معرفی
Jitka Annen is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Coma Science Group within the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Liège, Belgium. Her work focuses on multimodal neuroimaging approaches to study brain structure-function relationships in disorders of consciousness and space neuroscience applications.
Education:
- PhD in Biomedical Sciences and Pharmaceutics (Multimodal Neuroimaging in Patients with Disorders of Consciousness), University of Liège, Belgium (2019)
- MSc in Biomedical Sciences, Neurobiology, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2014)
- BSc in Psychobiology, Neurobiology, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2012)
Her research integrates neuroimaging and neurophysiology across spatio-temporal scales to investigate consciousness mechanisms, brain connectivity in pathological states, and the effects of extreme environments like zero gravity on neural systems. She employs complementary data acquisition techniques to study disorders of consciousness, including coma, unresponsive wakefulness syndrome, minimally conscious state, and locked-in syndrome, with recent work extending to cosmonaut brain adaptations.
Analysis of her publication record reveals consistent focus on advancing neuroimaging methodologies for consciousness assessment, developing computational models of brain dynamics in pathological states, and exploring novel therapeutic interventions including neuromodulation and psychedelic compounds. Her work bridges clinical applications with fundamental neuroscience questions about consciousness mechanisms.
Research Leadership:
- Active member of Coma Science Group at GIGA research institute
- Collaborator on international space neuroscience projects studying brain changes in cosmonauts
- Contributor to development of standardized assessment protocols for disorders of consciousness
