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Dr. Stamatios Sotiropoulos is an Associate Professor at the Sir Peter Mansfield Imaging Centre, University of Nottingham, with prior affiliations as Principal Investigator and Postdoctoral Research Associate at the FMRIB Centre, University of Oxford. He leads the Computational Neuroimaging (CoNI) Laboratory, focusing on advanced MRI methodology for brain connectome mapping.
- PhD in Brain Image Analysis (University of Nottingham, 2010)
- MSc in Biomedical Engineering (University of Minnesota, 2005)
- BSc in Electronics & Computer Engineering (Technical University of Crete, 2003)
His research spans diffusion MRI, tractography, and connectome modeling, with applications in brain aging, neurodegenerative diseases, and cross-species neuroanatomy. Recent work includes AI-driven QC, probabilistic inference, and cross-modal integration.
Grants include major awards from the European Research Council (2020), Wellcome Trust, and EPSRC. The lab has developed widely-used tools like XTRACT, CUDIMOT, and NFacT within the FSL framework.
- 2021 Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher
- ISMRM 2022 Merit Awards
Notable students include Shaun Warrington (PhD, 2021) and José-Pedro Manzano-Patrón (PhD, 2022). Collaborations span the Human Connectome Project, Developing Human Connectome Project, and Centre for Mesoscale Connectomics.
