Team - CHUV-UNIL Translational Magnetic Resonance Research Lab

The Translational Magnetic Resonance Research Center group in spring 2026. From left to right: Tim Flückiger, Jérôme Yerly, Heidi White, Katerina Eyre, Marco Mueller, Christopher Roy, Isabel Montón Quesada, Augustin Ogier, Paolo Garelli, Stanislas Rapacchi, Matthias Stuber, Ruud van Heeswijk, Anh Van, Ilaria Brovedani, Efena Akporeha, Ludovica Verde, Martin Nicoletti, Kevin Borsos and Eleonora Fornari.

Current Group Members

Click on one of the portraits of the current group members below for a small biography and contact information.


Matthias Stuber Full professor Head of group	Ruud van Heeswijk Senior lecturer Principal Investigator	Christopher Roy Lecturer Principal investigator
Eleonora Fornari Senior scientist Project leader	Jérôme Yerly Senior scientist Principal Investigator	Aurélien Bustin Principal Investigator
Stanislas Rapacchi Senior Scientist	Anh Van Research Scientist	Marco Mueller Industrial Partner
Augustin Ogier Postdoctoral fellow	Katerina Eyre Postdoctoral fellow	Jean-Baptiste Ledoux Head technician for MR research
Isabel Montón Quesada PhD student	Efena Akporeha PhD student	Martin Nicoletti PhD student
Kevin Borsos PhD student	Heidi White PhD student	Paolo Garelli PhD student
Ilaria Brovedani PhD student	Tim Flückiger PhD student	Ludovica Verde PhD student

Alumni

Robin Ferincz – PhD student 2022-2026

Léonard Treil – Master student (MSc Robotics, EPFL) September 2025-March 2026

Céline Hirsch – Master student (MSc Life Sciences, EPFL) September 2025-March 2026

Daniela Correa Orozco – Internship student (EPFL) September 2025-February 2026

Yann Turin – Internship student (EPFL) September 2025-February 2026

Pauline Calarnou – PhD student & Postdoctoral fellow 2021-2026

Pauline Gut – PhD student 2022-2025

Gabriel Paffi – Master student (Msc Robotics, EPFL) February-September 2025

Shuailong Zhu – Master student (MSc Computer Science, EPFL) February-September 2025

Amaury George – Master student (MSc Data Science, EPFL) February-September 2025

Sandra Gebraiel – Internship student (EPFL) February-September 2025

Xavier Sieber – PhD student 2021-2025

Adèle Mackowiak – PhD student & Postdoctoral fellow 2019-2025

Zélia Donato – Master student (MSc Medicine, UNIL) 2024 – 2025

Salomé Baup – Master student (MSc Life Science, EPFL) February-September 2024

Ludovica Romanin – PhD student & Industrial partner 2021-2024

Jana Zhang – PhD student 2022-2024

Cyril Tous – Postdoctoral fellow 2022-2024

Mario Bacher – PhD Student & Industrial partner 2018-2022

Solange Denervaud – Postdoctoral fellow 2021-2023

Bastien Milani – Postdoctoral fellow 2018 -2023

Davide Piccini – Industrial partner & project leader 2011-2023

Giulia Rossi – PhD student 2019-2023

Mariana Falcão – PhD student 2019-2023

Simone Rumac – PhD student 2019-2022

Jessica Bastiaansen – Postdoctoral fellow & lecturer 2014-2021, now: University of Bern

Nemanja Masala – PhD student 2017-2021

John Heerfordt – PhD student 2017-2021

Lorenzo Di Sopra – PhD student 2016-2020

Emeline Darçot – PhD student 2014-2019, now: CHUV

Veronica Bianchi – PhD student 2017-2018, now: R4P

Roberto Colotti – PhD student 2014-2018, now: UNIL

Jean Delacoste – PhD student 2012-2017, now: OFSP/BAG

Andrew Coristine – PhD student & postdoc 2011-2017, now: GE Healthcare

Marijana Mionic – Postdoctoral fellow 2013-2017, now: Oerlikon Balzers

Jérôme Chaptinel – PhD student 2011-2016, now: CHUV

Hélène Feliciano – Master & PhD student 2010-2016, now: Keranova

Giulia Ginami – PhD student 2013-2016, now: Siemens Healthineers

Gabriele Bonanno – PhD student 2010-2015, now: Siemens Healthcare

Simone Coppo – PhD student 2010-2015, now: Itecor

Emeline Lugand – Master student (MSc Biomedical Physics, Descartes Univ., France) 2014

Wajiha Bano – Master student (MSc Medical Imaging, Abo Akademi, Finland) 2014

Cédric Bongard – Master student (MSc Medicine, UNIL) 2011–2012