Dr. Isabel Dregely
Head of Competenc Center Artificial Intelligence & Data Analytics
Education
- 09/2005 – 12/2010 PhD in Physics, University of New Hampshire, Durham, USA
- 09/2005 – 12/2010 MSc in Physics, University of New Hampshire, Durham, USA
- 10/2002 – 08/2005 Vordiplom, Universität Stuttgart, Germany
Professional Activities
- 06/2021 – present Lead Competence Center Artificial Intelligence & Data Analytics, Fachhochschule Technikum Wien, Vienna, Austria
- Leading a team to provide teaching and research in data analytics and artificial intelligence
- 11/2020 – 06/2021 Senior Lecturer, King’s College London, London, UK
- Lead an interdisciplinary research team
- Obtained and managed a research budget of > £ 1 million
- 10/2015 – 06/2021 Lecturer, King’s College London, London, UK
- Lead an interdisciplinary research team that uses medical image processing, engineering innovation and direct clinical translation towards precision imaging for cancer patients
- Setup and completed pilot clinical trials
- Translated technology to product with industry collaborators (SME1 and startup2)
- Taught and coordinated STEM modules in the higher education sector
- 09/2013 – 09/2015 Post-Doctoral Fellow, Dept of Radiological Sciences, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA
- 01/2011 – 08/2013 MR Physicist, Nuclear Medicine, Technical University Munich, Germany
- 01/2010 – 12/2010 Research Assistant, Physics Dept, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, USA
- 08/2009 – 12/2009 Research Assistant, Radiology Dept, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA
- 02/2008 – 07/2009 Research Assistant, Harvard-MIT Martinos Center, Boston, MA, USA
- 08/2007 – 01/2008 Research Assistant, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard, Boston, MA, USA
- 01/2006 – 07/2007 Research Assistant, Physics Dept, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, USA
Research Funding – Competence Center AIDA at UASTW
- 2022 – 2025 „ADSiM – Automatische Detektion von Störeinfüssen im Monitoring von Bahnlärm unter Anwendung von KI“. Forschungsfördergesellschaft (FFG), Betrag: € 299.000. Projektleiter: Matthias Blaickner
- 9/2022 – 2/2024 „KITE – Kompetenzaufbau zur nachhaltigen Nutzung datenbasierter künstlicher Intelligenz Technologien im Energiebereich.“ Forschungsfördergesellschaft (FFG), Betrag: € 167.000. Projektleiterin: Isabel Dregely
Research Funding – before UASTW
- 12/2020 – 06/2021 UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship: “DIFFERENCE: DIFFusion magnetic resonance imaging with Enhanced Resolution ENCoding – Precision Imaging in Cancer” (£1.3m), Projektleiterin: Isabel Dregely
- 10/2018 – 10/2022 EPSRC and Siemens Healthcare co-funded 4-year PhD student project (2nd supervisor): “AIM: Automated Imaging of bone marrow in Myeloma using whole body magnetic resonance imaging (WBMRI) & dual energy computed tomography (DECT) with deep learning” (£ 96k), Projektleiterin: Isabel Dregely
- 01/2018 – 01/2024 NIHR funded PhD studentship (2nd supervisor): “Standardisation of PET and MR imaging to guide radiotherapy treatment planning.”
- 10/2016 – 10/2017 King’s Health Partner’s Research and Development Challenge Fund: “Operator-independent PET/MR imaging: Developing a better diagnostic test of prostate cancer aggressiveness”, (£ 74k), Projektleiterin: Isabel Dregely
- 09/2016 – 09/2020 EPSRC and Siemens Healthcare co-funded 4-year PhD student project: “A push-button PET/MR method for multi-modality cancer imaging” (£ 96k), Projektleiterin: Isabel Dregely
- 01/2012 – 08/2013 German ministry for business and technology (“BMWi”): “Development of PET compatible MR coils for simultaneous PET/MR imaging” (Euro 174k), Projektleiterin: Isabel Dregely
Awards
- UK Research and Innovation Future Leaders Fellow3
- Junior Fellow ISMRM (International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine)4
- ISMRM Magna Cum Laude Award (for my mentee Elisa Roccia)
- ESMRMB Cum Laude Award (for my mentee Rohini Shankar)
- Stipend “The future of molecular imaging” workshop, Recife Brazil (Newton Fund)
- 2x Travel Stipends SNM (Society of Nuclear Medicine) Meetings in Canada and USA
- 4x Travel Stipends, ISMRM International Scientific Meetings
- Magna Cum Laude Merit Award, ISMRM 20th Meeting, Melbourne, Australia
- Young Investigator Award, Molecular Imaging & Biology Oncology Meeting, Nice, France
- Young Investigator Award (W.S. Moore)5, (W.S. Moore), ISMRM 19th Meeting, Montreal, Canada
- Fulbright Fellowship, Academic Exchange Program USA – Germany
- Kempfler-Award for best ‘Abitur’ (A-level), Eggenfelden, Germany
Journal Reviewer, Editor and Panel Membership
Academic editor for PLOS One; Journal Reviewer for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (MRM), Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (JMRI), European Radiology, PLOS One, Frontiers in Neuroscience; Funding Body Reviewer for DAAD (German Exchange Program), Health Research Council of New Zealand; Panel Member Royal Society’s International Exchanges Panel
Activities at UAS Technikum Wien
Lead Competence Center Artificial Intelligence & Data Analytics