Fukushima, E. Presented at the Gordon Research Conference: Granular Materials. July 18-23 2006. Oxford, UK.

Talk: “Velocity Depth Profile of Granular Media in a Horizontal Rotating Drum,” Sanfratello, L., Caprihan, C., Fukushima, E. Presented at the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics conference. Nov. 18-21 2005. Chicago, IL.

Poster: “Using NMR to Study Granular Segregation in a 55% Filled Horizontal Cylinder,” Sanfratello, L. Presented at the NMR^2 Conference. Oct 2005. Socorro, NM.

Poster: “Using NMR to Study The Velocity Depth Profile of Granular Flow in a Horizontal Rotating Cylinder” Sanfratello, L., Caprihan, C., Fukushima, E. Presented at the NMR^2 Conference. May 2005. Albuquerque, NM.