Rate My Professor Sjoerd Vos

Dr. Sjoerd Vos is a Senior Research Fellow and National Imaging Facility (NIF) Fellow at the University of Western Australia's Centre for Microscopy, Characterisation, and Analysis (CMCA), where he oversees the new 3T human MRI scanner at the Western Australia NIF node. His academic background includes a BSc in Medical Natural Sciences (2007) and an MSc in Medical Physics (2009), both from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, and a PhD in Medical Imaging from Utrecht University (2013), centered on analysis and visualization methods for interpreting diffusion MRI data. Prior to joining UWA in 2021, Vos spent seven years at University College London (UCL), starting in the Centre for Medical Image Computing (CMIC) and epilepsy imaging group. In 2019, he was appointed lecturer in Quantitative Neuroradiology with a joint role between CMIC and the Neuroradiology department at Queen Square, advancing quantitative neuroimaging for routine clinical use in dementia diagnosis and epilepsy, particularly hippocampal lesion detection and characterisation. He maintains active collaborations with UCL researchers on enhancing epilepsy surgical planning through white matter fibre tractography techniques.

Vos's research specializations encompass MRI, neuroimaging, diffusion MRI, epilepsy, neurosurgical navigation, and quantitative imaging, with a focus on translating research methods into clinical applications. His contributions have garnered significant recognition, evidenced by highly cited publications such as "Partial volume effect as a hidden covariate in DTI analyses" (NeuroImage, 2011; 417 citations), "The importance of correcting for signal drift in diffusion MRI" (Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 2017; 305 citations), "The influence of complex white matter architecture on the mean diffusivity in diffusion tensor MRI of the human brain" (NeuroImage, 2012; 280 citations), "White matter abnormalities across different epilepsy syndromes in adults: an ENIGMA-Epilepsy study" (Brain, 2020; 258 citations), and "Progressive cortical thinning in patients with focal epilepsy" (JAMA Neurology, 2019; 235 citations). Recent outputs include "Syndrome-specific and familial imaging traits in juvenile absence epilepsy" (Epilepsia, 2026) and "Open diffusion magnetic resonance imaging and connectivity data for epilepsy and surgery: The IDEAS II release" (Epilepsia, 2026). Through involvement in international efforts like the ENIGMA-Epilepsy consortium and advancements in structural connectomics and epilepsy surgery outcomes, Vos exerts considerable influence on neuroimaging and clinical neurology.