Alumni
Ravi Menon's Lab
David Luknowsky (Medical Biophysics), 1995-1997, M.Sc.
1st prize Western Research Forum (1997).
Currently: Software Analyst RCMP/CSIS
Bradley Goodyear (Medical Biophysics), 1995-1999, Ph.D., 1999-2000, Postdoctoral Fellow
UWO Special Graduate Scholarship holder 1995-1997.
OGS holder 1997-1999.
2nd prize Western Research Forum (1997).
CIHR PDF award (1999), NSERC PDF Award (1999), AHFMR PDF Award (1999)
Currently: Associate Professor and Director of the Neuroimaging Unit, University of Calgary, Calgary
Christopher Thomas (Medical Biophysics), 1995-2001, Ph.D.
UWO Special Graduate Scholarship holder 1995-1997.
OGS and RRI Scholarship holder 1997-1999.
Currently: Assistant Professor Radiation Oncology, Dalhousie University
Francis Graydon (Neuroscience), 1997-2002, Ph.D.
Foreign Fee Waiver (1997)
Cuddy Neuroscience Scholarship (1998-2000)
ATR (Japan) Visiting Fellowship Award (1998)
Currently: Barrister at 33 Bedford Row, London, UK
Bradley MacIntosh (Medical Biophysics), 1999-2001, M.Sc.
ISMRM Student Travel Award (2001)
Currently: Professor, Dept. of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto and Senior Scientist, Sunnybrook Research Institute
Rob Bartha, 1999-2001, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow
Currently: Vice-Dean Research and Innovation, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London
Seyed Mirsattari (Neuroscience), 1995, MD, 2000-2004, Ph.D. (co-supervisor Dr. Stan Leung)
CIHR Post-Doctoral Fellowship Award (2000-2004)
Currently: Epilepsy Neurologist, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida, USA
Martyn Klassen (Medical Biophysics), 2000-2005, Ph.D.
NSERC PGSA (2000-2002)
UWO GTS (2000- )
NSERC PDF Award (2006-2007)
Research Scientist, CFMM, Robarts Research Institute
Simona Nikolova (Medical Biophysics), 2000-2006, Ph.D. (co-supervisor Dr. Rob Bartha)
Currently: Assistant Professor, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Wijbrand (Pieter) Medendorp, 2000-2002, Postdoctoral Fellow
Currently: Professor and former Director, Donders Centre for Cognition, Nijmegen
Herb Goltz, Ph.D., 2000-2003, Postdoctoral Fellow
Currently: Operations Manager, Connected Minds, CFREF, York University
Jennifer Steeves, Ph.D., 2000-2003, Postdoctoral Fellow
Currently: Professor, York University, Toronto, & Associate Vice-President Research, Director fMRI Research Facility
Robert Nikolov (Pinkerton) (Medical Biophysics), 2002-2006, Ph.D. (reclass. May 1/04)
NSERC Industrial PDF Award (2006-2007)
Currently: Senior MRI Engineer, ViewRay, Inc., Orange County, California, USA
Satheesh Vamanan, 2002-2003, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow
Currently: MRI Lead Systems Engineer (7T Safety & Regulatory), GE Healthcare, Milwaukee
Marc Lebel (Medical Biophysics), 2003-2005, M.Sc.
Currently: Applications Scientist, GE Healthcare, Calgary
Zheng Wang, 2003-2009, Ph.D., 2003-2009, Postdoctoral Fellow
CIHR Strategic Training Fellow (2004-2006)
OGS (2006-2007)
Currently: Associate Professor, School of Psychological and Cognitive Sciences, Peking University, China
Robert Barry (Biomedical Engineering), 2004-2008, Ph.D.
OGSST (2006-2007)
Currently: Program Director, NIBIB, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA
Samuel Oduneye (Biomedical Engineering), 2006-2008, M.Sc.
Currently: Director of Research Infrastructure, Infrastructure Ontario
Andrew Curtis (Medical Biophysics), 2007-2014, Ph.D.
QEII OGSST (2011-2013)
Currently: Research Scientist MRI, Synaptive Medical, Toronto
David Rudko (Physics), 2008-2014, Ph.D.
QEII OGSST (2012-2013)
Currently: Assistant Professor, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Quebec
Kyle Gilbert, 2008-2009, Ph.D.
Currently: Research Scientist and Adjunct Professor, Western University, London
Jean-Guy Belliveau (Biomedical Engineering), 2009-2011, M.Sc., 2011-2016, Ph.D.
QEII OGSST (2013-2014); Schmeelk Foundation, $30,000/pa (2014-2015)
Currently: University of Vermont Medical Center
Matt Quinn (Medical Biophysics), 2010-2013, MD/Ph.D.
CIHR Vanier Scholarship (2011-2014)
Currently: Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, University of Ottawa, Canada
Kathryn Manning (Medical Biophysics), 2011-2014, M.Sc., 2014-2018, Ph.D.
OGS (2012-2013), NSERC Canada Graduate Scholarship-Doctoral (2014-2017); Western Doctoral Excellence Research Awards #10,000/pa (2015-2017)
Currently: NSERC Post-doctoral Fellow & T. Chen Post-doctoral Fellow, University of Calgary
Ian Connell (Medical Biophysics), 2012-2017, M.Sc./Ph.D.
OGSST (2015-2016)
Currently: Director of Medical Engineering, UHN and Assistant Professor, University of Toronto
Esther Kho (Medical Biophysics UWO and University of Groningen), 2013-2014, M.Sc. (co-supervisor Dr. M.J.W. Greuter)
Currently: Biomedical Engineer, OnePlanet Research Center, Nijmegan, The Netherlands
Brittney Castrilli (Graduate Program in Neuroscience), 2015-2018, M.Sc. (co-supervisor Dr. S. Mirsattari)
Currently: Psychometrist, London Health Sciences Centre, London
Olivia Stanley, 2015-2021, Ph.D.
OGS (2016-2017); Canadian Open Neuroscience Platform Scholarship (2018-2019)
Currently: Vice President, Data Cognition Team, Bank of Montreal, Toronto
Ali Attaran, 2016-2017, Ph.D. (co-supervisor Dr. Blaine Chronik)
Currently: Senior RF Engineer, Ford Motor Company, Detroit
Geoffery Ngo, 2016-2022, Ph.D.
Currently: Cryptology Analyst, Communications Security Establishment Canada, Ottawa, Canada
David Schaeffer, 2016-2020, Ph.D. (co-supervisor Stefan Everling)
Currently: Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburgh
Sagar Buch, 2017-2019, Ph.D.
Currently: Assistant Professor, Dept of Radiology, Wayne State University, USA
Gabriel Benigno (Medical Biophysics), 2017-2019, M.Sc.
Currently: Postdoc, Centre for Neural Science, NYU, Newy York, USA
Omer Oran, 2017-2020, Postdoctoral
Currently: MR Collaboration Scientist at Siemens Healthineers
Justine Cléry, 2017-2022, Ph.D.
Currently: Assistant Professor, McGill University
Megha Verma, 2018-2021, M.Sc.
Currently: Ph.D. in the Owen lab
Zahra Fazal (Radboud University-Visiting Student), 2018-2019, Ph.D. (co-supervisor Dr. David Norris)
EU Easmus + International Mobility Grant (2018-2019)
Currently: MRI Scientist, Orbem, Munich, Germany
Amy Reichelt, 2018-2020, Ph.D. (co-supervisor Lisa Saksida)
Currently: Founder, Cognition Nutrition, Toronto
Yuki Hori, 2017-2021, Ph.D.
Currently: Research Professor, University of Tokyo
Mohamed El Badawe, 2019-2020, Ph.D.
Currently: Product Engineering Manager, Soundskrit, Montreal
Gabriel Mattatall, 2019-2023, Ph.D.
Currently: MITACS/Siemens, Lawson Health Research Institute
Olamide Adebiyi, 2021-2024, Ph.D. (co-supervisor Timothy Bussey)
Currently: Assistant Professor, University of Saskatchewan
Nico Arezza (Medical Biophysics) 2018-2022, Ph.D. (co-supervisor Dr. Corey Baron)
Currently: Radiation Oncology Physics Resident, Princess Margaret Hospital, Toronto, Ottawa, Canada
Eric Kuindersma (Medical Biophysics), 2019-2021, M.Sc.
Currently: Audiologist, HearingLife, Niagara region, Ontario, Canada
Brett Liem (Medical Biophysics), 2020-2023, M.Sc.
CIHR CGS-M (2020-2022)
Currently: Nav Canada Air Traffic Controller school
Rob Bartha's Lab
Mohamed Kassem, MD Equivalent (MBBCH); M.Sc. (Diagnostic Radiology), 2001-2002
Project:Development of Short Echo-Time Proton Spectroscopy and Perfusion Imaging for the Study of Stroke and Epilepsy
Currently: Hospital position in Cairo
Simona Nikolova, Ph.D., Medical Biophysics, 2002-2006
Project: Investigating Magnetic Resonance Transverse Relaxation with Adiabatic Refocusing: Applications to Acute Cerebral Ischemia
Current Position: Scientist, ViewRay, Inc, Orange County, CA, USA
Monique Mazzuca, M.Sc., Medical Biophysics, 2002-2005
Project: Histological Correlates of Temporal Changes of N-acetylaspartate Levels Detected with 1H MR Spectroscopy in Rat Models of Neurodegeneration
Current Position: Physician (Family Practice), Toronto, Ontario
Todd Stevens, Ph.D., Medical Biophysics, 2002-2007, Ph.D.
Project: Magnetic Resonance Investigations of Partial Epilepsy
Current Position: Medical Physicist, St. John Regional Hospital, New Brunswick
Jennifer McNab, M.Sc., Medical Biophysics, 2003-2005
Project:Metabolic Imaging in Low Grade Glioma
Currently:Assistant Professor, Radiology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
James Near, Ph.D., Medical Biophysics, 2004-2009
Project:Metabolic Imaging of Citrate in Prostate Cancer
Currently: Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of McGill, Quebec / Researcher, Douglas Institute, Quebec
Alex Li, Ph.D., Medical Biophysics, 2004-2009
Project:Development of PARACEST MRI for Cancer Characterization
Currently: CFMM Research Technologist
Ziqi Sun, Ph.D., Physical Chemistry, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 2004-2006
Project:High Resolution Metabolic Imaging in Small Animal Models of Cerebral Ischemia
Currently: Research Scientist, Ohio State University
Raul Rupsingh, M.Sc., Medical Biophysics, 2005-2009,
Project:Proton Spectroscopy in Alzheimer Disease
Currently: Chief Executive Officer, PointerWare, Toronto, ON
Sean Nestor, M.Sc., Medical Biophysics, 2007-2009
Project: Monitoring Alzheimer Progression With Volumetric Imaging
Currently: Medical School, University of Toronto
Jacob Penner, Ph.D., Medical Biophysics, 2007-2014
Project:Proton Spectroscopy in Alzheimer Disease
Currently: Post-Doctoral Fellow (with Dr. Peter Williamson), Lawson Research
Robert Ta, M.Sc., Medical Biophysics, 2008-2011
Project: Development of Targeted MRI Contrast Agents
Currently: Medical School, Trinity College Dublin
Izabela Kowalczyk, Ph.D., Medical Biophysics, 2008-2014
Project: fMRI studies following Decompression Surgery in Cervical Myelopathy
Currently: Consultant, Kingston, Ontario
Diego Cantor, Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering, 2008-2015, co-supervisor Dr. Rob Bartha
Project:Morphological Changes in Alzheimer Disease and Epilepsy
Currently: Machine Learning Engineer, Awake Labs, Toronto, Ontario,
Amanda Khan, M.Sc., Medical Biophysics, 2009-2011
Project:An Analysis of Brain Lateral Ventricular Sub-Volume Expansion in Subjects with Alzheimer Disease
Currently: MD Student, University of Toronto
Nevin McVicar, Ph.D., Medical Biophysics, 2009-2014
Project:Development of Novel PARACEST MRI Methods
Currently:Medical Physicist, British Columbia Cancer Agency
John Drozd, Ph.D., University of Western Ontario, 2009-2013
Project:Image Processing Methods for the Early Detection of Alzheimer Disease
Currently:Research Assistant, Physics and Astronomy
Mojmir Suchy, Ph.D., Faculty of Science, Pavol Jozef afrik University Koice, Slovak Republic, 2009-2013
Project: Development and Synthesis of Novel PARACEST MRI Contrast Agents
Currently: Research Associate, University of Ottawa
Sandy Gonalves, M.Sc., Medical Biophysics, 2011-2014
Project: Neural Correlates of Spinal Cord Decompression Surgery
Currently:Research Associate, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Jonatan Snir, Ph.D., Medical Biophysics, 2011-2015
Project:Cathepsin-D: A Novel Imaging Target for Alzheimer Disease Detection
Currently: Medical Physicist, London Regional Cancer Program
Samaneh Kazemifar, Ph.D., Medical Biophysics, 2011-2016
Project:;Development of Imaging Markers of Alzheimer Disease Progression
Currently: PDF, University of Texas Southwestern
Todd Stevens, Ph.D., University of Western Ontario, 2011-2012
Project:Cancer Detection and Analysis by PARACEST MRI
Currently: Medical Physicist, St. John Regional Hospital
Kamini Marathe, M.Sc., Medical Biophysics, 2013-2015
Project:pH Mapping using AACID-CEST MRI in Human Brain
Currently:Nursing Student, Fanshawe College
Kayla Ryan, Ph.D. Candidate, Medical Biophysics, 2013-2018
Project: Variation in Motor Function in Cervical Myelopathy
John Adams M.Sc. Candidate, Medical Biophysics, 2016-2018
Project: MR Spectroscopy in Epilepsy
Samir Atiya, Ph.D., University of Western Ontario, 2016-2017
Project: Metabolic and Functional Brain State: New Indicators of Alzheimer's Disease
Amy Schranz, Ph.D., University of Western Ontario, 2015-2019
Project: MR Spectroscopy in Concussion
Currently: Medical School University College Dublin
Dixon Wong, MD, Ph.D., 2017-2019
Project: High Field MRI Studies of Brain Changes in Early Alzheimer's Disease
Currently: Finishing MD schooling at Western University
Patrick McCunn, Ph.D., 2014-2020
Project: Diffusion Tensor Imaging in a mouse model of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Helma Heidari, M.Sc., 2020-2022
Project: long term effects of COVID-19
Justin Johnson, M.Sc., 2020-2022
Project: DTI of the Aorta
Stefan Everling's Lab
Dr. Christopher Tinsley, Postdoctoral Fellow, 2000
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Matthew Brown, M.Sc., Ph.D. 2001-2007
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Dr. Joesph DeSouza, Postdoctoral Fellow, 2001-2004
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Kirten Ford, Ph.D., 2002-2009
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Michael Koval, M.Sc./Ph.D., 2004-2012
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Courtney Field, M.Sc., 2004-2006
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Helen Levin, M.Sc., 2004-2006
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Jessica Phillips, M.Sc./Ph.D., 2006-2012
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Stephen Wegener, M.Sc., 2006-2008
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Victor Sanders, M.Sc., 2007-2009
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Michelle Bale, M.Sc., 2009-2011
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Iman Janemi, M.Sc., 2009-2011
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Sabeeha Hussein, M.Sc., 2010-2012
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Kevin Skoblenick, Ph.D., 2010-2014
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Nikoo Hashemi, M.Sc., 2013-2015
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Brandon Belbeck, M.Sc., 2013-2015
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Dr.Kevin Johnston, Postdoctoral Fellow, 2003-2007
Currently: Research Scientist, Robarts Research
Dr. Andrew Graham, Postdoctoral Fellow, 2007-2008
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Dr. Daniel Kaping, Postdoctoral Fellow, 2010-2011
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Dr. R. Matthew Hutchison, Postdoctoral Fellow, 2012-2013
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Dr. Susheel Vijayraghavan, Postdoctoral Fellow, 2011-2016
Currently: Research Scientist, Robarts Research
Jason Chan, Ph.D., 2012-2018
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David Schaeffer, Postdoctoral Fellow, 2017-2020 (co-supervisor Ravi Menon)
Currently: Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburg
Alex Major, Ph.D.,
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Ramina Adams, Ph.D.,
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Liya Ma, Post Doctoral Fellow,
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Maryam Ghahremani, Ph.D.,
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Yuki Hori, Post Doctoral Fellow,
Currently: Professor in Japan
Justine Clergy, Post Doctoral Fellow,
Currently: Professor at McGill
Ali Khan's Lab
Kristin Ikeda, Neuroscience, Masters student (Sept 2016-Aug 2017). Jointly co-supervised with Seyed Mirsattari
Currently:Assistant Professor Epileptologist at Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS
Project:Brain networks in people after a first unprovoked seizure.
Charlotte Blinston, Biomedical Engineering, Masters student (Sept 2013-May 2017, includes leave of absence).
Currently: Research Coordinator at the Ontario Brain Institute, Toronto, ON
Project: Histological quantification in temporal lobe epilepsy.
Jordan DeKraker, Psychology, Masters student (Sept 2014-Aug 2016)
Currently: Postdoc at mcgill
Project: Unravelling the subfields of the hippocampal head using 7-Tesla structural MRI.
Utsav Pardasani, Biomedical Engineering, Masters student (Sept 2014-Nov 2016).
Currently: Engineer with ClearPath Robotics, Kitchener, ON.
Project: Neurosurgical ultrasound pose estimation using image-based registration and sensor-based fusion - a feasibility study.
Diego Cantor, Biomedical Engineering, Ph.D. student (Sept 2010-April 2015)
Currently: CTO at Awake Labs Inc, Toronto, ON.
Project: Multivariate analysis of MR images in temporal lobe epilepsy.
Maged Goubran, Biomedical Engineering, Ph.D. student (Sept 2010-Nov 2014)
Currently: Postdoctoral Fellow at Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
Project: Quantitative MRI correlates of hippocampal and neocortical pathology in intractable temporal lobe epilepsy.
John DeMarco, Clinical Anatomy, M.Sc. student
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Roy Haast, Clinical Anatomy, Postdoctoral Fellow
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Geetika Gupta, Masters student
Currently: Med school
Project: Functional organization of the human frontoparietal cortex with fMRI.
Uzair Hussain, Postdoctoral Fellow
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Project: computational diffusion MRI modelling and simulation for Quantifying cortical architecture.
Loxlan Kasa, Postdoctoral Fellow
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Project: applying advanced MRI techniques to quantify brain microstructure in patients with neuropathological disorder and diseases.
Sudesna Chakraborty, Ph.D., 2016-2023
Corey Baron's Lab
Aidin Arbabi, Medical Biophysics, Postdoctoral Researcher, 2018-2019
Currently:
Project: DTI Imaging
Kevin Borsos, M.Sc. Medical Biophysics, 2019-2021
Currently:
Project: DTI Imaging