B.P.F. Lelieveldt

B.P.F. Lelieveldt serves as a full Professor at Delft University of Technology within the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science, specifically in the Pattern Recognition and Bioinformatics department. His research bridges computational methods with biomedical applications, leveraging extensive expertise in image analysis and data science.

His primary research focuses on computational biology and medical imaging, with significant contributions to spatial transcriptomics, electron microscopy enhancement, and neuroscience data ecosystems. Key areas include developing visual analytics frameworks for high-dimensional biological data, gene co-expression analysis in 3D spatial contexts, and RNA velocity inference at single-cell resolution. His work integrates machine learning with biomedical challenges, particularly in brain mapping and tumor subpopulation identification.

Lelieveldt actively contributes to the scientific community through editorial roles, serving as Editor for both IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging and Medical Image Analysis since 2008. His research output spans 152 publications with substantial impact in bioinformatics and medical imaging fields.

His technical leadership is evident in tools like GeneSurfer and ManiVault, which address critical challenges in spatial data exploration and high-dimensional visualization. Collaborative projects include the BRAIN Initiative Cell Census Network, demonstrating his role in large-scale neuroscience data infrastructure.