CV of September 2009

1. Alina Gerarda van der Giessen curriculum vitae
De Savornin Lohmanlaan 70A November 29, 1980: Day of Birth
3038 NM Rotterdam A en B: Driving License
The Netherlands
M: +31 62848 6627
E: alinavandergiessen@gmail.com
At the end of this year I will finish my PhD thesis and hope to defend it in the spring of 2010. After 4 years of
research I am looking for a more dynamic and less individualist environment to work in. My drive is to
incorporate new technologies into a medical environment by bridging the gap between the medical doctor and
the engineer. With my technical background, my experience in collaborations with medical doctors and good
communication and presentations skills I can serve as translator between the technical en medical worlds.
WORK EXPERIENCE
May 2005- now PhD ‘Combination and comparison of multi-slice computed tomography coronary
angiography and intra-vascular ultrasound to aid validation of the detection of and
biomechanical research of atherosclerosis ’
Departments of Cardiology, Radiology and Biomedical Engineering, ErasmusMC, The
Netherlands
Supervisors: Prof. P.J. de Feyter and Prof. A.F.W. van der Steen
• Development and implementation of a method to generate 3D coronary geometries
based on 2D intravascular ultrasound images and
• In-vivo and ex-vivo validation of the detection of atherosclerotic plaques with
computed tomography angiography
• Finite element calculations in the coronary geometries to study the relation between
biomechanical parameters, as wall shear stress, and atherosclerosis.
• Supervision of Master and Bachelor student during their graduation project or
internships
2003 - 2004 Member educational committee
University of Technology Eindhoven, The Netherlands
• Evaluate, discuss and maintain the quality of the educational program of the master
Biomedical Engineering and Medical Engineering
• Criticize and approve the education and exam regulations
2002 - 2003 Student assistant
University of Technology Eindhoven, The Netherlands
• Conceptualization and evaluation of a Radiology course for the master Medical
Engineering in collaboration with the Radiology department of the Academic Hospital
Maastricht, The Netherlands.
EDUCATION
January 2006-exp Post master educational program to Qualified Medical Engineering
2010 School of Medical Physics and Engineering Eindhoven, Eindhoven University of
Technology, The Netherlands http
Supervisors: F.J.H. Gijsen, PhD and Prof. H.C.W. Beijerinck
• A hospital-based, university-managed program leading to qualification as Qualified
Medical Engineer. For information see: www.smpee.tue.nl
• Courses involved, among others: Integrity in science, Project based Management,
Safety and Risk analysis, Vascular Biology, Scientific English
• 1- year research project
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2. September - Internship: “The detection of non-calcified plaques by Dual Source Computed Tomography
December 2008 is related to the plaque size”
Cardiac MRI-PET-CT Program, Department of Radiology,
Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School,
Boston, USA
2003 – 2005 MSc. Medical Engineering
Department of Biomedical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, Department
of cardiothoracic surgery, Academic Hospital Maastricht, The Netherlands
Graduation Project: “Evaluation of the cardiac function during Extra Corporeal Life
Support”
Certification: “Art.9 Law on Animal Testing (Artikel 9 proefdierkunde)”
1999 - 2003 Bsc. Biomedical Engineering
Department of Biomedical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, The
Netherlands
1993 -1999 Pre-university education
GSG Lingecollege, Tiel, The Netherlands
Subjects: Dutch, English, French, Latin, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology
GRANTS AND AWARDS
2007 Finalist young investigators award during the Dutch Conference of Bio-Medical
Engineering, Egmond aan Zee, The Netherlands
nd
2006 2 place on the yearly PhD poster contest of the Biomedical Engineering department of
the University of Technology Eindhoven, The Netherlands
2005 Scholarship grant of € 3000,- from the Dutch Heart Foundation
SKILLS
Languages Dutch: Native
English: Reading, writing and speaking: good
Software Statistical: Matlab, SPSS
Programming: Matlab, Pyhton. MeVisLab
Communication: Office Applications, Latex, Photoshop, Endnote
Finite Element: Gambit, Fidap
Presentation skills Very good
EXTRACURRICULAIR ACTIVITIES
2002 Head of the committee that guides freshmen during their first year.
Eindhoven Student Association Demos
2001 Commissar Compositum
• Member of the committee covering the 3 student associations of Eindhoven
• Organization of a freshmen’s Day
2000-2006 First women’s society Dysis of the Eindhoven Student Association Demos
• Founder
• Chairman
• Organizing small and large festivities for students
A full list of scientific publications and presentations, as well as the complete course program of the Qualified
Medical Engineering can be provided on request.
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