Eva Alonso Ortiz

Eva Alonso Ortiz is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at Polytechnique Montréal and co-director of the NeuroPoly neuroimaging research laboratory. She holds affiliations with CHU Sainte-Justine and the Institute of Biomedical Engineering, with expertise in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) physics and biophysical modeling. Her educational background includes a Ph.D. in Physics (2015) and M.Sc. in Medical Radiation Physics (2009) from McGill University.

• Ph.D. in Physics (2015), McGill University
• M.Sc. in Medical Radiation Physics (2009), McGill University
• B.Sc. in Physics (2009), McGill University

Her research focuses on advanced MRI techniques for brain and spinal cord microstructure characterization, including quantitative susceptibility mapping, biophysical modeling, and machine learning applications. Special emphasis is placed on field homogenization (B0 shimming) and parallel transmission optimization for ultra-high field (7T) MRI systems.

Recent publications demonstrate expertise in multi-center MRI benchmarking, spinal cord imaging, and open-access data initiatives. Key collaborators include Julien Cohen-Adad and international research teams across Canada and Europe.

Scientific Awards

• NSERC Postdoctoral Fellowship (2021-2023)
• TransMedTech Postdoctoral Excellence Award (2020-2022)
• ISMRM Magna Cum Laude Awards (2015, 2020)
• FRQNT Doctoral Scholarship (2011-2016)

She supervises 3 Ph.D. and 6 Master's students while maintaining active collaborations with neuroimaging research groups at Montreal Neurological Institute and Hyperfine.io portable MRI developers.