Wim Vanduffel

Wim Vanduffel is a Full Professor at the Faculty of Medicine, KU Leuven, Belgium, and maintains visiting appointments at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital. His research bridges neuroscience and radiology, focusing on advanced imaging techniques in nonhuman primates and humans.

Education:

• 1990 M.S. in Biology, Zoology (Physiology) from KU Leuven
• 1997 Ph.D. in Medical Sciences from KU Leuven

Research interests include functional imaging at sub-millimeter resolution, anatomical and functional connectivity, optogenetics, and cognitive neuroscience. He pioneered awake nonhuman primate fMRI, enabling evolutionary comparisons of cortical areas relevant to human diseases like autism and schizophrenia.

Scientific awards include the

• Laureate Jan Kets, Zoo Antwerp (1986)
• Queen Elisabeth Medical Foundation Prize Janine and Jacques Delruelle (2011)

He has led significant grants such as a €3.5 million IUAP project and the HuMoLogous grant within the Human Brain Project. Vanduffel co-organized international workshops (e.g., INCF Antwerp 2013) and symposia, and serves on scientific advisory boards for Oxford Imaging Group, BioMacs, European Neuroscience Institute Göttingen, and Neurospin Paris.