1 Education ● 2021 - present MSc Medicine, Clinical rotations , Erasmus University Rotterdam ● 2018 - present MD - /PhD - Candidate Neuroscience and Neurosurgery , Erasmus MC ● 2016 - 2018 Research Master in Neuroscience, Erasmus Medical Centre ● 2016 - 2017 Pre - master Courses in Biomedical Engineering, Technical University Delft ● 2016 - 2017 MA Philosophy, Erasmus University, cum Laude (8.3) ● 2016 - 2017 MSc Health Economics, Policy and Law (HEPL), Erasmus University ● 2014 - 2016 BA Philosophy of Medicine, Erasmus University Rotterdam cum Laude (8.9) ● 2013 - 2016 B Sc Medicine, Erasmus University Rotterdam (8,0), valedictorian ● 200 7 - 2013 Gymnasium (grammar school), ( summa cum laude 9,1) Extra - curricular Education and Courses ● 2016 - 2017 Editor for Erasmus Journal of Medicine (EJM) ● 2015 - 2017 Editor for Erasmus Student Journal of Philosophy (ESJP) .................. ● 2014 - 2016 Student - researcher dept. Cardio - Thoracic surgery Erasmus MC ● 2014 - 2016 Student - reviewer for Erasmus Journal of Medicine (EJM) ● 201 4 - 2016 EARP (Erasmus Anato my Research Project), surgical masterclass ● 2014 - 2015 Member EUR Erasmus Honours Programme 2015 ● 2013 - 2014 Member Honours Class Erasmus MC 2013 - 2014. ● 2012 - 2013 Junior Medical School of the Erasmus University Certificates ● 2021 BKO, Academic Teaching Qualification ● 2016 BROK Course for Clinical Research ● 2017 Article 9 course for experimental animal research ● 2013 DELF B2 (French Language). ● 2013 Goethe Zertifikat C1 (German L anguage), score 86,5%. ● 2013 Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English (CPE), C2 score A (87%). ● 2012 Goethe Zertifikat B1 (German Language) ● 2011 Cambridge First Certificate (FCE), B2 score A (92%). Sadaf Soloukey MD/PhD - Candidate F ascinated by the challenges of applied neurotechnological research sadaf.s@hotmail.com +31652125372 Research Gate www.sadafsoloukey.nl www.openneurosurgery.nl LinkedIn 2 Work - experience ● 2021 - p resent Children’s Book Author for Rose Stories, ‘Darya en de Denkmachine’ ● 2015 - 2019 Blogger for Arts in Spe ● 2015 - 2018 Teacher trainer Mathematics SSL Leiden, Examencursus ● 2015 - 2016 Young writer for www.abcyourself.nl , publishing house Lemniscaat. ● 2015 Guestcolumnist for Arts en Auto ● 2012 - 2014 Columnist for ‘MoodieZ’, magazine for youngsters Organisational activities and Committees ● 2021 - present Board Member ‘Vereniging voor Filosofie en Geneeskunde’(VFG) ● 2019 - presen t Member of the Brain Awareness Week (BAW) - committee ● 2018 - present Co - founder CUBE, Center for Ultrasound Imaging @ Erasmus MC ● 2017 - 2018 Board Member for Young Medical Delta ● 2016 - 2017 Secretary Board International Philosophy Olympiad 2017, Rotterdam ● 2016 - present Secretary Board National Philosophy Olympiad ● 2016 - 2017 Education Officer, VCMS MasterAcademy, the Netherlands, ● 2015 - 2017 Student - Member of the Erasmus University Diversity Steering Committee ● 2015 - 2016 Coordinator Mini Medical School, Honours Class, Erasmus MC ● 2015 - 2016 Erasmus MC Repres entative University Council ● 2014 - 2016 Founding Chair of the first Dutch Surgical Society for Medical Students ● 2014 - 2015 Member MFVR CarreerWeek Committee ● 2013 - 2014 First Year Representative MFVR Teaching Experience ● 2018 - present Mentoring of >10 BSc/MSc students from different backgrounds • 2018 - present Minor ‘The Computational Brain’: lectures on Brain Computer Interfaces • 2018 - present MSc Clinical Technology: workshops on anatomy and surgical innovation • 2016 - present Minor ‘Van Neuron tot Vrije Wil’: lectures on the free will debate • 2016 - present BSc Medicine: Wet - lab courses neuro - anatomy Grants ● 2019 IEEE IUS 2019 (Glasgow, Scotland) Student Travel Grant ● 2019 Co - applicant on MRace Grant for ‘fUS in Neurosurgical Applications’ ● 2018 Co - applicant on NWO - Groot for CUBE ● 2018 MRace Pilot Grant for ‘fUS in Awake Craniotomies’ ● 2018 Gerrit - Jan Mulder Travelgrant ● 2015 Study - a nd Researchgrant by Stichting Dira Prizes ● 2020 Pieter van Foreest Prize of the Pieter van Foreest Stichting ● 2020 Winner FENS - EJN Image in Science Competition ● 2018 Prof. Lambers Prize of the Erasmus University Rotterdam ● 2018 Jan Brouwer Scriptieprijs KNAW ● 2013 Gerrit - Jan Muld er prize of the Junior Medical School ● 2013 Science conference Leiden University: 1 st place for best research paper 3 ● 2013 PWS - competition Twente Academy: audience prize ● 2013 PWS - competition Van Melsen in Nijmegen: nomination ● 2013 National Philosophy Olympiad: 1 st place ● 2012 International Philosophy Olympaid in Oslo: Honorable Mention. ● 2012 National Philosophy Olympiad: 2 nd place ● 2012 Preisträger Prämienprogramm (German exchange programme) Research Fellowships ● 2019 Courtine - group, campus Biotech, EPFL, Geneva (5 months) ● 2016 International Neuroscience Institute, INI, Hannover (3 months) Media Outreach ● 2021 - Het Hart van Rotterdam, Interview with RTV Rijnmond ● 2020 - Trouw (Column on corona) ● 2020 - Het Parool (Opinion on corona ) ● 2020 - The Scientist Image of the Day ● 2020 - Technology Networks (Press Release) ● 2020 - Erasmus Medical Center (Press Release) ● 2020 - NU.nl (Press Release) ● 2020 - RTL Nieuws ( Press Release) ● 2020 - BNR Radio (Interview based on Press Release) ● 2020 - NeuroNews (Press Release) ● 2020 - LINDA.nl (Press Release) ● 2020 - KIJK Magazine (Press Release) ● 2019 - Interview with NOS (Dutch National Media) ● 2018 - Interview in ‘Trouw’ (Dutch National News Paper) Conference Participation ● 2021 Oral Presentation, ESSFN, Marseille ● 2021 Oral Presentation, EANO, online ● 2020 Oral Presentation, AANS, online ● 2020 Oral P resentation, SNO, online ● 2020 Oral P resentation, Conference on Body Image (s), Konstanz ● 2019 Oral P resentation, IEEE, I nt. Ultrason. Symp. IUS , Glasgow ● 2019 Oral Presentation, WSSFN, New York ● 2018 Oral Presentation , Phenomenology of Medicine Conference , Stockholm ● 2018 Poster Presentation, FENS 2018, Berlin Invited Lectures and Workshops • 2021 Key n ote Lecture INTENSE Consortium Me eting on Neurotechnology • 2021 Workshop MedTech IFMSA Rotterdam • 2021 Workshop Dutch Philosophy Olympiad 2021 • 2018 Workshop Study Skills EUR Women’s Business Network (WBN) 4 Key Publications Functional Ultrasound (fUS) 1. Soloukey S et al. Functional Ultrasound (fUS) During Awake Brain Surgery: The Clinical Potential of Intra - Operative Functional and Vascular Brain Mapping. Front Neurosci . 2020;13:1384. doi:10.3389/fnins.2019.01384 2. Soloukey S et al. Towards High - Resolution functi onal Ultrasound (fUS) Imaging of the Murine Spinal Cord. In: IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, IUS . 2019. doi:10.1109/ULTSYM.2019.8926243 3. Koekkoek SKE, Soloukey S et al. High Frequency Functional Ultrasound in Mice. In: IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, IUS . ; 2018. doi:10.1109/ULTSYM.2018.8579865 4. Generowicz BS, Leus G, Soloukey S , et al. Efficient and Flexible Spatiotemporal Clutter Filtering of High Frame Rat e Images Using Subspace Tracking. In: IEEE International Ultrasonics S ymposium, IUS . ; 2018. doi:10.1109/ULTSYM.2018.8579775 Neuromodulation in Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) 5. Kathe C, Michoud F, Schönle P, Rowald A, Brun N, Ravier J, Furfaro I, Paggi V, Kim K, Soloukey S et al. Wireless closed - loop optogenetics across the entire dorsoventral spinal cord in mice. Nat Biotechnol . 2021. doi:10.1038/s41587 - 021 - 01019 - x 6. Kolovou - Kouri K, Soloukey S et al Dorsal root ganglion (DRG) versatile stimulator prototype developed for use in locomotion recovery early clinical trials. In: International IEEE/EMBS Conference on Neural Engineering, NER . Vol 2021 - May. ; 2021. doi:10.1109/NER49283.2021.9441101 7. Soloukey S et al. How to Identify Responders and Nonresponders to Dorsal Root Ganglion - Stimulation Aimed at Eliciting Motor Responses in Chronic Spinal Cord Injury: Post Hoc Clinical and Neurophysiological Tests in a C ase Series of Five Patients. Neuromodulation . 2021;24(4). doi:10.1111/ner.13379 8. Soloukey S et al. Unilateral L2 - Level DRG - stimulation evokes bilateral CPG - Like motor response in a patient with chronic pain. Brain Stimul . 2020. doi:10.1016/j.brs.2020.09 .021 9. Soloukey S et al. The Dorsal Root Ganglion as a Novel Neuromodulatory Target to Evoke Strong and Reproducible Motor Responses in Chronic Motor Complete Spinal Cord Injury: A Case Series of Five Patients. Neuromodulation . 2020. doi:10.1111/ner.1323 5 10. Soloukey S et al. Bilateral L2 Dorsal Root Ganglion - Stimulation S uppresses Lower Limb Spasticity Following Chronic Motor Complete Spinal Cord Injury: A Case Report. Brain Stimul . 2020;13(3):637 - 639. doi:10.1016/j.brs.2020.02.005 Embodied Phenomenology in the context of SCI 11. Soloukey S et al . A response to “Living with a fragmented body”: a qualitative study on perceptions about body changes after a spinal cord injury. Spinal Cord 2021;59(12). doi:10.1038/s41393 - 021 - 00727 - 0 1 2. S oloukey S et al. Diagnosing Embodiment Should Become Part of our Repertoire. Disabil Rehabil . 2020. doi:10.1080/09638288.2020.1717648 13. Soloukey S et al. Embodiment in Neuro - Engineering Endeavors: Phenomenological Considerations and Practical Impli cations. Neuroethics . 2019;12:231 - 242. doi:10.1007/s12152 - 018 - 9383 - 6