Alpha Brain Technologies was founded in the Netherlands by a group of individuals passionate about brain health.
Nitzan Merguei
Business lead
Nitzan is a health entrepreneur with an MSc in behavioural sciences from the School of Business and Economics in Maastricht and a background in consultancy.
Mehrdad Seirafi
Tech lead
Mehrdad is a neurotech entrepreneur with a PhD in Neuroscience from Maastricht University and a physicist by training.
Abigail Jaitman
Head of Regulatory
Abigail is a senior regulatory expert with past experience in Qserve Group and Philips. She holds a PhD from Warwick University in bioengineering and biomedical engineering.
Sabina Schreurs
patient-centred design & community engagement
Sabina has drug-resistant epilepsy and combines her background in design to provide patient-centric solutions.
"We are healthcare entrepreneurs, neuroscientists, data, scientists, engineers, and designers, working together to alleviate the growing global burden of neurological and psychiatric disorders."
Raghu Soman
Technical advisor
Raghu is a system engineer and has over 12 years of cross-functional experience in biomedical and consumer electronics, working for big multinationals such as Philips.
Robbie Vreugdenhil
Data scientist
Robbie did his Master thesis for Alpha Brain Technologies, and graduated with an MSc in systems and control from TU Delft. Previously he worked as a data analyst for E&Y.
Tessa Souhoka
Medical product designer
Tessa is a specialist in medical product design (MSc) and product communication. She has been active in the epilepsy and EEG field for over 6 years.
Johnathan Hughes
Regulatory strategist
Jonathan holds a PhD from the University of Newcastle and has more than 30 years of experience with medical device regulations for CE, FDA and CFDA.
Extended Team
Alex Sack
Scientific advisor
Alex is a renowned expert in non-invasive brain stimulation and clinical brain research. He is a Professor at Maastricht University. He is a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, and of the Young Academy of Europe. Alex is passionate about solving the unpredictability for personal reasons.
Michel van Putten
clinical advisor
Michel is a professor of clinical neurophysiology at the University of Twente. He studied medicine in Leiden and later obtained his PhD specialization in neurology. In addition to his appointment at UT, he works as a neurologist at the Medisch Spectrum Twente.
Sanne ten Oever
AI implementation advisor
Sanne holds a PhD in neuroscience, and is an expert in AI applications with a focus on electrical signal analysis. She is currently a postdoctoral researcher at Max Planck institute for psycholinguistics. Sanne oversees the data analysis and algorithms and assures the neuroscientific relevance of the models developed.
Peyman Mohajerin Esfahani
Theoretical AI advisor
Peyman holds a PhD From ETH Zurich and is currently an associate professor of system control at TU Delft. Previously Peyman worked as a researcher at MIT and ETH. He is an expert in developing new AI techniques in terms of efficacy and response latency for tailor-made applications.
Scientists and Clinicians we work with come from:
We are the SCIENTIFIC COORDINATOR of Project RELIEVE
Goal
development & testing of 3 generations of our non-invasive anomaly prediction and closed-loop intervention device for neurological disorders
First Use case
seizure prediction & closed-loop prevention
Consortium
3 development partners 6 clinical partners
EIC Pathfinder
Supported by an EIC Pathfinder Open grant that supports highly innovative projects with high potential of breakthrough
Sponsors
European Commission (EU) UKRI (United Kingdom) SERI (Switzerland)
