Martijn P. Van Den Heuvel

Martijn van den Heuvel (1980) has a background in Cognitive Artificial Intelligence (CKI, 2004, University of Utrecht). After completing his Doctorate thesis in 2006 on brain connectivity (cum laude), Martijn started to participate in the field of ‘brain connectomics’. Inspired by the view that brain function does not merely result from single regions but emerges from interactions between brain regions, he started a research line on ‘MRI brain connectomics’. With his expertise he bridges several disciplines, such as mathematics, informatics, psychology and medicine. He heads the Dutch Connectome Lab at the department of psychiatry, a group of enthusiastic PostDocs, PhD and MSc students. Together they have the goal to map and study the connectivity architecture of neural systems in health and disease. The website of the dutch connectome lab can be found at www.dutchconnectomelab.org 5 selected publications * Van den Heuvel MP & Sporns O. Rich-club organization of the human connectome (2011). Journal of Neuroscience Nov 31(44): 15775-15786. * Van den Heuvel MP, Kahn RS, Goni J, Sporns O (2012). A high-cost, high-capacity backbone of brain communication. Proc Nat Acad Sci 109(28):11372-7. * Van den Heuvel MP, Stam CJ, Kahn, RS, Hulshoff Pol HE (2009). Efficiency of functional brain networks and intellectual performance. Journal of Neuroscience 29(23):7619-24. * Van den Heuvel MP, Mandl RCW, Kahn RS, Hulshoff Pol HE. (2009). Functionally linked resting-state networks reflect the underlying structural connectivity architecture of the human brain. Hum Brain Mapp 30(10):3127-41. * Van den Heuvel MP, Sporns O (2013). Network hubs in the human brain (2013). Trends in Cogn Sciences. Dec;17(12):683-96. A total list of publications of Martijn can be found at (google scholar): https://scholar.google.nl/citations?user=Iw6tb_cAAAAJ&hl=en Movies Some youtube movies of the work of Martijn can be found at: * a popular science movie on Martijn’s connectome work: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVN_dGXUzFs * a scientific discussion on connectomics in psychology: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbQOp4DKy_o (SG Utrecht 2012) * on Martijn as a scientist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttvsioEgmnQ (University Utrecht 2013) * one of Martijn’s recent lectures on the use of connectomics in medical imaging and medical science: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXBTVmLP2Ss (ESR 2014)