Editorial Board

Senior Editor

Piero Lo Monaco, PhD, Springer Nature, Germany

Piero joined BMC in late 2021. His background is in molecular and cell biology. He studied at the Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa for three years and completed his bachelor degree in Biological Sciences at the University of Pisa. He moved to France for his master degree in Life Sciences at the École normale supérieure de Lyon, where he attended courses on developmental biology, epigenetics, system biology. He pursued a PhD in cancer biology at the Cancer Research Center of Lyon, focusing on ribosome biogenesis and proposing it as a new target for anti-cancer treatment.
After his PhD, he went on with a short post-doc, investigating cell responses to ribosome biogenesis inhibitors in breast cancer. Finally, he gained some experience as a freelance scientific editor before joining BMC. He is now based in the Berlin office and upholds the values of open access.


Senior Editorial Board Members

Alberto Bazzocchi, MD, PhD, The Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute, Italy
Alberto Bazzocchi is a radiology consultant at the Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute and adjunct Professor of Radiology at the University of Bologna. He has been recognized as full professor of Radiology by the Italian Ministry of Education. His research focuses on diagnostic and interventional musculoskeletal radiology, and he has led national and international projects worth approximately 2 million EU. He has authored over 220 peer-reviewed articles, 20 book chapters, and contributed to more than 320 conference presentations. He serves as editor and board member for several journals, including European Radiology, Insights into Imaging, and BMC Medical Imaging. He has delivered over 170 invited lectures and moderations. Alberto is actively involved in scientific societies, serving on committees and subcommittees of ESR, ESSR, and ISS, and co-chairs the Imaging & Tracer platform of A_IATRIS. He is a member of the Committee of Scientific Advisors of the IOF and organizes national and international congresses.

Takahito Nakajima, MD, PhD, University of Tsukuba, Japan

Xiaobo Qu, PhD, Xiamen University, China
Xiaobo Qu is a Professor at the Department of Electronic Science, Research Center of Magnetic Resonance and Medical Imaging and Research Center for Molecular Imaging and Translational Medicine, Xiamen University, China. He also directs the Computational Sensing Group at Xiamen University. He received his bachelor degree and PhD in Communication Engineering from the same university in 2006 and 2011 respectively. He was a visiting scholar at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign from 2009-2011 and became a faculty member at Xiamen University in 2012. He was awarded the E. K. Zavoisky Stipend Award (2014, 2016, 2018) of ISMRM Scientific Meeting, Swedish Wenner-Gren Fellowship (2014), Distinguished Young Scholar Award in Natural Science Foundation of Fujian Province of China (2018), Faculty Research Award (2014) and He Yici Chair Professor Award (2018) at Xiamen University, respectively. His research interests include magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy, signal and image representations, computational imaging, machine learning and artificial intelligence. He has been a Section Editor for BMC Medical Imaging since 2014.


Alexander Wong, PhD, University of Waterloo, Canada
Alexander Wong is the Canada Research Chair in Medical Imaging Systems and co-director of the Vision and Image Processing Research Group in the Department of Systems Design Engineering at the University of Waterloo, Canada. He obtained his PhD in Systems Design Engineering from the University of Waterloo and was an NSERC postdoctoral research fellow at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Canada.  He has published over 350 refereed journal and conference papers, as well as patents, in various fields such as computational imaging and artificial intelligence. His research interests include computational spectral imaging, tomographic imaging, ultrasound imaging, and magnetic resonance imaging for medical imaging and analysis and he is also a pioneer in the field of discovery radiomics. He has been on the Editorial Board since 2003.

Zhen Yuan, University of Macau, China

Dr. Zhen Yuan is a Full Professor with the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Macau, where he also serves as head of the Centre for Cognitive and Brain Sciences and Associate Dean of the Collaborative Innovation Research Institute. His research mainly focuses on biomedical optics, molecular imaging, cognitive neuroscience and neuroimaging, producing internationally acclaimed work in these fields. With over 300 high-impact SCI publications, his studies appear in top journals including Science Advances, Nature Communications, NeuroImage, Advanced Functional Materials, and ACS Nano. An active academic editor, he contributes to Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery, Journal of Innovative Optical Health Sciences, BMC Medical Imaging, and Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. He is also a Senior Member of OSA and SPIE.
Frank Zöllner, Dr Ing, Heidelberg University, Germany


Assistant Editors
Biyas Bandyopadhyay, MSc, BSc, Springer Nature, India
Suprit Joshi, MSc, BSc, Springer Nature, India
Mayank Chaurasia, MSc, BSc, Springer Nature, India
Komal Khedkar, MSc, BSc, Springer Nature, India

 

Manuscript Editors
Akshay Ravindra Joshi, PhD, MPhil, MSc, BSc, Springer Nature, India
Gayatri Kanade, PhD, MSc, BSc, Springer Nature, India
Neha Tiwari, PhD, M.Tech, B.Tech, Springer Nature, India
Noohi Nasim, PhD, Springer Nature, India
Rajasree K P, PhD, MSc, BSc, Springer Nature, India
Pranitha Pandit, PhD, MPhil, MSc, BSc, Springer Nature, India
Pratibha Verma, PhD, MSc, BSc, Springer Nature, India
Pravin Giri, PhD, MSc, Bsc, Springer Nature, India
Priya Sharma, PhD, MSc, BSc, Springer Nature, India
Raunaq Singh Nagi, PhD, MSc, BSc, Springer Nature, India
Swayamsidha Pati, PhD, MSc, BSc, Springer Nature, India
Varsha Shetty, PhD, Springer Nature, India

Editorial Board Members
Qiyong Ai, PhD, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR
Shivaraj Afzalpurkar , MBBS, MD, DrNB, Nanjappa Multispeciality hospitals , India
Pranav Ajmera, MD, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, USA
Hiroyuki Akai, MD, PhD, Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Japan
Oun Al-iedani, PhD, The University of Newcastle, Australia
Melissa Aldrich, PhD, University of Texas Health Science Center, USA
Lejla Alic, PhD, University of Twente, Netherlands
Sajid Ali Khan, PhD, Foundation University Islamabad, Pakistan
Mohammed Yusuf Ansari, PhD, Texas A&M University, USA
Maria Pilar Aparisi Gómez, Auckland District Health Board, New Zealand
Paul Apfaltrer, Medical University of Graz, Austria
Fatma Zeynep Arslan, Radiologist MD, Basaksehir Cam and Sakura city hospital, Turkey
Mohammad Basha, MD, Zagazig University, Egypt
Ibrahim Sevki Bayrakdar, PhD, Eskisehir Osmangazi University, Turkey
Martin Belzunce, PhD, Universidad Nacional de San Martín (UNSAM), Argentina
Guillaume Bierry, CHRU Strasbourg, France
Matteo Bonatti, MD, Azienda Sanitaria dell’Alto Adige, Bolzano Central Hospital, Italy
Federico Bruno, PhD, University of L'Aquila, Italy
Bettina Katalin Budai, MD, PhD, Heidelberg University Hospital, Germany
Armando Ugo Cavallo, MD, Istituto Dermopatico dell'Immacolata (IDI) IRCCS, Italy
Yuchou Chang, PhD, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, USA
Hu Cheng, PhD, Indiana University, USA
Jie-Zhi Cheng, PhD, United Imaging Intelligence Co., Ltd, China
Michaela Cellina, ASST Fatebenefratelli Sacco, Italy
Lorenzo Cereser, MD, University of Udine, Italy
Yang Chen, Southeast University, China
Hang Chen, PhD, Harvard University, BIDMC, USA
Filippo Crimì, MD, PhD, University of Padova, Italy
Sarada Prasad Dakua, PhD, Hamad Medical Corporation, Qatar
Magdalena Dobrolinska, MD, PhD, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland, Poland
Graziella Di Grezia, Second University of Naples, Italy
Valerio Di Paola, Dr med, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli, Italy
Cihat Eldeniz, PhD, Washington University in St. Louis, USA
Lorenzo Faggioni, MD, PhD, University Hospital of Pisa, Italy
Francesco Feletti, PhD, Università di Ferrara, Italy
Darshan Gandhi, MD, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, USA
Gianluca Gatta, MD, Second University of Naples, Italy
Dominik Geisel, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany
Chiara Giraudo, MD, PhD, University of Padova, Italy
Ricardo Gonzales, DPhil, University of Oxford, UK
Adelaide Greco, University of Naples Federico II, Italy
Enes Gürün, MD, Samsun University Faculty of Medicine, Turkey
Ali Hosseinsabet, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran
Hui Hui, PhD, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Kuo Feng Hung, BDS, MDS, PhD, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR
Norliza Ibrahim, PhD, University of Malaya, Malaysia
riccardo inchingolo, MD, fCIRSE, fESGAR, "F. Miulli" Regional Hospital, Italy
Siva Teja Kakileti, Niramai Health Analytix Pvt Ltd, India
Ulrich Kaiser, University Hospital Regensburg, Germany
Pal Kaposi, Ph D, Semmelweis University, Medical Imaging Centre, Hungary
Eya Khadhraoui , MD, Clinic for Neuroradiology University Hospital Magdeburg, Germany
Farzad Khalvati, Sunnybrook Research Institute, Canada
Mina Kim, PhD, University College London, UK
Yoon-Chul Kim, PhD, Yonsei University, South Korea
Yeo Ju Kim, MD. PhD, Hanyang University Hospital, South Korea
Anandh Kilpattu Ramaniharan, PhD, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, USA
Francesco La Rosa, PhD, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, USA
Choonsik Lee, US National Institutes of Health, USA
Jong-Ha Lee, PhD, Keimyung University, South Korea
Thomas Linsenmann, PD,  Julius Maximilians University Wuerzburg, Germany
Michele Lorenzon, University of Udine, Italy
Geofery Luntsi, MSc, PhD, University of Maiduguri, Nigeria
Jiajia Luo, PhD, Peking University, China
Simone Maurea, MD, PhD, University of Naples Federico II, Italy
Hans-Jonas Meyer, University of Leipzig, Germany
Ajay Mittal, Panjab University, India
Stuart More, MD, University of Cape Town, South Africa
Sebastian Müller, Dr, Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg, Germany
Rodrigo Moreno, PhD, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
Shaiju S Nazeer, Indian Institute of Space Sciences and Technology, India
Curtise K.C. Ng, BSc(Hons), PhD, SFHEA, Curtin University, Australia
Jack Noble, PhD, Vanderbilt University, USA
Ntobeko Ntusi, MBChB, MD, DPhil, University of Cape Town, South Africa
Kaan Orhan, DDS, MSc, MHM, BA, PhD, Hc, Ankara University, Turkey
Iichiro Osawa, MD, PhD, Saitama Medical University Hospital, Japan
Wen-Ju Pan, PhD, Emory University, USA
Ranjan Patel, MBBS, MD, DNB, PDCC, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, India
Jijo Paul, PhD, Medical College of Wisconsin, USA
Xi Peng, PhD, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, China
Teresa Perillo, MD, Azienda Ospedaliera dei Colli, Italy 
Julian Pohlan, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany
Andrea Ponsiglione, University of Naples Federico II, Italy
Natale Quartuccio, MD, Dr med, A.R.N.A.S. Ospedali Civico, Di Cristina e Benfratelli, Italy
Steven Raeymaeckers, MD, PhD, VUB, Belgium
Rengarajan Rajagopal , MD, DM, EBIR, All India Institute of Medical Sciences Jodhpur, India
Hanumantha Raju, PhD, BMS Institute of Technology and Management, India
Mamoon Rashid, Vishwakarma University, India
Shuai Ren, MD, Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, China
Kumar S S, PhD, Noorul Islam Centre for Higher Education, India
Loizos Siakallis, MD, MRes, MSc, MPhil, Queen square Institute of Neurology, UK
Giulia Santo, MD, "Magna Graecia" University of Catanzaro, Italy
Hadi Sasani, Dr. med., Tekirdag Namik Kemal University, Turkey
Lara Schlaffke, PhD, BG University Clinic Bergmannsheil gGmbH, Germany
Francesco Secchi, PhD, University of Milan, Italy
Pranav Sharma, Yale University / Bridgeport Hospital, USA
Yoshinobu Shimohigashi, Dr, Kumamoto University Hospital, Japan
Abbas Shokri, Dr med, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Iran
Tiffany Y So, MBBS, FRANZCR, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR
Marco Sperandeo, MD, IRCCS Hospital, Italy
Dominik Spinczyk, Silesian University of Technology, Poland
Sina Straub, Mayo Clinic, USA
Nikolaos Stogiannos, MSc(MRI) BSc(Hons), City University of London, Greece
Siuly Siuly, PhD, Victoria University, Australia
Simon Sun, MDCM, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, USA
Badri Narayan Subudhi, PhD, Indian Institute of Technology Jammu, India
Benedikt Sundermann, PD, Dr med, Evangelisches Krankenhaus Oldenburg, Universitätsmedizin Oldenburg, Germany
Eman Tawfik, PhD,  Ain Shams University, Egypt
Taraprasad Tripathy, MBBS MD PDCC, AIIMS Bhubaneswar, India
Yun Tian, PhD, Beijing Normal University, China
Pallavi Tiwari, Case Western Reserve University, USA
Stefano Trebeschi, PhD, Netherlands Cancer Institute; Maastricht University, Netherlands
Lorenzo Ugga, MD, PhD, University of Naples "Federico II", Italy
Pierangelo Veltri, PhD, University of Calabria, Italy
Satish Viswanath, PhD, Case Western Reserve University, USA
Sjoerd Vos, PhD, University of Western Australia, Australia
Haoru Wang, MD, Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, China
Zhihua Xu, MD, Tongde Hospital of Zhejiang Province, China
Lin Yang, PhD, Air Force Medical University, China
Junjie Yao, PhD, Duke University, USA
Jeries Zawaideh, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Italy
Xiao M Zhang, MD, Medical Imaging Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province and Affiliated Hospital of North Sichuan Medical College, China
Ying Zhang, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, China
Xiaoqing Zhang, PhD, Shenzhen institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Weihao Zheng, PhD, Lanzhou University, China
Jingyu Zhong, MD, Tongren Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, China
Francesco Ziglioli, Consultant, University-Hospital of Parma, Italy

Editorial Advisors

Walter Akers, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, USA

Marcus Carlsson, Lund University, Sweden
Thoracic imaging
Marcus Carlsson received his medical degree in 1998 at Lund University where he specialized in clinical physiology and nuclear medicine. He obtained a PhD at Lund University in 2007 and was a post-doctoral scholar at the Department of Radiology, University of California San Francisco in 2007-2008. He was the clinical director of Clinical Physiology at Skane University Hospital from 2010-2013 and has been an associate professor at Lund University since 2010. He was on the board of the Swedish Heart Association from 2009-2015 and served as the president from 2013-2015. He is an expert in cardiac imaging for the National Board for Health and Welfare´s working group of “National Guidelines for Cardiac care”. His research focuses on uncovering cardiac pathophysiology and understanding pumping physiology using MRI and computational modelling, especially in congenital heart disease. He has been a Section Editor for BMC Medical Imaging since 2015.