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I'm currently working developing and applying multichannel coils for brain stimulation. During free times, traveling, practicing sports and gathering with friends and family.
I'm currently working developing and applying multichannel coils for brain stimulation. During free times, traveling, practicing sports and gathering with friends and family.
Came from a small town in Brazil, lived for 11 years in Ribeirão Preto and now living in Espoo, Finland! Worked developing instrumentation for neuronavigation and transcranial magnetic stimulation, at the University of São Paulo.
Came from a small town in Brazil, lived for 11 years in Ribeirão Preto and now living in Espoo, Finland! Worked developing instrumentation for neuronavigation and transcranial magnetic stimulation, at the University of São Paulo.
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Full Name: Victor Hugo de Oliveira e Souza
Gender: Male; Citizenship: Brazilian
Website: https://vhosouza.github.io/
ORCID: 0000-0002-0254-4322; ResearcherID: D-1611-2012; Scopus ID: 36476674200
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com.br/citations?user=hti4e...
Current Position
Postdoctoral researcher (03/2018 – present)
Department of Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering, Aalto University, Espoo, Finland.
Superior: Risto Ilmoniemi. Funding Agency: Jane & Aatos Erkko Foundation
Project manager (05/2019 – present)
Department of Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering, Aalto University, Espoo, Finland.
Principal investigator: Risto Ilmoniemi. Project: Electronic–Robotic Perturb-and-Measure
Brain Scanner. Funding Agency: Academy of Finland
Education
Doctor of Science in Physics Applied to Medicine and Biology (2014 – 2018)
University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil. Thesis: Development of Instrumentation for Neuronavigation and Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation. Supervisor: Oswaldo Baffa Filho. Funding Agency: Brazilian Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq)
Master of Science in Physics Applied to Medicine and Biology (2012 – 2014)
University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil. Thesis: Evaluation of Muscle Recruitment by High-Density Electromyography with Navigated Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation. Supervisor: Oswaldo Baffa Filho. Funding Agency: São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP)
Bachelor of Science in Medical Physics (2007 – 2011)
University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
Complementary Education
Artificial Intelligence in Health Technologies (2018)
Aalto University, School of Science, Espoo, Finland. Course load: 135 hours
4th Science Factory: TMS–EEG Summer School (2016)
Aalto University, School of Science, Espoo, Finland. Course load: 60 hours
Coupling to the Dynamics of the Human Brain with TMS–EEG (2013)
Aalto University, School of Science, Espoo, Finland. Course load: 60 hours
Spike sorting: What is it? Why do we need it? Where does it come from? How is it done? How to interpret it? (2013)
Institute of Mathematics and Statistics, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. Course
load: 6 hours
Research and Professional Experience
Doctoral student (03/2014–02/2018)
Department of Physics, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil. Funding Agency: Brazilian Council for Scientific and Technological Development
Visiting graduate student (11/2016–08/2017)
Department of Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering, Aalto University, Espoo, Finland, Funding Agency: Erasmus Mundus
Training in Nuclear Medicine, Radiodiagnosis, Radioprotection, Radiotherapy, Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Ultrasonography (05/2011–08/2011)
Clinics Hospital of Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo. Duration: 300 Hours
Scientific Initiation (07/2008–12/2011)
Laboratory of Biomagnetism, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil. Funding Agency: São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) and Brazilian Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq).
Teaching Experience
NBE-E4540 - Introduction to Scientific Visualization (09/2019 – present)
Department of Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering, Aalto University. 5 ECTS credits.
Class Tutoring in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Applied to Biomedicine (2015)
Department of Physics, University of São Paulo. Duration: 140 Hours
Class Tutoring in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Applied to Biomedicine (2015)
Department of Physics, University of São Paulo. Duration: 140 Hours
Class Tutoring in Physics 3 – Electricity and Magnetism (2014)
Department of Physics, University of São Paulo. Duration: 140 Hours
Workshop in Neuronavigation and Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (2014)
Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Brazil. Duration: 40 hours
Workshop in Development and Applications with InVesalius Navigator (2014)
Center for Information Technology Renato Archer, Campinas, Brazil. Duration: 16 hours
Class Tutoring in Introduction to Biomedical Instrumentation (2013)
Department of Physics, University of São Paulo. Duration: 140 Hours
Class Tutoring in Experimental Physics – Electricity and Magnetism (2012)
Department of Physics, University of São Paulo. Duration: 140 Hours
Class Tutoring in Biophysics I (2011)
Department of Biology, University of São Paulo. Duration: 140 Hours
Personal Research Funding and Grants
Brazilian Council for Scientific and Technological Development (03/2014–02/2018) – R$ 110,328 (140787/2014-3; Personal grant)
Erasmus Mundus, SMART2 Project (11/2016–08/2017) – € 15,000 (SS16DM0736; Doctorate mobility)
São Paulo Research Foundation (09/2012–02/2014) – R$ 31,852 (2012/11937-0; Personal grant)
São Paulo Research Foundation (10/2009–12/2011) – R$ 12,294 (2009/09064-6; Personal grant)
Brazilian Council for Scientific and Technological Development (08/2008–09/2009) – R$ 3,900 (124463/2008-8; Personal grant)
Scientific Publication (for complete list, check the CV in PDF or Google Scholar, Scopus, etc.)
List date: September 29, 2019. 10 scientific journal publications, 6 papers in conference proceeding, 2 book
chapters, 1 patent application, 2 other writings. Google Scholar: 41 citations, h-index 4; Scopus: 18 citations, h-
index 3.
Book Chapters
1. SOUZA VHO; RODRIGUES EM; PERES ASC; SALMON CEG; BAFFA O. Estimulação Magnética Transcraniana Assistida por um Neuronavegador com Co-registro de Campo Magnético da Bobina de Estimulação e Imagens de Ressonância Magnética. Neurociências e Epilepsia (Editora Plêiade, Volume 2, pág. 153-159).
2. PERES ASC; SOUZA VHO; RODRIGUES EM; MAZIERO D; SALMON CEG; BAFFA O. Ressonância Magnética para o Mapeamento Vetorial de Campos Produzidos em Estimulação Magnética Transcraniana Utilizando Experimentos in-vitro e in-vivo. Neurociências e Epilepsia (Editora Plêiade, Volume 2, pág. 161-166).
Other Materials
1. Educational material. Biomagnetismo: Aspectos instrumentais e Aplicações (2011). University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil.
2. Educational material. Estimulação Magnética Transcraniana (2011). University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil.
Technical Production
Patents
1. PERES ASC; SOUZA VHO; BAFFA O; RODRIGUES EM; ARAUJO DB; MARTINS TACP; AMORIM PHJ; MORAES TF; SILVA JVL. Sistema para Navegação Virtual e Co-registro de Corpos Rígidos e seus Modelos Virtuais e Método para a Determinação das Coordenadas Comuns aos Componentes do Sistema. Deposit Date: 04/10/2013. Registry: BR1020130256510. Depositor: University of São Paulo
Open-source Software
1. SOUZA VH; PERES ASC; RAKAUSKAS LZ; BAFFA O. Signal Hunter (2014). Language: MATLAB. DOI:
10.5281/zenodo.1326308
2. SOUZA VH; PERES ASC; RAKAUSKAS LZ; BAFFA O. MEP Hunter (2013). Language: MATLAB. Distribution:
https://github.com/biomaglab/mephunter
3. SOUZA VH; RODRIGUES EM; PERES ASC; AMORIM PHJ; MORAES TF; MARTINS TACP; ARAUJO DB; SILVA JVL; BAFFA O. InVesalius Navigator (2011). Language: Python. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1326396
Other Scientific Merits
Supervision experience
1. Student: Malmi, Mikko; Bachelor’s thesis; Supervisor: Jani-Petri Martikainen; Aalto University, Finland (05/2019 – present).
2. Student: Cuziol, Vitor; Bachelor’s thesis; Supervisor: Prof. Oswaldo Baffa; University of São Paulo, Brazil (05/2015–10/2016).
Reviewer experience
1. Journal of Neural Engineering (2019 – present)
2. Plos One (2019 – present)
3. Journal of Neuroscience Methods (2019 – present)
Member in examination board for master’s degree
1. Candidate: Fernandes, Ana Cecília Sá; Supervisor: Prof. André S. C. Peres, International; International Institute for Neurosciences of Natal - Edmond and Lily Safra, Natal, Brazil (07/2019).
2. Candidate: Rossi, Bárbara Palmeira; Supervisor: Prof. Diogo C. Felício; Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora, Brazil (05/2018).
Memberships in scientific societies
1. Brazilian Physical Society: regular member no. 34313 (2016-2017)
Awards
1. Honorable mention in VI Workshop CIInAPCe (2012) for the study entitled: Avaliação do Potencial Evocado Motor por Eletromiografia de Alta Densidade em Aplicações de Estimulação Magnética Transcraniana em Diferentes Orientações.
Experience of organizing scientific meetings
1. 7th TMS–EEG Summer School and Workshop (2019, Member of organizing team) Aalto University, Espoo, Finland. Participants: 40
2. 6th TMS–EEG Summer School and Workshop (2018, Member of organizing team) Aalto University, Espoo, Finland. Participants: 40
3. 5th TMS–EEG Summer School and Workshop (2017, Member of organizing team) Aalto University, Espoo, Finland. Participants: 40
4. II Winter school on Physics Applied to Medicine and Biology (2016, Main coordinator) University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil. Participants: 68
5. XIV Week on Medical Physics (2015, Main coordinator) University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil. Participants: 135
Languages
Mother tongue: Portuguese
Other languages: English (C2), Spanish (B2), Finnish (A2)
Curriculum Vitae
1. Personal details
Name: Souza, Victor Hugo (Full name: De Oliveira e Souza, Victor Hugo)
Date and place of Birth: 04 June 1989 – Patrocínio, Brazil;
Gender: Male; Citizenship: Brazilian
Website: https://vhosouza.github.io/
ORCID: 0000-0002-0254-4322;
ResearcherID: D-1611-2012; Scopus ID: 36476674200
2. Education
- Doctor of Science (Field: Physics Applied to Medicine and Biology; Supervisor: Prof. Oswaldo Baffa Filho; Dept. of Physics,
University of São Paulo, Brazil) 2014–2018
- Master of Science (Field: Physics Applied to Medicine and Biology; Supervisor: Prof. Oswaldo Baffa Filho; Dept. of Physics, University of São Paulo, Brazil) 2012–2014
- Bachelor of Science (Medical Physics, Universityof São Paulo, Brazil) 2007–2011
3. Current position
- Project manager (PI: Prof. Risto Ilmoniemi; Project title: XXX, Academy of Finland Nr.) 05/2019 – present
- Postdoctoral researcher (Supervisor Prof. Risto Ilmoniemi; Dept of Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering; Aalto University,
Espoo, Finland) 03/2018 – present
4. Previous work experience
- Doctoral student (Dept. of Physics, Univ. of São Paulo) 2014–2018
- Visiting graduate student (Dept. of Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering) 2016–2017
- Research assistant (Lab. of Biomagnetism, Univ. of São Paulo, Dept. of Physics) 2008–2011
- Internship (Medical Physics, Clinics Hospital of Ribeirão Preto Medical School, Univ. of São Paulo) 2011
5. Personal research funding and grants
- (140787/2014-3; Personal grant) Brazilian Council for Scientific and Technological Development – R$ 110,328 [03/2014–02/2018]
- (SS16DM0736; Doctorate Mobility) Erasmus Mundus, SMART2 Project – € 15,000 [11/2016–08/2017]
- (2012/11937-0; Personal grant) São Paulo Research Foundation – R$ 31,852 [09/2012–02/2014]
- (2009/09064-6; Personal grant) São Paulo Research Foundation – R$ 12,294 [10/2009–12/2011]
- (124463/2008-8; Personal grant) Brazilian Council for Scientific and Technological Development – R$ 3,900 [08/2008–09/2009]
6. Supervision experience
Thesis advisor
- Malmi, Mikko; Bachelor’s thesis: Optimization and design of a 5-coil transducer for multi-locus brain stimulation; Supervisor: Jani-Petri Martikainen; Aalto University. 2019 – present
- Cuziol, Vitor; Bachelor’s thesis: Algorithm for cortical motor map overlapping in nuclear magnetic resonance images;
Supervisor: Prof. Oswaldo Baffa; University of São Paulo. 2016
7. Teaching experience
Course teacher (Aalto University)
NBE-E4540 - Introduction to Scientific Visualization (5 cr.; 2019 - present)
Course assistant (University of São Paulo)
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Applied to Biomedicine, Dept. of Physics (2015); Physics 3 – Electricity and Magnetism, Dept. of Physics (2014); Introduction to Biomedical Instrumentation, Dept. of Physics (2013); Experimental Physics – Electricity and Magnetism, Dept. of Physics (2012); Biophysics I, Dept. of Biology (2011)
Workshop lecturer
- Neuronavigation and Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (40 hours), Salvador, Brazil. 2014
- Development and Applications with InVesalius Navigator (16 hours), Campinas, Brazil. 2014
8. Experience of organizing scientific meetings
- Member of organizing team, 7th TMS–EEG Summer School and Workshop (40 participants), Espoo, Finland 2019
- Member of organizing team, 6th TMS–EEG Summer School and Workshop (40 participants), Espoo, Finland 2018
- Member of organizing team, 5th TMS–EEG Summer School and Workshop (40 participants), Espoo, Finland 2017
- Main coordinator, II Winter school on Physics Applied to Medicine and Biology (60 participants), Ribeirão Preto, Brazil 2016
- Main coordinator, XIV Week on Medical Physics (90 participants), Ribeirão Preto, Brazil 2015
9. Patents and honors
Patents
- PERES ASC; SOUZA VHO et al. Sistema para Navegação Virtual e Co-registro de Corpos Rígidos e seus Modelos Virtuais e Método para a Determinação das Coordenadas Comuns aos Componentes do Sistema. Deposit Date: 04/10/2013. Registry: BR1020130256510. Depositor: University of São Paulo
Honors
- Honorable mention in VI Workshop CInAPCe (2012)
10. Key scientific merits
List date: September 12, 2019. 8 scientific journal publications, 3 papers in conference proceeding, 2 book chapters, 1 patent application, 3 other writings. Google Scholar: 33 citations, h-index 4; Scopus: 18 citations, h-index 3.
1. ZACHARIAS LR; PERES ASC; SOUZA VH et al. Journal of Neuroscience
Methods, v. 322, p. 83-87, 2019. DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2019.03.021
2. ZUGAIB J and SOUZA VH. The Journal of Physiology, v. 597, p. 677-678, 2019. DOI: 10.1113/JP277415
3. SOUZA VH et al. Journal of Neuroscience Methods, p. 109-120, 2018. DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2018.08.023
4. SOUZA VH et al. Brain Research, v. 1684, p. 60, 2018. DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2018.01.031
5. GRILLO FW; SOUZA VH et al. 3D Printing in Medicine, v.8, 3, 2018. DOI: 10.1186/s41205-018-0025-8
6. SOUZA VH et al. Biomedizinische Technik/Biomedical Engineering, v. 63, p. 1-11, 2017. DOI: 10.1515/bmt-2016-0240
7. PERES ASC; SOUZA VH et al. Biomedizinische Technik/Biomedical Engineering, v. 63, p. 501-506, 2018. DOI: 10.1515/bmt-2016-0162
8. GARCIA MAC; SOUZA VH; VARGAS CD. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, v. 11, p. 413, 2017. DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2017.00413
Open-source software
1. Signal Hunter (2014). Language: MATLAB. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1326308
2. MEP Hunter (2013). Language: MATLAB. Repository: https://github.com/biomaglab/mephunter
3. InVesalius Navigator (2011). Language: Python. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1326396
Reviewer experience
Scientific referee for: Journal of Neural Engineering (2019-present), Plos One (2019-present), Journal of Neuroscience Methods (2019-present)
Memberships in scientific societies
- Regular member (34313) Brazilian Physical Society (2016-2017)
11. Linguistic skills
- Mother tongue: Portuguese. Other languages: English (C2), Spanish (B2), Finnish (A2)