Faculty in the team of Dr. Heidi Jacobs
 Prokopis Prokopiou, PhD |
Supported by the NIH-NIA |
[fMRI modeling, signal processing, vascular reactivity]
Prokopis Prokopiou, PhD Instructor of Radiology (2023 -...) postdoctoral fellow (2020 - 2023) |
 Maxime Van Egroo, PhD |
Supported by WBI, BrightFocus, Marie Curie Sklodowska |
[Sleep - wakefulness]
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Affiliated Faculty in the team of Dr. Heidi Jacobs
 Nicholas Vogt MD, PhD | Supported by the NIH-NIA |
Affiliated through Hebrew Senior Life / Marcus Research Institute
[Geriatrics, advanced diffusion imaging, frailty]
Nicholas Vogt, MD, PhD
Instructor of Medicine (2025 - ...) postdoctoral fellow (2024-2025) |
 Joost Riphagen MD, PhD | Supported by the NIH-NIA, BrightFocus | Affiliated through the Martinos Center at MGH
[Anestesiology, Pupillometry, simulations]
Joost Riphagen, MD, PhD
Instructor of Radiology (2024 - ...) postdoctoral fellow (2020 - 2024) PhD-student (2016 - 2020) |
Postdocs in the team of Dr. Heidi Jacobs
 Marion Baillet, PhD | supported by the Alzheimer's Association |
[Neuropsychopharmacology, napping, tVNS]
Marion Baillet, PhD
(2024- ...) |
 Elouise Koops, PhD | supported by the Alzheimer's Association |
[FDG-PET, advanced diffusion imaging, auditory neuroscience]
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Open position!
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PhD-students under current supervision of Dr. Heidi Jacobs
Yuliya Patsyuk, MSc | supported by Alzheimer Nederland, Alzheimer's Association |
Supervised by Heidi Jacobs and Maxime Van Egroo (February 2023 - ...)
[Economics - Cognitive neuroscience]
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Emma Thibault, MSc | supported by NIH-NIA |
Supervised by Heidi Jacobs, Keith Johnson and Willemijn Jansen (May 2026 - ...) |
[Neuroscience - Data science]
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Clinical Research Coordinators
Sydney Lovelace (MGH)
Emma Wiklund (MGH)
Sydney Lovelace (MGH)
Emma Wiklund (MGH)
Sr. Clinical Trial Project Manager
Bachelor and master students
Delaney Alonso (coop Northeastern University)
Delaney Alonso (coop Northeastern University)
Collaborators
Prof. Keith Johnson, Massachusetts General Hospital
Prof. Reisa Sperling, Massachusetts General Hospital
Prof. Julie Price, Massachusetts General Hospital
Dr. Kenneth Kwong, Massachusetts General Hospital
Prof. Lea Grinberg, University of California San Francisco
Dr. David Salat, Massachusetts General Hospital
Dr. Jonathan Polimeni, Massachusetts General Hospital
Dr. Vitaly Napadow, Massachusetts General Hospital
Dr. Marco Loggia, Massachusetts General Hospital
Dr. Seun Johnson-Akeju, Massachusetts General Hospital
Dr. Tarun Singhal, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Dr. Anne Berry, Brandeis University
Dr. Hwamee Oh, Brown University
Dr. David Bennett, Rush University
Dr. Michael Sommerauer, University Hospital Cologne
Prof. Benedikt Poser, Maastricht University
Dr. Dimo Ivanov, Maastricht University
Dr. Daniel Keszthelyi, Maastricht University Medical Center
Dr. Gilles Vandewalle, University of Liege
Prof. Kamil Uludag, Health Network Toronto
Dr. Joana Pereira, Karolinska Institute
Prof. Sudha Seshadri, University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio
Dr. Maryam Ziaei, Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience Trondheim
Prof. Keith Johnson, Massachusetts General Hospital
Prof. Reisa Sperling, Massachusetts General Hospital
Prof. Julie Price, Massachusetts General Hospital
Dr. Kenneth Kwong, Massachusetts General Hospital
Prof. Lea Grinberg, University of California San Francisco
Dr. David Salat, Massachusetts General Hospital
Dr. Jonathan Polimeni, Massachusetts General Hospital
Dr. Vitaly Napadow, Massachusetts General Hospital
Dr. Marco Loggia, Massachusetts General Hospital
Dr. Seun Johnson-Akeju, Massachusetts General Hospital
Dr. Tarun Singhal, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Dr. Anne Berry, Brandeis University
Dr. Hwamee Oh, Brown University
Dr. David Bennett, Rush University
Dr. Michael Sommerauer, University Hospital Cologne
Prof. Benedikt Poser, Maastricht University
Dr. Dimo Ivanov, Maastricht University
Dr. Daniel Keszthelyi, Maastricht University Medical Center
Dr. Gilles Vandewalle, University of Liege
Prof. Kamil Uludag, Health Network Toronto
Dr. Joana Pereira, Karolinska Institute
Prof. Sudha Seshadri, University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio
Dr. Maryam Ziaei, Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience Trondheim
Alumni PhD-students & Postdocs
(Individuals in blue are still active within the Jacobs Lab, but currently in a different position, after promotion)
(Individuals in blue are still active within the Jacobs Lab, but currently in a different position, after promotion)
Kim NH Dillen (PhD Project: "The retrosplenial cortex in Alzheimer's disease", April 2012 - November 2017)
- currently postdoctoral researcher at the University Hospital in Cologne (Germany)
Kim NH Dillen (PhD Project: "The retrosplenial cortex in Alzheimer's disease", April 2012 - November 2017)
- currently postdoctoral researcher at the University Hospital in Cologne (Germany)
- Whitney Freeze (PhD Project: "Blood-brain barrier leakage in dementia", March 2015 - May 2019)
- - currently postdoctoral researcher at Leiden University Medical Center (G.J Gorter Center for High Field MRI) and
- clinical data analyst at the St-Antonius Hospital, Leiden
Lisa Schmiedek (Müller-Ehrenberg) (PhD Project: "Mapping and modulating network breakdown in early Alzheimer's disease using transcranial electrical stimulation and MRI"; Thesis: "Episodic memory in aging and AD: a possible target for electrical stimulation", April 2015 - December 2020)
- currently psychotherapist in Germany
Lisa Schmiedek (Müller-Ehrenberg) (PhD Project: "Mapping and modulating network breakdown in early Alzheimer's disease using transcranial electrical stimulation and MRI"; Thesis: "Episodic memory in aging and AD: a possible target for electrical stimulation", April 2015 - December 2020)
- currently psychotherapist in Germany
Linda Pagen (PhD Project: "Stress and worry during cognitive aging: behavioral and neural correlates", September 2017 - Augustus 2021)
- currently data scientist at Central Bureau of Statistics in the Netherlands
Linda Pagen (PhD Project: "Stress and worry during cognitive aging: behavioral and neural correlates", September 2017 - Augustus 2021)
- currently data scientist at Central Bureau of Statistics in the Netherlands
Nikos Priovoulos (PhD Project: "Structural and functional imaging of the locus coeruleus at 7T: from methodology to clinical application", August 2015 - January 2020)
- postdoctoral researchers at Spinoza Center in Amsterdam (the Netherlands) from 2020 to 2024
- postdoctoral researchers at the Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, UK (2024-2025)
- currently Assistant Professor at the University of Maastricht, Faculty of Psychology and Neurosciences
Nikos Priovoulos (PhD Project: "Structural and functional imaging of the locus coeruleus at 7T: from methodology to clinical application", August 2015 - January 2020)
- postdoctoral researchers at Spinoza Center in Amsterdam (the Netherlands) from 2020 to 2024
- postdoctoral researchers at the Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, UK (2024-2025)
- currently Assistant Professor at the University of Maastricht, Faculty of Psychology and Neurosciences
Joost Riphagen (PhD Project: "Vascular Matters in Aging and Dementia", September 2015 - January 2020)
- currently instructor at MGH, affiliated with the Jacobs Lab
- currently instructor at MGH, affiliated with the Jacobs Lab
Roy van Hooren (PhD Project: "Imaging early brain characteristics of Alzheimer's disease: structure, function and symptomatology", July 2018 - December 2022)
- currently data scientist at Central Bureau of Statistics in the Netherlands
Christoph Schneider (Postdoctoral researcher from August 2021 - December 2023)
- currently postdoctoral researcher at the University of Bern in Switzerland.
Prokopis Prokopiou (Postdoctoral researcher from February 2020 - April 2023)
- currently Instructor within the Jacobs Lab at MGH
- currently Instructor within the Jacobs Lab at MGH
Maxime Van Egroo (Postdoctoral researcher from January 2020 - December 2023)
- currently tenured senior researcher within the Jacobs Lab at Maastricht University / MGH
- currently tenured senior researcher within the Jacobs Lab at Maastricht University / MGH
Nicholas Vogt (Postdoctoral researcher from September 2024 - August 2025)
- currently Instructor at the Marcus Institute / Hebrew SeniorLife & Athinoula A. Martios Center for Biomedical Imaging (Jacobs Lab)
- currently Instructor at the Marcus Institute / Hebrew SeniorLife & Athinoula A. Martios Center for Biomedical Imaging (Jacobs Lab)
Elise Beckers (PhD Project: "From Imaging to modulating: the human locus coeruleus along healthy aging and the Alzheimer's disease continuum", October 2020 - February 2025)
- currently requirement and risks engineer at IBA Proton Therapy
Nina Engels-Dominguez (PhD Project: "The locus coeruleus: blueprint towards identifying preclinical Alzheimer's disease", September 2020 - February 2025)
- currently senior clinical trial project manager at MGH
- currently senior clinical trial project manager at MGH
Gabriel Wainstein (Postdoctoral researcher from January 2025 till September 2025)
- currently postdoctoral researcher and dat analyst at the University of Sydney in Australia
Timothy Lawn (Postdoctoral researcher from February 2024 till January 2026)
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Alumni Project managers and clinical research coordinators
Jill Grube, BS - Clinical research coordinator II 2023-2025 at MGH. Currently Medical school student at Temple University
Haley Fenlon, BS - Clinical research coordinator II 2024 -2025 at MGH. Currently Clinical Project Associate at Relay Tx.
Julia Hayden, BS - Clinical research project manager 2021-2022 at MGH. Currently Medical school student at University of Massachusetts.
Truley Juneau, MSc - Clinical research coordinator III 2022-2024 at MGH. Currently JD Candidate at South Texas College of Law Houston
Courtney Maa, MSc - Clinical research coordinator 2022 at MGH. Currently senior project manager at the Harvard Aging Brain Study.
Lindsay Smegal, BS - Clinical research coordinator III. 2021 - 2023 at MGH. Currently graduate student at the Clinical Psychology program of Georgia State University
Jill Grube, BS - Clinical research coordinator II 2023-2025 at MGH. Currently Medical school student at Temple University
Haley Fenlon, BS - Clinical research coordinator II 2024 -2025 at MGH. Currently Clinical Project Associate at Relay Tx.
Julia Hayden, BS - Clinical research project manager 2021-2022 at MGH. Currently Medical school student at University of Massachusetts.
Truley Juneau, MSc - Clinical research coordinator III 2022-2024 at MGH. Currently JD Candidate at South Texas College of Law Houston
Courtney Maa, MSc - Clinical research coordinator 2022 at MGH. Currently senior project manager at the Harvard Aging Brain Study.
Lindsay Smegal, BS - Clinical research coordinator III. 2021 - 2023 at MGH. Currently graduate student at the Clinical Psychology program of Georgia State University
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Former bachelor and master students
Seher Abassi Mia Antunovic Maartje Bekker Shelby Braig Janina Buch Aafke Bus Kylie Considine Maartje De Vries Franziska Dieckmann Nina Engels Lukas Heinrich Janou Joosten Selina Mueller Jos Kanning Gülizar Kaya Luqman Khan Ruth Kremser Eva Köster Wouter Kroot René Lattmann Helen Lückmann (Mayrrhofer) Luisa Mang Nilani Markandu Brooke McConaghy Mark Meessen Nina Nolfo Lea Flitsch |
Nora Oehler Jennifer Pahl Manuela Pietzuch Federico Presi Chantalle Razat Dennis Roekx Jona Schebesta Lisa Senden Charissa Simon Roshni Singh Julia Standaert Hannah Strandell Simpson Kim Stehouwer Emerson Takata Cleo Thijssen Stan van Boxel Jolien van der Velden Annerieke van Laarhoven Lotte Vogels Niky Vogt Nadine Vohrmann Svenja Wiese Ann-Kathrin Wilden Astrid Witters Floor Wouters Rosita Zeguers |