Benjamin De Leener

Dr. Benjamin De Leener’s is assistant professor at Polytechnique Montreal, is co-director of the Neuroimaging Research Laboratory (NeuroPoly) and holds a TransMedTech Research Chair in pediatric neuroimaging. His main interests pertain to the development of new technologies in pediatric neuroimaging. He focuses on developing open-source software for analyzing brain and spinal cord images acquired with magnetic resonance imaging, using advanced segmentation and registration approaches using machine learning and neurodevelopmental templates and atlases. His laboratory is closely linked to the TransMedTech institute and the Research Center of the Sainte-Justine University Hospital, enabling strong collaborations between researchers, engineers, psychologists, radiologists, and clinicians.

Prior to joining the faculty, Dr. De Leener completed his postdoctoral training at McGill, doctoral training at Polytechnique Montreal, and M.Sc.A. and B.Ing. at the Université Libre de Bruxelles.

Positions

• Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Engineering and Software Engineering, École Polytechnique de Montréal

• Chairholder, TransMedTech Research Chair in Pediatric Neuroimaging

• Director, NeuroPoly - Neuroimaging Research Laboratory at Polytechnique

• Researcher, Research Center of the Sainte-Justine University Hospital

• Member, Institut de génie biomédical

• Member, Unifying Neuroscience and Artificial Intelligence - Québec (UNIQUE)

Contact

Address

Dept. Génie Informatique, M-3117
Ecole Polytechnique
2900 Edouard-Montpetit Bld
Montreal, QC
H3T 1J4
Canada

Email

benjamin.de-leener “at” polymtl.ca