Gabriel Ramos Llorden, PhD

Professional Information

Experience: 

Instructor, HMS

Education: 

PhD Physics, University of Antwerp, Belgium, 2018

Position: 
Martinos Faculty

Contact

Mailing Address

Building 149 Room 2301
13th Street
Charlestown, MA 021291

General Contact Information

Phone: 
617-724-9989
Location: 
CNY75-2.111

Biosketch

Gabriel Ramos Llorden is a faculty member of Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Medical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, US. He received a Ph.D. in Medical Physics, focused on in vivo human brain quantitative Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) relaxometry, from the University of Antwerp, Belgium. He holds an M.Sc. in Telecommunications Engineering from the University of Valladolid, Spain. His Ph.D. and M.Sc. theses were both awarded as the best theses in Technology and Medicine, respectively, by the Official College of Telecommunication Engineers in Spain.

Gabriel Ramos Llorden s overall scientific interests are in improving Magnetic Resonance Imaging technology to better address clinically relevant neuroscientific questions on human brain physiology and structure. A major focus of his research has been on developing, optimizing, and applying novel MRI acquisition and analysis methodologies that fully exploit hardware capabilities and are tailored to provide enhanced quantitative information of human brain microstructure and function, e.g., higher sensitivity, specificity, and reproducibility. Part of Gabriel Ramos Llordens scientific program is supported by a K99/R00 Pathway to Independence Award from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke.

Employing a translational validation approach, Gabriel Ramos Llorden's research is geared towards ensuring that those technological advances will make a tangible impact on clinical neuroscience. During his postdoctoral period at Brigham and Womens Hospital, he developed rapid, ultra-high resolution diffusion MRI techniques to map deep brain circuitry involved in psychiatric disorders. Those methods are currently used in clinical studies on white matter pathology. He is a Junior Fellow of the International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine.