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Carolina Wählby
PhD, Professor in Quantitative Microscopy
Dept. Information Technology
Uppsala University
Director of the SciLifeLab BioImage Informatics Facility
office: +46-18-471 3473
cell: +46-72 7017151
email: carolina.wahlby at it.uu.se
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Presentation (from 2015)

Ida-Maria Sintorn
PhD, Associate Professor (Docent), Senior Lecturer in digital image processing with specialization in electron microscopy
office: +46-18-471 3461
cell: +46-76-109 0195
email: ida.sintorn at it.uu.se

Anna Klemm
PhD, Associate Professor (Docent) with focus on research support on image analysis
at the SciLifeLab BioImage Informatics Facility email: anna.klemm at it.uu.se

Christophe Avenel
PhD, Senior researcher / bioinformatician with focus on research support on image analysis
at the SciLifeLab BioImage Informatics Facility email: christophe.avenel at it.uu.se

Amin Allalou
PhD, Senior Researcher with focus zebrafish image analysis
at the SciLifeLab BioImage Informatics Facility
email: amin.allalou at it.uu.se

Fredrik Nysjö
PhD, Senior researcher / bioinformatician with focus on research support on image analysis
at the SciLifeLab BioImage Informatics Facility email: fredrik.nysjo at it.uu.se

Nicolas Pielawski
PhD student within the SSF funded SysMic project.
email: nicolas.pielawski at it.uu.se

Ankit Gupta
PhD student within the SSF funded HASTE project.
email: ankit.gupta at it.uu.se

Axel Andersson
PhD student within the ERC-funded TissUUmaps project.
email: axel.andersson at it.uu.se

Eduard Chelebian Kocharyan
PhD student within the ERC-funded TissUUmaps project.
email: eduard.chelebian at it.uu.se

Andrea Behanova
PhD student within the ERC-funded TissUUmaps project.
email: andrea.behanova at it.uu.se

Erik Hallström
PhD student within the SSF funded AST project.
email: erik.hallstrom at it.uu.se

Affiliated group members

Philip Harrison
PhD student within the SSF funded HASTE project.
at the Dept of Pharmaceutical Biosciences, co-supervised with Ola Spjuth (main supervisor)
email: philip.harrison at farmbio.uu.se

Ebba Bergman
PhD student within the SSF funded HASTE project.
at the Dept of Pharmaceutical Biosciences, co-supervised with Ola Spjuth (main supervisor)
email: ebba.bergman at farmbio.uu.se

Mathias Franzén Boger
PhD student
at the Dept of Medicine at Karolinska Institutet, co-supervised with Annelie Tjernlund (main supervisor)
email: mathias.franzen.boger at ki.se


Alumni


Petter Ranefall
Bioinformatician, PhD, Associate Professor (Docent) with focus on research support on image analysis at the SciLifeLab BioImage Informatics Facility 2013-2020.

Håkan Wieslander
Presented his PhD thesis "Application, Optimisation and Evaluation of Deep Learning for Biomedical Imaging" on June 3, 2022. main supervisor: Carolina Wählby. Thesis opponent was Bjoern Menze.

Michele Simonetti
Presented his PhD thesis "Developing methods for mapping genetic heterogeneity in tumors : from bulk to single-cell resolution" on December 7, 2021. main supervisor: Nicola Crosetto co-supervior: Carolina Wählby.

Leslie Solorzano
Presented her PhD thesis "Image Processing, Machine Learning and Visualization for Tissue Analysis" on May 12, 2021. main supervisor: Carolina Wählby. Thesis opponent was Alexandru Telea.

Hanqing Zhang
PostDoc Nov 2018-Nov 2020. Now continuing his research with focus zebrafish image analysis in the den Hoed lab.

Gabriele Partel
Presented his PhD thesis "Image and Data Analysis for Spatially Resolved Transcriptomics; Decrypting fine-scale spatial heterogeneity of tissue's molecular architecture" on October 29, 2020. main supervisor: Carolina Wählby. Thesis opponent was Roland Eils.

Gabriela Edfeldt
Presented her PhD thesis "Epithelial barrier protection : implications for HIV susceptibility" on May 5, 2020. main supervisor: Annelie Tjernlund, KI, co-supervisor: Carolina Wählby.

Anindya Gupta
Postdoc July 2018-March 2020. Now Senior Computer Vision Data Scientist at StoraEnso, Stockholm, Sweden.

Kimmo Kartasalo
Guest PhD student from the Faculty of Biomedical Sciences and Engineering, Tampere University of Technology, Finland, 2017-2019.

Damian Matuszewski
Presented his PhD thesis "Image and Data Analysis for Biomedical Quantitative Microscopy" on Dec 12, 2019. main supervisor: Ida-Maria Sintorn, co-supervisor Carolina Wählby. Thesis opponent was Peter Horvath.

Xiaoyan Qian
Presented her PhD thesis "Towards comprehensive cellular atlases: High-throughput cell mapping by in situ sequencing" on Nov 25, 2019 main supervisor: Mats Nilsson, Stockholm University, co-supervisor Carolina Wählby.Thesis opponent was Anthony Zador.

Amit Suveer
Presented his PhD thesis "Methods for Processing and Analysis of Biomedical TEM Images" on June 5, 2019. main supervisor: Ida-Maria Sintorn, co-supervisor Carolina Wählby. Thesis opponent was Jari Hyttinen.

Fred Hamprecht
Visiting professor Feb 2019-Aug 2018 from University of Heidelberg, Germany.

Giorgia Milli
Visiting MSc student and research collaborator Nov 2017-Dec 2018 from Politecnico di Torino, Italy.

Heung-Kook Choi
Visiting professor Feb 2017-Feb 2018, from Dept. of Computer Engineering, Inje University, GimHae, Rep. of Korea.

Maxime Bombrun
Postdoc Jan 2016-Jan 2018. Now Data Scientist at Scion, New Zealand, and can be reached at maxime.bombrun at gmail.com

Sajith Kecheril Sadanandan
Presented his PhD thesis "Deep Neural Networks and Image Analysis for Quantitative Microscopy" on Nov 10, 2017. main supervisor: Carolina Wählby. Thesis opponent was Jeroen van der Laak. Dr. Sadanandan is now Algorithm Dev. Engineer at Q-linea, Sweden, and can be reached at sajith.sadanandan at qlinea.com.

Marco Mignardi
PostDoc September 2016-September 2017. Thereafter researcher at the Chan Zuckerberg BioHub, San Fransisco, US.

André Liebscher
PostDoc March-December 2016. Thereafter research scientist at the Technische Universität Kaiserlautern.

Omer Ishaq Presented his PhD thesis "Image Analysis and Deep Learning for Applications in Microscopy" on June 9, 2016. main supervisor: Carolina Wählby, co-supervisor Vladimir Curic. Dr. Ishaq is now Associate Professor (tenure track) at Air University in Pakistan, and can be reached at omer.ishaq at mail.au.edu.pk.

Jonatan Wählby, PRAO student, March 2016, from Eriksbergsskolan, Uppsala, Sweden.

Sabrina Rossberger, visiting PostDoc, September 2015. Currently PostDoc at Max-Planck-Institute for Intelligent Systems Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

Nanna Zhou Hagström, Project student, January 2015. Currently completing her Master in Theoretical Physics, UPMC, Univ. Paris VI, France.

Nguyen-Anh-Thu (Thu) Tran, Bachelor thesis student, presented her thesis 'An interactive interface for multiple-resolution analysis of large images' in June 2014. Currently research assistant/software developer at Oxford University Clinical Research Unit (OUCRU), Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

Kellen Dye, temporary research student, presented his report on 'Per pixel sequencing' in July 2014.

Andreas Kårsnäs Presented his PhD thesis "Image Analysis Methods and Tools for Digital Histopathology Applications Relevant to Breast Cancer Diagnosis" on 11/4, 2014. main supervisor: Robin Stand, co-supervisors: Carolina Wählby and Ewert Bengtsson
Currently at Microsoft, Lund.

Alexandra Pacureanu PhD, completed her PostDoc stay with us on January 31, 2014
supervisor: Carolina Wählby
Currently Post-Doctoral Scientist, European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, X-ray Imaging Group, Nano-Imaging Beamline, Grenoble, France.

Ali Korshidi
Presented his PhD thesis "Live Single Cell Imaging and Analysis Using Microfluidic Devices" on October 18, 2013
at the Department of Nano-biotechnology Royal Institute of Technology (KTH)
Main supervisor: Helene Andersson-Svahn, co-supervisors: Håkan Jönsson and Carolina Wählby

Martin Simonsson
PhD, completed his Researcher/PostDoc stay with us on October 1, 2013
supervisor: Carolina Wählby
Currently PostDoc at the Department of Computer Science, Electrical and Space Engineering, Luleå University of Technology

Issac Niwas Swamidoss, visiting PhD student, spring 2012. Currently at Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore.

Amin Allalou
Presented his PhD thesis "Methods for 2D and 3D Quantitative Microscopy of Biological Samples" on 11/11, 2011.
main supervisor: Carolina Wählby, co-supervisors: Ewert Bengtsson and Ida-Maria Sintorn. Currently Post doctoral fellow at the Yanik Lab, MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA.

Milan Gavrilovic
Presented his PhD thesis "Spectral Image Processing with Applications in Biotechnology and Pathology" on 2/12, 2011.
main supervisor: Carolina Wählby, co-supervisors: Ewert Bengtsson and Ingrid Carlbom

Amalka J. Pinidiyaarachchi
Presented her PhD thesis "Digital Image Analysis of Cells" on 27/2, 2009.
main supervisor: Carolina Wählby, co-supervisor: Ewert Bengtsson. Currently Senior Lecturer, Department of Statistics and Computer Science, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.

Magnus Gedda
Presented his PhD thesis "Contributions to 3D Image Analysis using Discrete Methods and Fuzzy Techniques: With Focus on Images from Cryo-Electron Tomography" 20/5, 2010.
main supervisor: Ewert Bengtsson, co-supervisors: Carolina Wählby and Stina Svensson

Patrick Karlsson Edlund
Presented his PhD thesis "Methods and models for 2D and 3D image analysis in microscopy, in particular for the study of muscle cells" on 19/9, 2008.
main supervisor: Ewert Bengtsson, co-supervisors: Carolina Wählby and Joakim Lindbled