BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
NAME
Vesna Prchkovska
ADDRESS
Arc de Sant Silvestre 4,
entresuelo segunda
08003 Barcelona
Spain
BIRTH 23.09.1982
PHONE +34 633 817 514
E-MAIL vesna@mint-labs.com
POSITION, TITLE
Co-founder and
Chief Science Officer,
Ph.D.
Long CV view here
EDUCATION
INSTITUTION AND LOCATION
DEGREE
YEAR(s)
University Ss. Cyril and Methodius, Faculty of Electrical
Engineering, Skopje, Macedonia
M.Sc.
2006
Eindhoven University of Technology, Department of
Biomedical Engineering, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Ph.D.
2010
Postdoc
2012-2015
Department of Neuroimmunology, IDIBAPS, Spain
FIELD OF
STUDY
Electrical
Engineering
Biomedical
Engineering
Neuroscience /
Neuroimaging
Training and Experience
2015
2014
2014
2013
2013
2013
2013
2013
2012
2012
2012
2012
2012
2012
2011
2011
2010
2008
2008
2008
2007
2007
2007
2007
2006
2006
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Workshop on Connectomics in Multiple Sclerosis, Paris, France
EU programmes for higher education and their role and impact on the Western Balkans (invited
speaker), Belgrade, Serbia
Workshop ”Charter your career path”, sponsored by MCAA (organizer), Barcelona, Spain
INCF Neuroinformatic course Imaging the brain at different scales: how to integrate multi – scale
structural information?, Antwerp, Belgium
NITP UCLA Advanced Neuroimaging Summer program, Los Angeles, USA
Intensive start-up bootcamp, Wayra, Madrid, Spain
Neuro/Music hack day, Sonar, Barcelona, Spain
This way up, CEO-CF collaborative forum, Barcelona, Spain
Bio-, Medical- and Neuro-informatics supporting neuroscience workshop, INBIOMEDvision, Barcelona,
Spain
This way up, CEO-CF collaborative forum, Lisbon, Portugal
Mapping The Brain Using fMRI Decoding Techniques, workshop, FENS, Barcelona, Spain
FIL’s Course on SPM for MRI, Institute of Neurology in London (UCL), London, United Kingdom
Learning and Modelling in Functional Brain Image Analysis, tutorial, ISBI, Barcelona, Spain
The DW-MRI from measurements to applications, seminar, USM, Penang, Malaysia (co-organizer)
PPSKomp Research Seminar, USM, Penang, Malaysia (invited speaker)
Neuroimaging DWI and tractography, workshop, USM, Kota Bharu, Malaysia (invited speaker)
Writing Articles and Abstracts, course at Eindhoven University of Technology
Object Oriented Programming with UML, ICT course at Eindhoven University of Technology
C++ Advanced, ICT course at Eindhoven University of Technology
C++, ICT course at Eindhoven University of Technology
CTT Tutor training, course at Eindhoven University of Technology
Front-end Vision and Multi Scale Image Analysis, ASCI course at Eindhoven University of Technology
Diffusion-weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Principles and Applications, 2nd International
Summer School in Biomedical Engineering, Schoenburg, Germany
Visual Interactive Effective Worlds, workshop, Lorentz Center, Leiden, Netherlands (oral presentation)
Advanced Morphological Segmentation, ASCI course, Ecole des Mines de Paris, Fontainebleau,
France
Data Visualization and Virtual Reality, ASCI course, Technical University Delft, Netherlands
(oral presentation)
Present and past Positions
2013 – Present Co-founder and Chief Science Officer at Mint Labs S.L., Barcelona, Spain
2013 - 2015
Post-doctorate fellow, The Neuroimmunology group, IDIBAPS, Barcelona, Spain
2013 - 2014
Post-doctorate visiting research fellow, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts Genera Hospital,
Harvard University, Boston, USA
2012 - 2013
Post-doctorate fellow, The Neuroimmunology group, IDIBAPS, Barcelona, Spain
2011 - 2012
Invited researcher, Computer Vision Research group, Universiti Sans Malaysia (USM), Penang,
Malasiya
2006 - 2010
PhD candidate, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Honors and Awards
2016
2016
2015
2015
2015
2015
2014
2014
2014
2013
2013
2013
2013
2013
2013
2013
2013
2012
2010
2009
2007
2001 - 2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
1999, 2000
1998
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Premio Salva y Campillo al Joven Emprendedor, Barcelona, Spain
Mint Labs succeeds in EUR 150k crowd funding campaign
Mint Labs enters Grants4Apps program with Bayer
Awarded 2nd phase FICHe grant for innovative idea in health, EU
Awarded 1st phase FICHe grant for innovative idea in health, EU
HIMSS Europe eHealth week 2015, Riga, Latvia
Best Med-tech startup, South Summit startup competition, (Mint Labs), Madrid, Spain
Finalists of CodeN at Cebit for big data analysis and visualization on health (Mint Labs), Hamburg,
Germany
Selected in the first neuroscience start-up batch of Neurolaunch, Atlanta, US
Grant for research visit at Harvard University by the Spanish Network of Excellence in Multiple
Sclerosis (REEM)
Winners of the White Bully Awards 2013, Mint Labs for best young start-up, Barcelona, Spain
Finalists of Lisbon Challenge for best business idea (Mint Labs), Lisbon, Portugal
Mint Labs selected as winners of the accelerator by Telefonica - Wayra academy (second batch)
Marie Curie Intra-European fellowship for conducting a two-year research in brain imaging
Best business idea (Mint Labs) entering the acceleration program of the second WayraWeek in
Barcelona, Spain
Certificate of Completion on immersive training in Neuroimaging at UCLA, Los Angeles, US
Finalist 20 Million Pound Startup, London, UK
3rd prize at the Crea@tic awards of the TecnoCampus Mataro-Maresme for best business idea Mint
Labs, Barcelona, Spain
Student scholarship for attendance of the 18th ISMRM conference in Stockholm, Sweden
Scholarship for short-term visit of the French institute NeuroSpin granted by the Dutch organization
Vereniging voor biofysica en biomedische technologie (VvBBMT)
Award for exceptional achievements during the academic studies at the Faculty of Electrical
Engineering (average grade 9.93|10) – cum laude
State scholarship award for high academic achievements
2nd Prize (team) in Automatics and control systems on the annual gathering of the Faculties of Electrical
Engineering from the Balkans - ELEKTRIJADA (Kopaonik, Serbia and Montenegro)
Award for exceptional achievements in the 4th academic year at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering
(average grade 10|10)
2nd Prize (team) in Automatics and control systems on the annual gathering of the Faculties of Electrical
Engineering from the Balkans - ELEKTRIJADA (Igalo, Serbia and Montenegro)
Award for exceptional achievements in the 3rd academic year at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering
(average grade 9.80|10)
Award for exceptional achievements in the 2nd academic year at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering
(average grade 9.89|10)
Award for exceptional achievements in the 1st academic year at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering
(average grade 10|10)
2nd Prize in Mathematics on the State Competition for High Schools
3rd Prize in Mathematics on the State Competition for High Schools