Mervenur Akkus

Mervenur Akkus is a researcher and PhD candidate at Erasmus Medical Center, specializing in Cardiology within the Biomedical Engineering group. Her work focuses on developing iterative algorithms to model light propagation in tissues for plaque composition retrieval, combining expertise in medical imaging and machine learning.

• Education:
  • B.Sc. in Biomedical Engineering, Ankara University (2020)
  • M.Sc. in Biomedical Engineering and Medical Physics, Technical University of Munich (2023)
  • PhD Candidate at Erasmus Medical Center (2024–Present)

Her research expertise lies at the intersection of biomedical engineering and cardiovascular diagnostics. Key areas include:

• Photoacoustic imaging and its applications in cardiology
• Signal processing for biomedical data analysis
• Machine learning in medical image conversion (CT-to-MR) and radar integration
• Development of computational models for light propagation in tissues

She collaborates with the Biomedical Engineering and Invasive Imaging groups, advancing technologies for real-time visualization of cardiovascular pathology under the supervision of Dr. Francis Kalloor Joseph and Prof. Gijs van Soest.