Neuroimaging Laboratory
University of Campinas
About
I received my Physics degree from the University of Campinas (Unicamp - Brazil) with a major in Medical Physics, my Ph.D. degree in Neurosciences also from Unicamp investigating neurodegenerative diseases, and was a postdoctoral scholar at the University of Calgary (Canada) studying the effects of concussion in the brain. Currently, I am a post-doctoral fellow at Unicamp, researching epilepsy with neuroimaging and computational techniques to predict prognosis. I have a keen interest in research and education involving Neurosciences, Physics, Medical Physics, and Mathematics, and I am fond of the interplay of these areas towards the study of the brain. I am also curious about machine/deep learning and altered states of consciousness (e.g.: meditation).
Post-doctoral fellow at the Neuroimaging Lab (University of Campinas)
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2020 - 2022 FAPESP Grant #2020/00019-7: Advanced analysis of MR imaging in epilepsy to predict surgery outcome - A machine learning approach
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2020 - present CEPID BRAINN Associate Researcher
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2016 - present Collaborating Developer - UF²C Software
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2020 - present Guest Associate Editor in Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience (2020 - current)
Software
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Grants
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2020 – present Postdoctoral grant, The Sao Paulo Research Foundation, # 2020/00019-7
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2019 – 2020 Postdoctoral grant, T Chen Fong Fellowship
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2017 – 2019 Postdoctoral grant, Integrated Concussion Research Program (ICRP)
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2016 – 2017 Doctoral exchange grant, The Sao Paulo Research Foundation (BEPE-FAPESP), # 2016/00330-9
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2014 – 2017 Ph.D. grant, The Sao Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP), # 2014/15918-6
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2012 – 2014 Ph.D. grant, Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES), Finance Code 001.
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2009 – 2010 Undergraduate Research Program grant, Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa no Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP), # 2009/02138-4
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Awards
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2019 27th ISMRM Trainee Educational Stipend ($585 USD)
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2017 Best study (first author) of neurotechnology presented in the 4th BRAINN Congress. Hierarchical observation modeling in fMRI: sliding window 2.0
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2016 Best study (co-author) presented in the X RPDA. Intra and internetwork connectivities in Alzheimer’s Disease and the relationship with CSF levels and cognition
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2015 Best study (co-author) presented in the 2nd BRAINN Congress. Preliminary data on neuroimaging changes in the pilocarpine model of temporal lobe epilepsy
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2013 21st World Congress of Neurology bursary (€ 1450)
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2011 Highest grade in the National Exam of Students Performance (ENADE - Brazil) for last-year undergraduate students in Physics
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2010 Honorable mention (first author) for the study presented in the 4th CINAPSE Workshop
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2007 1st place in the admission exam for Medical Physics of the University of Sao Paulo (best-ranked Brazilian university)
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Contact email: rfcassebATunicamp.br