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Sonia Gonçalves
The winner of the best oral presentation at EMBEC'02 (YIC).
Topic: Bioimpedance.
Sonia Gonçalves was born in Lisbon in 1973. She received a degree in Physics from the Technical University of
Lisbon, Portugal, in 1996 with a final grade of 17 values (out of 20). During her Physics' studies, she was involved in a
number of research activities. Some of these were concerned with the determination of a plasma's density and temperature
using an optical technique based on Thomson Scattering, as well as the theoretical and experimental study of the interaction
between a CO2 laser and cork (her final project).
In 2002 she received the Ph.D in Biophysics from the University of Lisbon, Portugal. Her Ph.D. research work (in
collaboration with the MEG Centre - VUMC Vrije Universiteit Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands) was centred on the
study of the Bioelectric Inverse Problem. In particular she focused on the theoretical and experimental development of a
method to estimate, in vivo, the equivalent electric resistivities of brain, skull and scalp using the principles
of Electric Impedance Tomography as well as the combined analysis of Somatosensory Evoked Fields and Potentials.
She is currently a Postdoctoral Fellow in the MEG Centre - VUMC Vrije Universiteit Medical Centre, Amsterdam, on leave
from the Institute of Biophysics and Biomedical Engineering, University of Lisbon. Her research interests include the
forward and inverse problems in EEG, MEG and EIT. She is also interested in the application of the simultaneous recording of
EEG and fMRI to brain imaging.
In addition to her career activities, she also enjoys reading a good book, listening to music, travelling and sports.
Sonia Gonçalves
Vrije Universiteit Medical Centre, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
s.goncalves@vumc.nl
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