Postdocs in the team of Dr. Heidi Jacobs

Dr. Whitney M Freeze Maastricht University (Netherlands) Postmortem validation of the MT contrast of the locus coeruleus (funded by Pilot Grant of Alzheimer Nederland) & Leiden University Medical Center (G.J Gorter Center for High Field MRI)

Dr. Prokopis Prokopiou (MGH, Boston, USA). Relating functional connectivity to locus coeruleus integrity. Supported by the NIH-NIA

Dr. Joost Riphagen Maastricht University (Netherlands) Vascular changes contributing to locus coeruleus pathology

Dr. Maxime Vanegroo, Maastricht University (The Netherlands). "Ultra-high field magnetic resonance imaging of brain structures underlying wakefulness and sleep across the lifespan"

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PhD-students under current supervision of Dr. Heidi Jacobs

*********Roy van Hooren ********* Supervised together with Prof. Frans RJ Verhey, Maastricht University, The Netherlands - Project: Relating connectivity and network organization to early Alzheimer’s disease pathology

***********Linda Pagen *********** Supervised together with Prof. Frans RJ Verhey, Prof. Rainer Goebel and Dr. Benedikt Poser, Maastricht University, The Netherlands - Project: The locus coeruleus hits the bull's eye: stress vulnerability as a predictor for cognitive decline.

****Nina Engels Dominguez **** Supervised together with Prof. Frans RJ Verhey, Maastricht University, The Netherlands & Yakeel Quiroz, MGH, Boston, USA - Project: Brainstem properties in preclinical Alzheimer’s disease

*******Elise Beckers ******* Supervised together with Prof. Frans RJ Verhey, Maastricht University, The Netherlands & Dr. Gilles Vandewalle, Liege University, Belgium - Project: Boosting a neuromodulatory system relevant to Alzheimer’s disease to enhance memory.

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Clinical Research Coordinators
Nina Engels (MGH)
​Sophie Kappert (UM)
​Zoe Rubinstein (MGH)
Emma Thibault (MGH)
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Bachelor and master students
Aafke Bus
​Federico Presi

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Collaborators
Prof. Keith Johnson, MGH
Prof. Reisa Sperling, MGH
Prof. Julie Price, MGH
Dr. Kenneth Kwong, MGH
Dr. David Salat, MGH
Dr. Jonathan Polimeni, MGH
Dr. Vitaly Napadow, MGH
Dr. Benedikt Poser, Maastricht University
Dr. Dimo Ivanov, Maastricht University
Dr. Daniel Keszthelyi, Maastricht University Medical Center
Dr. Gilles Vandewalle, University of Liege, Belgium
Prof. Kamil Uludag, Health Network Toronto

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Alumni PhD-students

​Kim NH Dillen (Project: "The retrosplenial cortex in Alzheimer's disease")
 - currently postdoctoral researcher at the University Hospital in Cologne (Germany)

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​ Whitney Freeze (Project: "Blood-brain barrier leakage in dementia")
 - currently postdoctoral researcher in our group and at Leiden University Medical Center (G.J Gorter Center for High Field MRI)

​Lisa Schmiedek (Müller-Ehrenberg) (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")
- currently in training as psychotherapist in Germany

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​Nikos Priovoulos (Project: "Structural and functional imaging of the locus coeruleus at 7T: from methodology to clinical application")
​- currently postdoctoral researchers at the Spinoza Center in Amsterdam (the Netherlands)

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​ Joost Riphagen  (Project: "Vascular Matters in Aging and Dementia")
 - currently postdoctoral researcher in our group 

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Former bachelor and master students
Maartje Bekker
Janina Buch
Maartje De Vries
Franziska Dieckmann
​Nina Engels
Selina Mueller
​Jos Kanning
Gülizar Kaya
Ruth Kremser
Eva Köster
René Lattmann
Helen Lückmann (Mayrrhofer)
Luisa Mang
Mark Meessen
Nina Nolfo
Lea Flitsch
Nora Oehler
​Manuela Pietzuch
Chantalle Razat
Lisa Senden
​Charissa Simon
​Kim Stehouwer
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
​Rosita Zeguers