Abraham Collins is majoring in Digital Systems and Robotics Engineering at Tecnologico de Monterrey, México. Currently, he completed a year-long research internship at the FNNDSC, where he was part of the MRI team and does fetal MRI processing and analysis. The project he worked on aims to create an automatic MRI pipeline for the measurement of cortical plate and subplate thickness from in vivo fetal MRI using convolutional neural networks.

Briana Valli is currently perusing her B.S. in Behavioral Neuroscience at Northeastern University. She is worked as a co-op student within the Takahashi Laboratory for developmental imaging and neuroscience. She has experience participating in neuropsychological research through MGH and Harvard, conducting MRI along with physiological and behavioral analysis testing. Additionally, Briana volunteers in the Neurology department at Boston Children’s Hospital and aspires to become a Pediatric Neurologist.

Jose is majoring in Digital Systems and Robotics Engineering at Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico, where he has collaborated in research and robotics projects. He was part of the MRI Team under Dr. Kiho doing fetal MRI processing and analysis. He worked on in vivo fetal MRI segmentation of CSF for the measurement of cortical plate thickness.

Olivia is a junior at Northwestern University majoring in Neuroscience. At the FNNDSC, she worked with Dr. Lana Vasung on how the development of the face interacts with the development of the brain. Olivia hopes to attend medical school and pursue a career in pediatric medicine.

Alma is an undergraduate student in Biomedical Engineering at 'Tecnológico de Monterrey' with focus on Intelligent Systems. At the FNNDSC, her work was centered on fMRI signal analysis to find epilepsy-associated connectomes when studying pre- and postoperative patients, as well as the management of codes between different programming languages.

John Chen is working towards his undergraduate degree in computer science at Harvard University. He worked with Dr. Eleonora Tamilia on developing computer tools to assist in detecting epileptic zones in children with drug-resistant epilepsy using EEG and MRI scans.

Shoshana graduated from Franklin and Marshall College with honors in Biology and a minor in Psychology in 2018. During her time there, she began her research career through assisting in projects related to neuroscience and developmental psychology. This culminated in her thesis investigating the neurodevelopmental basis for the emotion of disgust. During the summers of 2016-2017, Shoshana spent her time assisting the research of the Department of Neurology at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Shoshana worked as a research assistant in the NIRS team, investigating the use of FDNIRS-DCS as a bedside diagnostic tool for analyzing cerebral hemodynamics in infants and children. In the future, she hopes to continue clinical research in pediatric neurology and care for pediatric patients.

QJ is currently pursuing a Master's in Health Data Science at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Previously, he graduated with a Bachelor's in Statistics from the University of California, Los Angeles. He works at the FNNDSC as a data science intern on Transfer Learning with brain MRI images.

Alpen Ortug received her Bachelor's degree in Genetics and Bioengineering in 2011 from Yeditepe University, Istanbul, Turkey. Then, she pursued two different M.Sc. degrees of Human Anatomy and Forensic Sciences from Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa in 2015 and 2017 respectively. She completed her PhD in Clinical Anatomy in Istanbul Medipol University/Turkey. During her PhD, she studied methodology of her PhD thesis which is diffusion tractography of cerebellar pathways and their clinical correlations of posterior fossa tumors pre and postoperatively in the Takahashi Lab in Boston Children’s Hospital. She also worked as a Lecturer in human anatomy at the Istanbul Medipol University-Turkey. She was responsible for giving gross anatomy lectures for Health Sciences Faculty departments and related programs of Vocational School. Then, she started her postdoctoral studies with Dr. Emi Takahashi in Boston Children’s Hospital Division of Newborn Medicine, Harvard Medical School at beginning of 2020. Her postdoctoral research studies involve fetal and newborn MRI evaluation of autism spectrum disorder. She is a member of Anatomische Gesellschaft, Turkish Anatomy and Clinical Anatomy Society, American Association for Anatomy and American Association of Clinical Anatomists.

Lavinia Pace is a graduate student in Biomedical Engineering at Campus Bio-Medico University of Rome . She received her bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering in 2019 from Campus Bio-Medico University of Rome. She worked as a student intern with Dr. Eleonora Tamilia at the FNNDSC on intracranial EEG (both SEEG and ECOG) for the evaluation of epilepsy in drug-resistant children for a better understanding of the epileptogenic brain network.

Spencer was a visiting DO/PhD candidate from University of North Texas Health Science Center, Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine (TCOM). He received his Bachelor of Science in Biology from Baylor University in 2015 and went on to pursue his Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO) at TCOM. During the summer between first and second year, he engaged in research on the antioxidant regulation of arteries in hypertensive pregnancy in Dr Stella Goulopoulou’s lab. Ultimately, he decided to pursue a PhD in this lab. During his project, he demonstrated that mtDNA was increased in the third trimester of women with healthy pregnancies, that mtDNA was suppressed in women with preeclampsia when assessed along several other demographic and biochemical markers, and that innate immune system stimulation alone was insufficient to induce features of preeclampsia in a pregnant rat model. He successfully defended his dissertation in June 2021 prior to returning to medical school to finish out the third and fourth years of his DO degree. At the FNNDSC, he annotated, segmented, and reconstructed abdominal MRI data of pregnant women. This is being done to determine placental and fetal biometrics to support the goal of generating models to assess fetal MRI safety. Spencer will start an Interventional Radiology / Diagnostic Radiology (IR/DR) residency in Fall 2022.

Cecilia Liberati is a graduate student in Biomedical Engineering at Università Campus Biomedico of Rome. She received her bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering in 2019. At the FNNDSC, she worked with Dr. Eleonora Tamilia on a research project detecting high-frequency oscillation in healthy children and children with epilepsy.

Emi Takahashi is an Assistant Professor of Radiology at Harvard Medical School and faculty in Radiology, Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging at Massachusetts General Hospital. Dr. Takahashi trained as a medical student for five years and then received her Ph.D. in Neuroscience from Chiba University School of Medicine in Japan. She completed a postdoctoral fellowship in brain imaging of long-term memory and underlying white matter structures at the Boston University School of Medicine and in high-resolution diffusion MRI on developing brains at the Massachusetts General Hospital and Boston Children’s Hospital, and joined the faculty of Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School in 2010. Her specific interests are concerned with the uniqueness of human brain development, particularly the structural basis underlying normal, unique brain functions in humans. She studies typically developing fetuses, children, and young adults as well as those with or at risk for neurodevelopmental disorders employing diffusion, structural, and functional MRI techniques in her research with combining additional methods.

Henry graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2020 with a BS in Computer Science and a minor in Neuroscience. He joined the FNNDSC in October 2021. As a Clinical Research Assistant, he worked with MRI data processing, management, and method development. Henry previously performed undergraduate research at Chapel Hill related to MRI cortical surface reconstruction. He also hopes to continue his education in the future.

Yurui graduated from Northeastern University in 2019 with a M.S. in Bioinformatics and a minor in Data Analytics. Yurui, before graduation, had an internship at the FNNDSC as a Research Technician. She also worked as a Clinical Research Assistant in the Takahashi Lab, focusing on how to analyze data from MRI, with a goal of investigating the relationship between brain developmental disorders and various diseases.

Luis Mario is a student intern currently pursuing his B.S. in Mechatronics Engineering at the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education in Mexico. His role at the FNNDSC was to contribute to the development and improvement of an algorithm for data analysis and deep learning network training used to give a better treatment for children with epilepsy. He spends his time learning from different fields and integrating this knowledge for problem-solving. After graduation, Luis Mario aims to get a Ph.D. degree in Computing Science.

Aimé is currently pursuing her Bachelor’s Degree in Biomedical Engineering at Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey in Mexico. At the FNNDSC, she worked with Dr. Eleonora Tamilia to perform the retrieval and preprocessing of multimodal data (neuroimaging and electrophysiological data) from patients with epilepsy with the goal of building a preprocessed dataset that will be analyzed to identify novel electrophysiological biomarkers of epilepsy and/or other neurological disorders. She is passionate about research related to improving the quality of life and the generation of new knowledge and devices that meet this goal.

Amy DeAngelo is currently pursuing her B.S. in Human Physiology at Boston University. She iworked as an intern with the BabyMEG team, and is helping with clinical collection of MEG data, as well as preprocessing and analysis. She has experience in clinical research in BCH, specifically with epilepsy and neurology. Amy volunteers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Big Sister Boston, and StandUp for Kids and hopes to one day become a Pediatrician.

Nicolò De Luca is a graduate student in Biomedical Engineering at Campus Bio-Medico University of Rome. He received his bachelor's degree in Clinical Engineering in 2019 from “La Sapienza” University of Rome. At the FNNDSC, he worked with Dr. Eleonora Tamilia on developing methods to identify the epileptogenic zone in children undergoing intracranial EEG before surgery.

Valeria is a student intern currently pursuing her B.S. in Biomedical Engineering at the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education in Mexico. Her role at the FNNDSC was contributing to the development and improvement of an algorithm for automatic labeling of cortical sulci in the fetal human brain as well as processing fetal MRI data. She likes learning from different fields and integrating this knowledge for problem solving. After graduation, Valeria plans on getting a master’s degree in biomedical research.

Anahí is currently pursuing her B.S. in Biomedical Engineering at Monterrey Institute of Technology in Mexico. She worked with Dr. Jason Sutin as an intern taking part in research projects developing optical spectroscopy techniques for monitoring patients in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) and operating room (OR). She is also helping to design, build, and test research prototype devices for kids with hydrocephalus. Anahí previously worked in a BioRobotics project with people diagnosed with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) at the University of Twente in The Netherlands. In the future, Anahí plans on pursuing a masters in the health and economics area.

Cindy graduated from Wellesley College in 2020 with a B.A. in Neuroscience and a minor in Health & Society. Her role at the FNNDSC was a Clinical Research Assistant with the MRI Team, which involves the development and implementation of novel in vivo imaging techniques of the placenta and developing fetus using MRI. She has previously worked on research teams at Brigham & Women’s Hospital and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Chiara is a master student in Italy at UCBM (Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma) where she is going to graduate in nanotechnology and bionic systems. At the FNNDSC she worked with Dr. Eleonora Tamilia on a new technique to study epileptic brains using microstate analysis.

Iqui has a B.S. in Mechatronics Engineering from Tecnológico de Monterrey, Campus Monterrey. He is worked at the FNNDSC as a research trainee in the NeuroIm Lab on projects regarding fetal brain MRI digital processing. His main objective was to train a reliable deep learning model for segmentation of the subplate region of the fetal brain.

David is a 2nd year medical student at Harvard Medical School. He graduated in 2020 from Harvard College with a major in History and Science and a minor in Molecular and Cellular Biology. He worked with Dr. Yangming Ou’s research team as a part-time student researcher, learning more about large database analysis and research techniques in examining brain health and factors that influence brain development.

Erick is an undergraduate student at Tecnologico de Monterrey campus Saltillo, in Mexico, studying Mechatronics Engineering. He worked with Dr. Kiho Im testing the measurements of the cortical plate in fetal brains, as well as MRI processing and analysis.

José Luis worked as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Fetal Neonatal Neuroimaging and Developmental Science Center (FNNDSC) of Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School. At Takahashi Lab, he investigated the link between the spatiotemporal patterns of growth and development of neural pathways and those of gyral/sulcal formation, both in typically developing children as well as in children with neurodevelopmental disorders. He completed a structured PhD program in Evolutionary Biology at Life Science Zurich Graduate School, jointly run by the ETH Zurich and the University of Zurich, receiving his doctoral degree from the latter in 2019. He holds a Master’s degree in Applied Physics from TU Delft, a Master’s degree in Robotics and Photonics Engineering from Warsaw University of Technology, and a Bachelor’s degree in Mechatronics with a focus on Computer Vision from CETI University of Technology, in Guadalajara, Mexico. During his doctoral studies, he used neuroimaging data of humans, chimpanzees, and gorillas to quantify the patterns of structural variation and covariation in cortical surface and cranial morphology that operate within and between species, as well as during postnatal development. In 2017 and 2018, he also worked at the Neural Circuit Dynamics Lab, Brain Research Institute Zurich, where he contributed with the automation of experimental setups and analysis of fluorescence microscopy data for neuroscience research.

Jerjes Aguirre is currently pursuing his B.S. in Engineering Physics at Tecnológico de Monterrey. He is worked at the FNNDSC as a research trainee with Dr. Kiho Im in the NeuroIm Lab, on projects regarding fetal brain MRI digital processing automation, studying deep learning networks aiming to develop a reliable convolutional network that can accurately predict fetal brain age for analyzing abnormal behavior. He has experience in different subjects of research, which go from computer science to the use of structured light for various applications. He wants to continue developing his career by participating in different projects with the objective of advance his abilities and obtaining experience in doing research.

Luis is an undergraduate student studying Computer Science and Technology from Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey in Mexico. He previously worked as a Project Manager Intern at P&G. During his research internship at the FNNDSC, he joined the NIRS team where he worked with segmentation models for CT brain images of infants with hydrocephalus. He also created new image recognition models using ML for other brain imaging types which will be used for prognostics.

Matteo Bernabei is a graduate Biomedical Engineering student from Campus Bio Medico University of Rome Italy. He obtained his bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering at the same university. He is completing his Master's degree in Biomedical Engineering with a concentration in Biorobotics and Ergonomics. He worked as a student intern with Dr. Eleonora Tamilia at the FNNDSC to develop his graduate thesis. He mainly focused on Scalp EEG signals analysis of patients with refractory epilepsy, implemented methods to integrate measures of brain connectivity, excitability and developed classification methods to identify the epileptogenic brain tissue.

Christina Lildharrie is currently pursuing her B.S. in Neuroscience Policy at Drexel University. She is working with Dr.Banu Ahtam to help with MRI and MEG/EEG data collection, data analysis, literature review, and preparing scientific presentations/publications. She has experience with literature reviews and developing scientific publications at the Center for Science and Law. After graduation, Christina plans on pursuing a doctorate program with a research focus on psychiatric disorders.

Tomo Tarui holds an MD from Keio University in Japan. During his time at the FNNDSC, he led the Twin-Twin Transfusion Syndrome (TTTS) Study with Dr. Ellen Grant, Pediatric Neuroradiologist, Dr. Omar Khwaja, Fetal-Neonatal Neurologist at Boston Children's Hospital, and Dr. Julian Robinson, physician in Maternal Fetal Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Dr. Tarui aimed to develop novel quantitative fetal MRI measures with significant prognostic validity, thus to be able to direct in utero intervention and early implementation of developmental support postnatally. He is now an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Neurology at Tufts Medical Center.

Daniel received a B.S. in Computer Science from Worchester Polytechnic Institute and his MBA from Bentley University. He worked at the FNNDSC from 2009-2011. During his time here, he was a co-developer of the early prototype version of ChRIS with Dr. Pienaar. Currently, he is the owner of Upsample Software, LLC.

Angela Fenoglio graduated Harvard University with a Masters of Education in Mind Brain Education. She worked as a Study Coordinator from 2010-2013. Her previous tasks included but were not limited to the collection and analyzing of continuous-wave and frequency-domain near-infrared spectroscopy and diffuse correlation spectroscopy data, the
creation and management of IRB study protocols, and the development and maintenance of MySQL and RedCap databases for clinical data management. She finished her PhD in Childhood Psychology in 2019 and is now working as a Developmental Scientist and Early Childhood Consultant.

Christos Papadelis has graduated in Electrical Engineering from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, in 1998, and his MSc and PhD in Medical Informatics, in 2001 and 2005 respectively, from the same institute. He joined Boston Children's Hospital as Instructor in Neurology and Manager of the BabyMEG facility, one of the very few MEG laboratories in the world fully dedicated to pediatric research. In 2015, Dr. Papadelis was promoted to Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and initiated the Clinical MEG Program. Since 2019, Dr. Papadelis is with Cook Children's Health Care System where he leads the newly founded Research Center for Neurosciences.

Mathieu Dehaes holds a Masters in Applied Mathematics from Université de Montréal and a PhD in Biomedical Engineering from École Polytechnique de Montréal. Mathieu was a postdoctoral research fellow at the FNNDSC from 2010-2012 as well as an Instructor in Pediatrics (Junior Faculty) from 2012-2013. He is now an Assistant Professor at the Department of Radiology and Institut de génie biomédical at the University of Montréal.

Chiran Doshi graduated with a M.S. in Biomedical and Medical Engineering. He worked at the FNNDSC as a System Technologist from 2011-2015. While at the FNNDSC, he developed a client side web application to analyze biological data. He was the core team member responsible for developing MEG lab from scratch to running facility within 3 years. He is now working as a Software Engineer at Whiterabbit.ai in India.

Daniel Haehn is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at the University of Massachusetts Boston (UMB) and Associate of the Harvard Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. Daniel previously worked as a researcher at Brigham and Women's Hospital, the University of Pennsylvania, Mental Canvas, and Apple. Daniel worked at the FNNDSC from 2011-2013. During his time here, he was the main developer of XTK and Slice:Drop. He was also the co-developer of the first production version of ChRIS with Dr. Pienaar. He holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Harvard University and a Diploma (B.S. and M.S.) in Medical Computer Science from the University of Heidelberg in Germany. Daniel strongly supports open science and open education.

Marie Drottar received her Masters at the Boston University School of Medicine in Bioimaging. She worked as a Clinical Research Specialist II at the FNNDSC for over 6 years! She is now working as a Neuroimaging Research Support at the Carney Institute for Brain Science at Brown University.

Nicholas received his B.S. and M.S. in Signals and Images in Biology and Medicine at Universite de Bretagne Occidentale in Brest, France while completing his Engineer Diploma in Electronics and Computer Sciences at Institut Superieur de l'Electronique et du Numerique (ISEN) in Brest, France. He worked at the FNNDSC from 2012-2014 as a Research Software Developer. During this time here, he was a co-developer of XTK, a javascript based library for scientific visualization. He was also the main developer of its successor, AMI as well as a co-developer on the first production version of ChRIS. He currently works as a Medical Visualization Specialist at Promaton.

Thomas received his B.S. In Biomedical Engineering in 1986 from Case Western Reserve University and his M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from Columbia University in 1995. He worked in software development in the telecommunications industry and for Internet start-ups in the U.S. and Italy until 2001. He then earned his M.D. in 2007, from Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy. Thomas completed his Radiology Residency at University of Milan in 2014. He has MRI related research experience at the German National Cancer Institute (DKFZ) where he worked on a project focusing on pancreatic cancer imaging. While working in the Takahashi lab from 2012-2015, he was focused on a large population diffusion tractography study of cerebellar pathways in pediatric subjects at BCH. He is now a Radiologist Researcher at the University Hospital of Basel in Switzerland.

Gemma Arca Diaz worked at the FNNDSC from 2013-2014 as Postdoctoral Research Fellow specializing in Fetal and Neonatal Neuroimaging
Intensive Neuro-neonatology. She underwent her residency in pediatrics in Barcelona, Spain. She is now a Neonatologist at the Hospital Clinic de Barcelona where her focus is on Neuro-neonatology (HIE ( aEEG, Hypothermia, US, MRI), Stroke, and Dismorphology.

Christine Charvet graduated UCLA with a Bachelors in Psychology and University of California, Irvine with a PhD in Neurobiology and Behavior. She worked at the FNNDSC from 2014-2015. She is now an Assistant Professor of Psychology at Delaware State University.

Alana Matos graduated Harvard University Graduate School of Education with a Masters of Education in Mind, Brain and Education. She worked as a Project Manager at the FNNDSC from 2014-2015. While she was here she assisted Dr. Ellen Grant in conducting research on the impact of nutrition on the developing neonatal brain. She now works at The Economist as a Product Designer.

Silvina Ferradal graduated from Washington University with her Masters and PhD in Biomedical Engineering. She worked at the FNNDSC between 2014-2016 as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow. She now works as an Assistant Professor of Intelligent Systems Engineering at Indiana University in Bloomington.

Jorge Bernal graduated with a PhD in Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence. He worked as a Research Software Developer developing a web-based scientific software platform and javascript libraries during his time at the FNNDSC. He currently works as a consultant for the FNNDSC to assist with ChRIS, a cloud based platform that maintains patient scans for medical practitioners to access, compare and analyze images quickly and remotely.

Maddy holds an MD from Pontificia Universidad Javeriana. She worked as a Pediatric Radiology Clinical Fellow during her time at the FNNDSC from 2015-2016. She is now an Assistant Professor of Pediatric Radiology at UT Southwestern Medical Center/Children's Health

Jie Luo holds a B.S. in Chemistry from Peking University and Ph.D. from Washington University in St. Louis. She worked at the FNNDSC from 2015-2017, as a postdoctoral research fellow. She is currently supported by grants from the Shanghai Sailing Program as well as the Ministry of Science and Technology. Dr. Luo has been a member of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine and Overseas Chinese Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine since 2009, and was elected Junior Fellow of the ISMRM Society in 2016. She is currently the Associate Professor at the School of Biomedical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University.

Katyucia de Macedo Rodrigues holds an MD from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte in Brazil. She did her residency in Radiology at the Federal University of Pernambuco and clinical fellowship in MRI at CDPI clinics, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. During her time at the FNNDSC, she was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Radiology. Her research projects focused on volumetric and morphometric analyses and diffusion imaging of neonatal brain, especially in patients with perinatal hypoxic ischemic injury.

Francesca graduated with a B.A. in Psychology, Masters in Biomedical Sciences, and now Medical Degree at Tufts University School of Medicine set to graduate in 2023. She worked at the FNNDSC from 2015-2017 with the NIRS team. Her responsibilities included studying frequency domain near-infrared spectroscopy (FD-NIRS) and diffuse correlation spectroscopy (DCS) as non invasive, optical mediums to measure brain health in neonates with congenital heart disease or at risk for brain injury.