Nikola Stikov is Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering, a researcher at the Montreal Heart Institute, and co-director of NeuroPoly, the Neuroimaging Research Laboratory at École Polytechnique, University of Montreal. His research runs the gamut of quantitative magnetic resonance imaging, from basic issues of standardization and accuracy, to biophysical modeling, microstructural imaging, and clinical applications.
Prior to joining the Polytechnique faculty, Dr. Stikov completed his postdoctoral training at the Montreal Neurological Institute, and his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degree at Stanford University. In 2014 Dr. Stikov was elected Junior Fellow of theInternational Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM), and in 2015 he joined the Editorial Board of the journal Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (MRM), spearheading the journal’s Highlights initiative. Continuing with his science outreach activities, in 2016 Dr. Stikov established the official blog of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping (OHBM), and in 2017 he was appointed chair of the communications committee of the Canadian Open Neuroscience Platform (CONP).