International Scientific Advisory Board

In order to ensure the scientific excellence of the BRADY project, an International Scientific Advisory Board (ISAB) was established. ISAB is an independent advisory body in the area of strategy and evaluation of the work of the project's expert team. The ISAB is meeting annually to review the progress of the project, the quality of professional project activities and make professional recommendations in all areas covered by the project. The following leading foreign scientists have agreed to participate in the advisory board:

Prof. Daniel Margulies, CNRS Research Director, Integrative Neuroscience and Cognition Center, University of Paris. France. He is a leading researcher in the area of the organisation of large scale brain networks, and the analysis of intrinsic activity as measured with functional magnetic resonance imaging. His current research addresses the emergence of network topography and its relation to cortical structure. His expertise is directly relevant to the research under RWP1.

Dr. Greetje de Kleuver-Westerhof, Global Scale-up Company helping Dutch start-ups to scale mainly in the US. She maintains a trusted, large network of over 100 contacts in the Life Science and Health sector in California, Boston and Arizona that are of great value for European scaling companies. She was project manager of foreign Investments in life sciences & health in the East Netherlands Development Agency. She was responsible for development and establishment of medical labs for rehabilitation field Before she was working as innovation manager in the  Health Valley incubator in Gelderland.

Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Stephan Bialonski, FH Aachen, University of Applied Sciences, Germany. Professional specialization: machine learning and deep learning (especially deep representation learning), data science, time-series analysis with applications to biomedical/clinical data, and natural language processing.

Prof. Petr Janata, Ph.D., University of California, Davis; Center for Mind and Brain, USA. Professional specialization: Cognitive neuroscientist and psychologist specializing in the neural and psychological mechanisms of music perception and experience, the brain bases of strong musical experiences, studied using behavioral methods, functional neuroimaging (EEG/ERP, fMRI) and computational modeling.

MUDr. Igor Riečanský, DrSc., Centre for Experimental Medicine SAS, Slovakia. Professional specialization: Psychiatrist and behavioral neuroscientist specializing in psychoneurophysiology, cognitive neuroscience, biological psychology, and the neurobiological mechanisms of mental processes and behavior in health and disease.

Prof. Petro Julkunen, Ph.D., University of Eastern Finland, Department of Technical Physics. Professional specialization: medical physics and biomedical engineering neuromodulation and neurophysiological diagnostics and treatment technologies.

Jessica Damoiseaux, Ph.D., Institute of Gerontology and the Department of Psychology, Wayne State University, USA. Professional specialization: Associate Professor and cognitive neuroscientist specializing in brain aging and functional brain network connectivity.