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Óscar Peña-Nogales, Ph.D

Óscar Peña-Nogales, Ph.D

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Senior Applied Neuroimaging Engineer at QMENTA Inc

  • Education

    • Universidad de Ljubljana

      2014 - 2015
      Telecommunication Engineering Master Thesis: "Analysis of human motion in indoor sports"

      Activities and Societies: Carrying out my Master Thesis at the Machine Vision Group of the University of Ljubljana. Slovenia. First developing the proper GUI in Matlab to design the team activities and second, implementing and testing algorithms about trajectories based on recognition of group activities on basketball data.

    • Higher Technical School of Telecommunications Engineering. University of Valladolid.

      2009 - 2015
      Telecommunication Engineering Engineering GPA: 2,578/4

      Activities and Societies: - Student representative to faculty for two years. - Member of a robotic association: AMUva (Asociación de Microbótica de la Universidad de Valladolid). - Have got several special distinctions. - Vehicle telematics systems: “Aula Mercedes-Benz: Vehicle telematics”.

    • Universidad de Valladolid

      2015 - 2020
      PhD student in Information and Comunications Technologies Biomedical Engineering

      Thesis Title: Optimized acquisition and estimation techniques in diffusion MRI for quantitative imaging (Under Review)

  • Experience

    • Ayuntamiento de Valdeande

      Jul 2007 - Aug 2012
      Lifeguard at municipal swimming pool

      Maintenance and lifeguard. Annually July through August.

    • Ayuntamiento de Pinilla de Transmonte

      Aug 2011 - Aug 2011
      Lifeguard at municipal swimming pool

      Maintenance and lifeguard. Annually July through August.

    • Unidad Asociada UVa-CSIC-Center of Astrobiology

      Feb 2014 - Jul 2014
      Internship

      Develop the RLS-ExoMars (Raman Laser Espectrometer of the ExoMars’ European Space Agency mission) control software : LabVIEW migration.▪Attendance at the 11th GeoRaman International Congress, St. Louis (MO), US.▪Congress Communications: G. Lopez-Reyes, O. Peña Nogales, A. Perez Oliveros, A. Sanz, F. Rull‘Automated and Self-regulated Raman Spectra Acquisition for Space Exploration: Exomars RLS Instrument’. (Paper and related poster).

    • Universidad de Valladolid

      Oct 2015 - Mar 2021
      PHD Student

      PhD. student at the Image Processing Lab (www.lpi.tel.uva.es) of the University of Valladolid . Main field of interest is diffusion MRI, focusing on the estimation of biomarkers in the abdominal organs and diffusion-weighted MRI sequence optimization and design.

    • University of Wisconsin-Madison

      Aug 2016 - Nov 2016
      Invited Researcher

      Working in the departments of Radiology and Medical Physics in order to optimise diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (DW-MRI) acquisitions.

    • The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth)

      Oct 2017 - Jan 2018
      Invited Researcher

      During those three months I was developing longitudinal biomarkers for the early identification of patients with Parkinson's disease using machine learning techniques applied to diffusion-weighted MRI data.

    • Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

      Feb 2018 - Jun 2018
      Invited Researcher

      Working on the development of new anomalous diffusion models in order to apply them to diffusion-weighted MRI (DW-MRI).

    • Instituto Superior Técnico

      Nov 2019 - Jan 2020
      Invited Researcher

      DW-MRI sequence programming with PyPulseq.

    • QMENTA

      Jan 2021 - now

      QMENTA is an advanced medical image storage, processing and visualization company focused on brain-data analysis, specifically using MRI and related clinical data.Main tasks include:- Development of novel imaging tools.- Lead the development of medical imaging classification, protocol adherence and converter tools. - Neuroimaging R&D.- MRI consultant.- Technical and scientific support in client projects.- Support writing RFQs/RFPs.- Definition of imaging protocols and manuals.- Client support.- Quality control of neuroimaging data.- Onboard new members of the imaging team in neuroimaging specific topics.- Recruitment assistance.- Marketing/compliance support. Show less

      • Senior Applied Neuroimaging Engineer

        Mar 2024 - now

      • Applied Neuroimaging Engineer

        Mar 2022 - Mar 2024

      • Applied Neuroimging Research Scientist

        Jan 2021 - Mar 2022

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Machine Learning

      Standford University | Coursera
      May 2020
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    • First Certificate in English

      UNIVERSITY of CAMBRIDGE
      Mar 2012

    • Socorrista acuático y primeros auxisilios

      Federación Española de Salvamento y Socorrismo (FESS)
      May 2007

    • English Certificate

      Official School of Languages, Aranda de Duero (Spain)
      Sept 2005

    • LabVIEW Cores 1&2

      National Instruments
      Apr 2014

    • Certificate in Advanced English

      University of Cambridge
      Jan 2017

    • Deep Learning

      Deeplearning.ai | Courser
      Nov 2020
      View certificate certificate

  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Óscar Peña-Nogales, Ph.D
      Académico Corresponsal - MUTUAL-MEDICAL-PREMIO BIOINGENIERÍA 2019 Real Academia de Medicina y Cirugía of Valladoli Dec 2019 Premio al trabajo titulado: "Conectomas longitudinales como un candidato a marcador de la progresión para la enfermedad del Parkinson prodómico."
    • Awarded to Óscar Peña-Nogales, Ph.D
      Premio para la realización de una estancia breve en un laboratorio internacional Fundación Santander Universidades Nov 2019 Obtención de una beca la fundación Santander Universidades para doctorandos para la realización de una estancia breve en un laboratorio internacional.
    • Awarded to Óscar Peña-Nogales, Ph.D
      Premio para la realización de una estancia breve en un laboratorio internacional International Mentoring Program (IMP) of the International Mentoring Foundation for the Advancement of Higher Education (IMFAHE)) May 2017 Obtención de una beca para la realización de una estancia breve en un laboratorio internacional. Beca concedida por la asociación International Mentor Program (IMP) de la International Mentoring Foundation for the Advancement of Higher Education.
    • Awarded to Óscar Peña-Nogales, Ph.D
      Premio para la realización de una estancia breve en un laboratorio internacional Fundación Santander Universidades 2017 Obtención de una beca la fundación Santander Universidades para doctorandos para la realización de una estancia breve en un laboratorio internacional.
    • Awarded to Óscar Peña-Nogales, Ph.D
      Participación en el programa International Mentor Program (IMP) 2016/2007 de la International Mentoring Mentoring Foundation for the Advancement of Higher Education International Mentor Program (IMP) of the International Mentoring Foundation for the Advancement of Higher Education (IMFAHE)) 2016 Miembro de la Universidad de Valladolid seleccionado para la participación en un programa de mentoreo internacional.
    • Awarded to Óscar Peña-Nogales, Ph.D
      Premio Extraordinario Fin de Carrera Universidad de Valladolid Oct 2015 Mejor alumno de la promoción de Ingenieros Superiores de Telecomunicacion de la Universidad de Valladolid graduados en el curso 2014-2015.
    • Awarded to Óscar Peña-Nogales, Ph.D
      Secondary education. Graduated with honors IES Vela Zanetti (Aranda de Duero) Jun 2009
    • Awarded to Óscar Peña-Nogales, Ph.D
      Trainee (Educational) stipend at the 25th, 26th, 27th and 28th ISMRM Annual Meeting & Exhibition International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM) Estipendios para atender los correspondientes congresos (25th, 26th, 27th and 28th ISMRM Annual Meeting & Exhibition).

  • Volunteer Experience

    • Organizer

      Issued by III Jornadas de doctorandos de Tecnologías de la Información y las Comunicaciones on May 2017
      III Jornadas de doctorandos de Tecnologías de la Información y las ComunicacionesAssociated with Óscar Peña-Nogales, Ph.D