Address

UMC Utrecht Brain Center
Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery
University Medical Center Utrecht
Str 4.205
PO Box 85060, 3508 AB Utrecht
The Netherlands

Contact Information

Email: M.J.Vansteensel @ umcutrecht.nl

Research Interests

  • Brain-Computer Interface
  • ECoG
  • Epilepsy
  • fMRI
  • Language
  • Pediatric neuroscience
  • Sensorimotor system
  • Translational Neuroscience
  • User-centered design

Mariska Vansteensel

Associate Professor

  

 

Biography:

Mariska Vansteensel obtained her PhD in the field of Neurophysiology in 2006 at Leiden University Medical Center, the Netherlands. In 2007, she moved to the BCI lab of Nick Ramsey.

The main research goal of Mariska Vansteensel is to use the wealth of neuroscientific knowledge directly for the benefit of people with disease or disability. She currently coordinates the research on implantable ECoG-based BCIs in the Utrecht-BCI lab and conducts research within the INTENSE, NOTION and INTRECOM project, which aims to implement and validate implantable communication-BCIs for home use. In addition, she is the principal investigator of several projects related to clinical implementation of BCIs and pediatric neuroscience.

Full list of publications can be found here.

Education

  1. 2006

    PhD

    Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Leiden University Medical Center, the Netherlands
  2. 2001

    Master degree

    Biopharmaceutical Sciences, Leiden University, the Netherlands
  3. 1997

    Bachelor degree

    Biopharmaceutical Sciences, Leiden University, the Netherlands

Career

  1. 2006-2007
    Postdoc
    Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Laboratory for Neurophysiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Tthe Netherlands
  2. 2007-2014
    Postdoc
    Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, UMC Utrecht, the Netherlands
  3. 2014-2024
    Assistant Professor
    Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, UMC Utrecht, the Netherlands
  4. 2025-now
    Associate Professor
    Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, UMC Utrecht, the Netherlands

Awards & Prizes

  • 2017
    Translational Neuroscience Prize for article ‘Fully Implanted Brain-Computer Interface in a Locked-In Patient with ALS’
    Dutch Neuroscience Meeting, Lunteren, the Netherlands
  • 2013
    Editor’s Choice Award Best Paper
    Neuroimage
  • 2012
    Editors Choice Award Best Paper
    Human Brain Mapping
  • 2011
    Top Science Award
    Endo Neuro Psycho Meeting, Lunteren, the Netherlands
  • 2000
    KNMP-prize for best study results
    Koninklijke Nederlandse Maatschappij ter bevordering der Pharmacie (KNMP), the Netherlands