Speakers

Kamran Nazim

Chief Product Officer, Soterix Medical

Kamran Nazim holds a Master's degree in Biotechnology and Entrepreneurship from New York University (NYU) and completed his undergraduate studies in Biomedical Engineering at the City College of New York (CCNY). With a decade of experience at Soterix Medical, Kamran serves as the Chief Product Officer, overseeing product design and development. He has spearheaded innovation, leading to the successful launch of over 10 products.

Bas Neggers

CTO/CSO, Brain Science Tools

Bas Neggers was trained as a biophysicist at the University of Nijmegen and obtained his PhD degree at the Max-Planck-Institute in Munich in 2000. Bas has performed brain research for his entire scientific career in the United States of America, Germany, as well as in The Netherlads. He founded Brain Science Tools in 2011 in order to pursue valorization of techniques developed at the UMC Utrecht to help patients benefit from innovative approaches.

Jord Vink

Technical physician, Brain Science Tools | UMC Utrecht

Jord is a technical physician and postdoctoral researcher at Brain Science Tools and the UMC Utrecht. His research interests include neurorehabilitation, brain connectivity and multi-modal TMS applications. He currently runs a phase-3 multicenter trial investigating rTMS treatment for the promotion of upper limb recovery after stroke in 16 rehabilitation centers in the Netherlands.

Fenne Smits

Postdoctoral researcher, University Clinical Center Utrecht

Fenne Smits is a post-doctoral researcher at the Brain Research and Innovation Centre of the Ministry of Defence. She investigates the effects of tDCS and tACS on psychotrauma-related complaints in military personnel and cognitive-control in healthy participants.

Martin Tik

Research Associate, Medical University of Vienna

Martin Tik is a group leader at the Center for Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering and has focused his research on neural circuits that are involved in affective disorders, especially depression. He has, moreover, set up an interleaved TMS-fMRI framework at the Medical University of Vienna and at Stanford University that allows for high-resolution imaging of brain networks activated by DLPFC stimulation. He has over 10 years of experience in non-invasive brain stimulation and brain imaging in healthy subjects and patient populations.