VYARA TONKOVA
Present academic position
Research Assistant
RheinAhrCampus Remagen
University of Applied Sciences Koblenz
53424 Remagen/Germany
Email: tonkova@rheinahrcampus.de
Higher Education
since 2011: Doctoral thesis "Entwicklung und Validierung von quantitativen bildbasierten Biomarkern zur verbesserten Diagnostik der Multiplen Sklerose" at the University of Koblenz Landau and RheiAhrCampus, University of Applied Sciences Koblenz, Germany
(Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Heiko Neeb and Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dietrich Paulus)
2010-2011: Study of Applied Physics at the University of Applied Sciences Koblenz, Germany
1996: Graduation to Dipl.-Ing. (FH)
2009-2010: Diploma thesis "Erstellung von quantitativen T1, T2*- und Wassergehaltsatlanten aus 3T-MRT-Aufnahmen", at the University of Applied Sciences Koblenz and Life&Brain GmbH, Bonn, Germany
(Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Heiko Neeb)
2004-2010: Study of Medical Engineering and Sports-Medical Engineering at the RheinAhrCampus, University of Applied Sciences Koblenz, Germany
2001-2002: Study of English Studies at the University of Plovdiv Paisii Hilendarski, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Career/employment
since 2010: Research Assistant at the University of Applied Sciences Koblenz, Germany
Research Interests:
• Innovative neuroimaging techniques, particularly in the research of neurodegenerative diseases; Quantitative MRI
• Signal Processing, Image Analysis, Development of Machine Learning Algorithms for automated Image Segmentation and Classification.
• Physics