Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- Andrada Savickas
- Date of birth
- 1989/07/13
- Gender
- Female
Citation names
- Andrada Ianus
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- FF1C-22DE-8E8F
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0001-9893-1724
Email addresses
- andrada.ianus@neuro.fchampalimaud.org (Professional)
- andrada.ianus@gmail.com (Personal)
Telephones
- Mobile phone
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- 920016914 (Personal)
Addresses
- Av. Brasilia, 1400-038, Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal (Professional)
Knowledge fields
- Exact Sciences - Physical Sciences
- Exact Sciences - Computer and Information Sciences
- Engineering and Technology - Medical Engineering
Languages
Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
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Romanian (Mother tongue) | |||||
English | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) |
Portuguese | Upper intermediate (B2) | Upper intermediate (B2) | Upper intermediate (B2) | Upper intermediate (B2) | Intermediate (B1) |
Lithuanian | Intermediate (B1) | Intermediate (B1) | Intermediate (B1) | Intermediate (B1) | Intermediate (B1) |
Spanish; Castilian | Elementary (A2) | Upper intermediate (B2) | Elementary (A2) | Intermediate (B1) | Elementary (A2) |
German | Elementary (A2) | Elementary (A2) | Elementary (A2) | Elementary (A2) | Elementary (A2) |
Education
Degree | Classification | |
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2012/09/20 - 2016/06/28
Concluded
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Medical and Biomedical Imaging (Doctor of Philosophy)
University College London Faculty of Engineering, United Kingdom
"Advanced Diffusion MRI for Microstructure Imaging: Theoretical Developments" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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2011/09/20 - 2012/09/20
Concluded
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Medical and Biomedical Imaging (Master)
University College London Faculty of Engineering, United Kingdom
"Advanced Diffusion MRI for Prostate Cancer: Theoretical Developments" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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2008/09/01 - 2011/06/15
Concluded
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Physics (Bachelor)
Jacobs University Bremen gGmbH, Germany
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2010/08/15 - 2010/12/15
Concluded
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Physics (Bachelor)
Rice University, United States
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Affiliation
Science
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2019/06/01 - Current | Postdoc (Research) | Fundação Champalimaud, Portugal |
2016/01/01 - 2019/05/17 | Postdoc (Research) | University College London Department of Computer Science, United Kingdom |
2011/06/15 - 2011/08/15 | Research Trainee (Research) | University College London Centre for Medical Image Computing, United Kingdom |
2010/01/05 - 2010/02/15 | Research Trainee (Research) | Fraunhofer-Institut für Digitale Medizin MEVIS, Germany |
2009/06/15 - 2009/08/15 | Research Trainee (Research) | Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, Germany |
Projects
Grant
Designation | Funders | |
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2023/12/23 - 2025/06/22 | To wait or to operate after neoadjuvant therapy in locally-advanced rectal cancer: magnetic resonance imaging can provide
the answer
2023.02201.RESTART
Principal investigator
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia |
2020/09/30 - 2023/09/29 | MRI based mapping of microscopic brain composition in Alzheimers disease
LCF/BQ/PI20/11760029
Post-doc Fellow
Fundação Champalimaud, Portugal
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Obra Social La Caixa
Ongoing
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2020/05/01 - 2020/09/29 | MRI based mapping of microscopic brain composition in a mouse model of Alzheimers disease
101003390
Post-doc Fellow
Fundação Champalimaud, Portugal
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European Commission
Cancelled
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2016/01/01 - 2018/05/01 | Quantitative diffusion MRI for prostate cancer grading
M507970
Post-doc Fellow
University College London Centre for Medical Image Computing, United Kingdom
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Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
Concluded
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Outputs
Publications
Book chapter |
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Journal article |
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Activities
Oral presentation
Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location) |
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2022/05 | Simulation of complex cell morphology in the gray matter and its applications to microstructure imaging | Annual Meeting of ISMRM
International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (United Kingdom)
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2022/05 | Spatial localization in MRI | Annual Meeting of ISMRM
International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (United Kingdom)
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2022/01 | Educational lecture on Diffusion MRI | Educational series
ISMRM British and Iberian chapters
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2021/10 | Cancer imaging in Preclinical MRI | Annual Meeting of ESMRMB
European Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine and Biology
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2018/06 | Non-invasive axon diameter mapping: so fascinating, so challenging & so many questions | Annual Meeting of ISMRM
International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (France)
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2018/06 | Diffusion encoding using MRI: single pulse, double pulse, oscillating gradients | Annual Meeting of ISMRM
International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (France)
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2017/06 | Advance diffusion MRI for characterizing brain microstructure | International workshop on Diffusion MRI meets diffusion MRS
UCL (United Kingdom)
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2017/04 | Diffusion modelling and microstructure probing | Annual Meeting of ISMRM
International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (United States)
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2016/04 | Advanced diffusion MRI for microstructure imaging | Dagstuhl Seminar: "Multidisciplinary Approaches to Multivalued Data: Modelling, Visualization, Analysis"
Schloss Dagstuhl - Leibniz-Zentrum fur Informatik (Germany)
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Supervision
Thesis Title Role |
Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization |
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2020/10/01 - Current | Optimised Temporal Diffusion Ratio for Imaging Restricted Diffusion
Co-supervisor
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Medical and Biomedical Imaging (PhD)
University College London Department of Computer Science, United Kingdom
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2018/12/01 - 2019/09/30 | Classification of lymph nodes using machine learning algorithms
Supervisor
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Master of Computer Science (Master)
University College London Department of Computer Science, United Kingdom
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2017/01/01 - 2017/09/30 | Machine Learning for White Matter Modeling in the Brain
Co-supervisor
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Master of Computer Science (Master)
University College London Department of Computer Science, United Kingdom
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Event organisation
Event name Type of event (Role) |
Institution / Organization | |
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2020/10/10 - 2022/10/14 | Co-organizer of an international Workshop on Diffusion MRI. (2022/10/10 - 2022/10/14)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
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International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, United States |
2019/01/01 - 2020/09/01 | Co-organizer of a data-analysis challenge sponsored by the ISBI conference on imaging white matter microstructure with diffusion
MRI. (2020/04/03 - 2020/04/07)
Other (Co-organisor)
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IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, United States IEEE Signal Processing Society, United States |
2019/01/01 - 2019/05/15 | Lead-organizer of a symposium during the ISMRM annual meeting, attended by more than 200 international participants. (2019/05/15)
Symposium (President of the Organising Committee)
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International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, United States |
2018/01/01 - 2018/06/21 | Co-organizer of a symposium during the ISMRM annual meeting, attended by more than 200 international participants. (2018/06/19)
Symposium (Co-organisor)
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International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, United States |
Jury of academic degree
Topic Role |
Candidate name (Type of degree) Institution / Organization |
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2024/01/18 | Neuroimaging biomarkers through the migraine cycle: investigation of diffusion MRI parameters
(Thesis) Arguer
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Ana Fouto (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
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2019/05/27 | Diffusion-Weighted Imaging in Breast Magnetic Resonance
(Thesis) Arguer
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Filipa Borlinhas (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
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2018/08 | PhD Thesis on Diffusion MRI of lymph nodes
(Thesis) Main arguer
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Mariaulpa Sahalan (PhD)
The University of Sydney Faculty of Health Sciences Campus Book Store, Australia
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Ad Hoc journal article review
Journal title (ISSN) | Publisher | |
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2022/11/16 - Current | European Radiology (0938-7994) | Springer |
2022/09/21 - Current | Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (1522-2586) | Wiley |
2020/09/22 - Current | Scientific Reports (2045-2322) | Nature Portfolio |
2019/10/15 - Current | NMR in Biomedicine (1099-1492) | Wiley |
2019/08/27 - Current | IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging (0278-0062) | |
2019/02/08 - Current | PlosOne (1932-6203) | PLOS |
2015/07/09 - Current | Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (1522-2594) | Wiley |
2014/08/22 - Current | NeuroImage (1053-8119) | Elsevier |
Association member
Society Organization name | Role | |
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2021/07/07 - Current | European Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine and Biology | Member |
2021/02/24 - Current | European Society for Molecular Imaging | Member, Reviewer |
2012/01/01 - Current | International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine | Member, Reviewer |
Committee member
Activity description Role |
Institution / Organization | |
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2024/02/20 - Current | Vice-chair of the ISMRM Iberian chapter scientific society.
President / Vice-president
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2020/02/01 - 2021/02/01 | Member of the postdoc committee
Member
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Fundação Champalimaud, Portugal |
2017/04/15 - 2019/05/15 | Elected trainee representative for the Diffusion Study Group (DSG) of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in
Medicine (ISMRM). The role includes co-organizing events such as yearly business and social meetings.
Member
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International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, United States |
2013/10/01 - 2016/06/01 | Member and elected secretary of the UCL Women Engineers student society. The role included organizing events
to encourage women to pursue careers in STEM fields.
Coordinator
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University College London Department of Computer Science, United Kingdom |
Conference scientific committee
Conference name | Conference host | |
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2021/11/01 - 2022/03/18 | 17th European Molecular Imaging Meeting | EMIM 2022 |
Course / Discipline taught
Academic session | Degree Subject (Type) | Institution / Organization | |
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2023/05/20 - 2023/05/20 | Advanced Diffusion MRI | European Society of Neuroradiology, Switzerland | |
2019/02/01 - 2019/04/30 | Teaching assistant for Programming Foundations | (Master) | University College London Department of Medical Physics and Bioengineering, United Kingdom |
2012/01/01 - 2015/05/01 | Teaching assistant for Computational Modelling in Biomedical Imaging course | (Master) | University College London Department of Computer Science, United Kingdom |
2009/09/01 - 2010/05/30 | Teaching assistant for BSc course in Electrodynamics, Quantum Mechanics and Statistical Mechanics | Physics (Bachelor) | Jacobs University Bremen gGmbH, Germany |
Evaluation committee
Activity description Role |
Institution / Organization | Funding entity | |
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2023/03/10 - 2023/03/28 | Evaluation of applications for the Postgraduate studies abroad fellowship from La Caixa Foundation
Evaluator
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Obra Social La Caixa |
Interview (newspaper / magazine)
Activity description | Newspaper / Forum | |
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2021/11/13 | Interview about my fellowship project. | Publico |
Interview (tv / radio show)
Program | Topic | |
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2020/11/11 - 2020/11/11 | Regiunea in Obiectiv - A Romanian TV show that focused on science in my home town, Iasi and abroad. |
Journal scientific committee
Journal title (ISSN) | Publisher | |
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2021/08/10 - 2022/12/11 | Frontiers in Neuroscience (1662453) | Frontiers |
Mentoring / Tutoring
Topic | Student name | |
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2021/12 - Current | Mentoring school children in the Ciência di Noz Manera project | Various |
2021/03/01 - Current | Mentor for the Romanian Science Festival organization | Various |
2022/07/01 - 2022/08/30 | Mentor for a Google Summer of Code project | Renata Cruz, Joel Hurtado Moreno |
2020/01/01 - 2021/12/31 | General career advice | Tom Wilfing |
Distinctions
Award
2023 | 2nd Place in the Bruker MRI awards
Bruker BioSpin MRI GmbH, Germany
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2022 | Honorable Mention
Graduate Women in Science, United States
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2019 | Summa Cum Laude (top 5%) for the submitted abstract
International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, United States
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2019 | Distinguished Reviewer of the Magnetic Resonance in Medicine journal
International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, United States
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2017 | Summa Cum Laude (top 5%) for the submitted abstract
International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, United States
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2015 | Prize for engagement and enthusiasm in Departmental PhD Showcase
University College London Faculty of Engineering, United Kingdom
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2012 | MRes degree with Distinction
University College London Faculty of Engineering, United Kingdom
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2011 | Finalist (top 1%) in the Mathematical Contest in Modelling
Consortium for Mathematics and Its Applications, United States
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2008 | Third Prize in the Rudolf Ortvay Competition in Physics
Eotvos Lorand Fizikai Tarsulat, Hungary
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2008 | Gold Medal in the International Physics Olympiad |
2007 | Bronze Medal for Physics in Tuymaada International Olympiad |
Title
2017 | Junior Fellow
International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, United States
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Other distinction
2023 | Selection to participate in the 72nd Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting
Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings, Germany
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