Wouter De Baene

Wouter De Baene is an Associate Professor in the Department of Cognitive Neuropsychology at Tilburg University’s Tilburg School of Social and Behavioral Sciences. He holds a PhD from KU Leuven and a PostDoc from Ghent University, specializing in Experimental Psychology and Neuroimaging. His research focuses on brain anatomy, function, and cognitive functioning in both healthy and clinical populations, employing neuroimaging techniques like diffusion MRI, resting-state fMRI, and task-based fMRI, alongside advanced analyses such as machine learning and graph theory.

• Affiliations: Tilburg University, Department of Cognitive Neuropsychology; Academic Collaborative Center for Digital Health & Mental Wellbeing.
• Education: Master’s and PostDoc in Experimental Psychology (Ghent University); PhD in Neuroimaging (KU Leuven).

Research Interests:

• Neuroimaging applications in clinical populations (e.g., glioma, meningioma, brain metastases).
• Machine learning for automated tumor segmentation and predictive modeling.
• Functional and structural connectivity in brain tumors and neurocognitive disorders.
• Effects of treatments (e.g., surgery, radiotherapy) on cognitive outcomes.

Publications: Recent work emphasizes automated tumor segmentation, cognitive function prediction in glioma patients, and neuroimaging-based analyses of brain networks. His articles span topics like meningioma segmentation using nnUNet, executive function impairments linked to tumor location, and machine learning applications in oncology.

Grants & Labs: Involved in multidisciplinary collaborations, including the Academic Collaborative Center for Digital Health & Mental Wellbeing. Active in editorial roles (e.g., BMC Neuroscience).