Dr.rer.medic. Ravichandran Rajkumar

Post-Doctoral Researcher --------------------------------------(Since Sep 2020)

RWTH Aachen University, and

Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH, Germany

Topic: Multimodal Neuroimaging (MR/PET/EEG) and

Ultra High Field Imaging in Psychiatry

Doctoral Researcher (PhD) ------------------------------------------- (Aug 2020)

RWTH Aachen University, and

Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH, Germany

Topic: Multimodal Neuroimaging (MR/PET/EEG)

Master’s Degree (M.Sc.) ---------------------------------------------- (Aug 2015)

FH Aachen – University of Applied Sciences, Germany

Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Biomedical Engineering

Bachelor’s Degree (B.E.) ---------------------------------------------- (May 2011)

Udaya School of Engineering, Kanyakumari, India

(Affiliated to Anna University, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India)

Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) in Biomedical Engineering

Higher Secondary Public Examination ------------------------------- (Mar 2007)

Bishop Heber Higher Secondary School,

Trichy – 620 002, Tamilnadu, India

Matriculation Examination ------------------------------------------- (Mar 2005)

Saraswathi Bala Mandir Matriculation School,

Trichy – 620 017, Tamilnadu, India

Kaulen, N., Rajkumar, R., Régio Brambilla, C., Mauler, J., Ramkiran, S., Orth, L., … Others. (2022). mGluR5 and GABAA receptor-specific parametric PET atlas construction—PET/MR data processing pipeline, validation, and application. Human Brain Mapping.

Sbaihat, H., Rajkumar, R., Ramkiran, S., Assi, A. A.-N., Felder, J., Shah, N. J., … Neuner, I. (2022). Test--retest stability of spontaneous brain activity and functional connectivity in the core resting-state networks assessed with ultrahigh field 7-Tesla resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging. Human brain mapping.

Régio Brambilla, C., Veselinović, T., Rajkumar, R., Mauler, J., Matusch, A., Ruch, A., … Others. (2022). mGluR5 binding changes during a mismatch negativity task in a multimodal protocol with [11C] ABP688 PET/MR-EEG. Translational psychiatry, 12(1), 1–10.

Neuner, Irene, Veselinović, T., Ramkiran, S., Rajkumar, R., Schnellbaecher, G. J., & Shah, N. J. (2022). 7T ultra-high-field neuroimaging for mental health: an emerging tool for precision psychiatry? Translational Psychiatry, 12(1), 1–10.

Rajkumar, R., Régio Brambilla, C., Veselinović, T., Bierbrier, J., Wyss, C., Ramkiran, S., … Others. (2021). Excitatory--inhibitory balance within EEG microstates and resting-state fMRI networks: assessed via simultaneous trimodal PET--MR--EEG imaging. Translational psychiatry, 11(1), 1–15.

Veselinović, T., Rajkumar, R., Amort, L., Junger, J., Shah, N. J., Fimm, B., & Neuner, I. (2021). Connectivity Patterns in the Core Resting-State Networks and Their Influence on Cognition. Brain connectivity.

Altinok, D. C. A., Rajkumar, R., Nießen, D., Sbaihat, H., Kersey, M., Shah, N. J., … Neuner, I. (2021). Common neurobiological correlates of resilience and personality traits within the triple resting-state brain networks assessed by 7-Tesla ultra-high field MRI. Scientific reports, 11(1), 1–15.

Rajkumar, R., Farrher, E., Mauler, J., Sripad, P., Régio Brambilla, C., Rota Kops, E., … Others. (2021). Comparison of EEG microstates with resting state fMRI and FDG-PET measures in the default mode network via simultaneously recorded trimodal (PET/MR/EEG) data. Human brain mapping, 42(13), 4122–4133.

Sbaihat, H., Rajkumar, R., Ramkiran, S., Assi, A. A.-N., Shah, N. J., Veselinović, T., & Neuner, I. (2021). Dynamics of task-induced modulation of spontaneous brain activity and functional connectivity in the triple resting-state networks assessed using the visual oddball paradigm. PloS one, 16(11), e0246709.

Régio Brambilla, C., Veselinović, T., Rajkumar, R., Mauler, J., Orth, L., Ruch, A., … Others. (2020). mGluR5 receptor availability is associated with lower levels of negative symptoms and better cognition in male patients with chronic schizophrenia. Human brain mapping, 41(10), 2762–2781.

Del Guerra, A., Ahmad, S., Avram, M., Belcari, N., Berneking, A., Biagi, L., … Others. (2018). TRIMAGE: A dedicated trimodality (PET/MR/EEG) imaging tool for schizophrenia. European Psychiatry, 50, 7–20.

Neuner, I., Rajkumar, R., Brambilla, C. R., Ramkiran, S., Ruch, A., Orth, L., … Others. (2018). Simultaneous PET-MR-EEG: technology, challenges and application in clinical neuroscience. IEEE transactions on radiation and plasma medical sciences, 3(3), 377–385.

Shah, N., Arrubla, J., Rajkumar, R., Farrher, E., Mauler, J., Kops, E. R., … Others. (2017). Multimodal fingerprints of resting state networks as assessed by simultaneous trimodal MR-PET-EEG imaging. Scientific reports, 7(1), 1–13.

Rajkumar, R., Rota Kops, E., Mauler, J., Tellmann, L., Lerche, C., Herzog, H., … Neuner, I. (2017). Simultaneous trimodal PET-MR-EEG imaging: Do EEG caps generate artefacts in PET images? PloS one, 12(9), e0184743.