Dr. Dimo Ivanov

Hauptforschungsgebiete
Hochauflösende strukturelle, Perfusions- und funktionelle Kartierung der menschlichen Großhirnrinde und subkortikalen Regionen
Quantitative MRT-Techniken zur Beurteilung der Gewebevaskularisierung, Mikrostruktur, Myelinisierung und des Eisengehalts
Ruhezustands- und aufgabenbasierte fMRT zur Untersuchung der neuronalen Konnektivität und der Dynamik des Gehirns
Entwicklung fortschrittlicher MRT-Sequenzen und Analysepipelines für 7T- und 3T-Systeme
Translationale Anwendungen bei neurodegenerativen Erkrankungen, psychiatrischen Erkrankungen und Studien zur Neuroentwicklung
Vita
Ausbildung
| 2012 | PhD (Dr. rer. nat.) in Physics at University of Leipzig / Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig, Germany |
| 2007 | M.Sc. at International Physics Studies Program at University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany |
| 2002 | Foreign Language High School, Pleven, Bulgaria |
Werdegang
| Seit 2025 | Head of the 7 Tesla MR Core structure, Cooperative Brain Imaging Center, Frankfurt, Germany |
| Seit 2025 | Independent Research Group Leader, Max Planck Institute for empirical Aesthetics, Frankfurt, Germany |
| Seit 09/2017 | Assistant Professor at the Department of Cognitive Neuroscience at Maastricht University, Netherlands |
| 09/2012–08/2017 | Postdoctoral research fellow at the Department of Cognitive Neuroscience at Maastricht University, Netherlands |
Publikationen
Peer-Review-Publikationen
Schneider, C., Priovoulos, N., Prokopiou, P.C., Verhey, F.R., Poser, B.A., Ivanov, D., Sclocco, R., Napadow, V., & Jacobs, H.I. (2025). Locus coeruleus fMRI response to transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation is coupled to changes in salivary alpha amylase. Brain Stimulation, 18:1205-1207.
Sylvester, A.L., Hensenne, E., Ivanov, D., Poser, B.A., Linden, D.E.J., van Amelsvoort, T., & Vingerhoets, C. (2025). Neural excitation/inhibition imbalance and neurodevelopmental pathology in human copy number variant syndromes: a systematic review. Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders, 17:31.
van Lanen, R.H.G.J., Uher, D., Tse, D.H.Y., Steijvers, E., Colon, A.J., Jansen, J.F.A., Drenthen, G.S., Ivanov, D., Hoogland, G., Rijkers, K., Hoeberigs, C.M., Hofman, P.A.M., Backes, W.H., & Schijns, O.E.M.G. (2025). In vivo 9.4 Tesla MRI of a patient with drug-resistant epilepsy: Technical report., Acta Neurochirurgica, 167: 18.
Nijssen, K.M., Mensink, R.P., Plat, J., Ivanov, D., Preissl, H., & Joris, P.J. (2024). Mixed nut consumption improves brain insulin sensitivity: a randomized, single-blinded, controlled, crossover trial in older adults with overweight or obesity. American Journal for Clininical Nutrition, 119: 314-323.
Haast, R.A.M., Kashyap, S., Ivanov, D., Yousif, M.D., DeKraker, J., Poser, B.A., & Khan, A.R. (2024). Novel insights into hippocampal perfusion using high-resolution, multi-modal 7T MRI. PNAS; 121(11): e2310044121.
Ivanov, D., De Martino, F., Formisano, E., Goebel, R., Fritz, F.J., Huber, R., Kashyap, S., Kemper, V.G., Kurban, D., Roebroeck, A., Sengupta, S., Sorger, B., Tse, D.H.Y., Uludag, K., Wiggins, C., & Poser, B.A. (2023). Magnetic resonance imaging at 9.4T: the Maastricht journey. Magnetic Resonance Materials in Physics, Biology and Medicine, 36: 159–173
Gulban, O.F., Bollmann, S., Huber, L.R., Wagstyl, K., Goebel, R., Poser, B.A., Kay, K., & Ivanov, D. (2022). Mesoscopic in vivo human T2* dataset acquired using quantitative MRI at 7 Tesla. Neuroimage, 264:119733.
Kleinloog, J.P.D., Mensink, R.P., Smeets, E.T.H.C., Ivanov, D., & Joris, P.J. (2022). Acute inorganic nitrate intake increases regional insulin action in the brain: Results of a double-blind, randomized, controlled cross-over trial with abdominally obese men. Neuroimage: Clinical, 35:103115.
Kurban, D., Ivanov, D., Kashyap, S., Huber, L., Liberman, G., & Poser, B.A. (2022). Concurrent CBF and BOLD FMRI with dual-echo spiral simultaneous multi-slice acquisitions at 7T. Neuroimage, 247, [118820].
Haast, R.A.M., De Coo, I.F.M., Ivanov, D., Khan, A.R., Jansen, J.F.A., Smeets, H.J.M., & Uludağ, K. (2022). Neurodegenerative and functional signatures of the cerebellar cortex in m.3243A > G patients. Brain Communications, 4, [fcac024].
Beckers, A.B., van Oudenhove, L., Weerts, ZZ.R.M., Jacobs, H.I.L., Priovoulos, N., Poser, B.A., Ivanov, D., Gholamrezaei, A., Aziz, Q., Elsenbruch, S., Masclee, A.A.M., & Keszthelyi, D. (2022). Evidence for engagement of the nucleus of the solitary tract in processing intestinal chemonociceptive input irrespective of conscious pain response in healthy humans. Pain, 163, [1520].
Benitez-Andonegui, A., Lührs, M., Nagels-Coune, L., Ivanov, D., Goebel, R., Sorger, B. (2021). Guiding functional near-infrared spectroscopy optode-layout design using individual (f)MRI data: effects on signal strength. Neurophotonics, 8, [025012].
Kashyap, S., Ivanov, D., Havlicek, M., Huber, L., Poser, B.A., & Uludağ, K. (2021). Sub-millimetre resolution laminar fMRI using Arterial Spin Labelling in humans at 7 T. PLoS One, 16, [e0250504).
Priovoulos, N., van Boxel, S. C. J., Jacobs, H. I. L., Poser, B. A., Uludağ, K., Verhey, F. R. J., & Ivanov, D. (2020). Unravelling the contributions to the neuromelanin-MRI contrast. Brain Structure and Function, 225, [2757].
Haast, R.A.M., Lau, J.C., Ivanov, D., Menon, R.S., Uludağ, K., & Khan, A.R. (2021). Effects of MP2RAGE B1+ sensitivity on inter-site T1 reproducibility and hippocampal morphometry at 7T. Neuroimage, 224, [117373].
Jacobs, H.I., Priovoulos, N., Poser, B.A., Pagen, L.H., Ivanov, D., Verhey, F.R., & Uludağ, K. (2020). Dynamic behavior of the locus coeruleus during arousal-related memory processing in a multi-modal 7T fMRI paradigm. Elife, 9, [52059].
Marquardt, I., De Weerd, P., Schneider, M., Gulban, O.F., Ivanov, D., Wang, Y., & Uludağ, K. (2020). Feedback contribution to surface motion perception in the human early visual cortex. Elife, 9, [e50933].
Huber, L., Finn, E.S., Handwerker, D.A., Bönstrup, M., Glen, D.R., Kashyap, S., Ivanov, D., Petridou, N., Marrett, S., Goense, J., Poser, B.A., & Bandettini, P.A. (2020). Sub-millimeter fMRI reveals multiple topographical digit representations that form action maps in human motor cortex. Neuroimage, 208, [116463].
Wolters, A.F., Heijmans, M., Michielse, S., Leentjens, A.F.G., Postma, A.A., Jansen, J.F.A., Ivanov, D., Duits, A.A., Temel, Y., & Kuijf, M.L. (2020). The TRACK-PD study: protocol of a longitudinal ultra-high field imaging study in Parkinson's disease. BMC Neurology, 20(1), [292].
Kleinloog, J.P.D., Mensink, R.P., Ivanov, D., Adam, J.J., Uludag, K., & Joris, P.J. (2019). Aerobic Exercise Training Improves Cerebral Blood Flow and Executive Function: A Randomized, Controlled Cross-Over Trial in Sedentary Older Men. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, 11, [333].
Betts, M.J., Kirilina, E., Otaduy, M.C.G., Ivanov, D., Acosta-Cabronero, J., Callaghan, M.F., Lambert, C., Cardenas-Blanco, A., Pine, K., Passamonti, L., Loane, C., Keuken, M.C., Trujillo, P., Lüsebrink, F., Mattern, H., Liu, K. Y., Priovoulos, N., Fliessbach, K., Dahl, M. J., ... Hämmerer, D. (2019). Locus coeruleus imaging as a biomarker for noradrenergic dysfunction in neurodegenerative diseases. Brain, 142(9), 2558–2571.
Priovoulos, N., Poser, B.A., Ivanov, D., Verhey, F.R.J., & Jacobs, H.I.L. (2019). In vivo imaging of the nucleus of the solitary tract with Magnetization Transfer at 7 Tesla. Neuroimage, 201, [116071].
Kashyap, S., Ivanov, D., Havlicek, M., Sengupta, S., Poser, B.A., & Uludağ, K. (2018). Resolving laminar activation in human V1 using ultra-high spatial resolution fMRI at 7T. Scientific Reports, 8, [17063].
Haast, R.A.M., Ivanov, D., IJsselstein, R.J.T., Sallevelt, S.C.E.H., Jansen, J.F.A., Smeets, H.J.M., de Coo, I.F.M., Formisano, E. & Uludağ, K. (2018). Anatomic & metabolic brain markers of the m.3243A>G mutation: A multi-parametric 7T MRI study. NeuroImage: Clinical. 18, 231-244.
Huber, L., Tse, D.H.Y., Wiggins, C.J., Uludağ, K., Kashyap, S., Jangraw, D.C., Bandettini, P.A., Poser, B.A., & Ivanov, D. (2018). Ultra-high-resolution blood volume fMRI and BOLD fMRI in humans at 9.4 T: Capabilities and challenges. Neuroimage, 178, 769-779.
Priovoulos, N., Jacobs, H.I.L., Ivanov, D., Uludag, K., Verhey, F.R.J. & Poser, B.A. (2018). High-resolution in vivo imaging of human locus coeruleus by Magnetization Transfer MRI at 3T and 7T. Neuroimage, 168, 427-436.
Marquardt, I., Schneider, M., Gulban, O.F., Ivanov, D. & Uludağ, K. (2018). Cortical depth profiles of luminance contrast responses in human V1 and V2 using 7 T fMRI. Human Brain Mapping, 39, 7, 2812-2827.
Riphagen, J.M., Gronenschild, E.H.B.M., Salat, D.H., Freeze, W.M., Ivanov, D., Clerx, L., Verhey, F.R.J., Aalten, P., & Jacobs, H.I.L. (2018). Shades of white: diffusion properties of T1- and FLAIR-defined white matter signal abnormalities differ in stages from cognitively normal to dementia. Neurobiology of Aging, 68, 48-58.
Kashyap, S., Ivanov, D., Havlicek, M., Poser, B.A., & Uludağ, K. (2018). Impact of acquisition and analysis strategies on cortical depth-dependent fMRI. Neuroimage, 168, 332-344.
Huber, L., Ivanov, D., Handwerker, D.A., Marrett, S., Guidi, M., Uludağ, K., Bandettini, P.A. & Poser, B.A. (2018). Techniques for blood volume fMRI with VASO: From low-resolution mapping towards sub-millimeter layer-dependent applications. Neuroimage, 164, 131-143.
Haast, R.A.M., Ivanov, D. & Uludağ, K. (2018). The impact of B1+ correction on MP2RAGE cortical T1 and apparent cortical thickness at 7T. Human Brain Mapping, 39, 6, 2412-2425.
Ivanov, D., Gardumi, A., Haast, R.A.M., Pfeuffer, J., Poser, B.A. & Uludağ, K. (2017). Comparison of 3T and 7T ASL techniques for concurrent functional perfusion and BOLD studies. Neuroimage. 156, 363-376.
Havlicek, M., Ivanov, D., Roebroeck, A., & Uludag, K. (2017). Determining Excitatory and Inhibitory Neuronal Activity from Multimodal fMRI Data Using a Generative Hemodynamic Model. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 11, [616].
Havlicek, M., Ivanov, D., Poser, B.A., & Uludag, K. (2017). Echo-time dependence of the BOLD response transients: A window into brain functional physiology. Neuroimage, 159:355-370.
Huber, L., Handwerker, D.A., Jangraw, D.C., Chen, G., Hall, A., Stüber, C., Gonzalez-Castillo, J., Ivanov, D., Marrett, S., Guidi, M., Goense, J., Poser, B.A. & Bandettini, P.A. (2017). High-Resolution CBV-fMRI Allows Mapping of Laminar Activity and Connectivity of Cortical Input and Output in Human M1. Neuron, 96:1253–1263
Havlicek, M., Roebroeck, A., Friston, K.J., Gardumi, A., Ivanov, D., & Uludag, K. (2017). On the importance of modeling fMRI transients when estimating effective connectivity: a dynamic causal modeling study using ASL data. Neuroimage, 155:217-233.
Ivanov, D., Poser, B.A., Huber, L., Pfeuffer, J. & Uludag, K. (2017). Optimization of simultaneous multislice EPI for concurrent functional perfusion and BOLD signal measurements at 7T. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 78: 121–129
Gardumi, A., Ivanov, D., Havlicek, M., Formisano, E., & Uludağ, K. (2017). Tonotopic maps in human auditory cortex using arterial spin labeling. Human Brain Mapping, 38: 1140-1154.
Kazan, S.M., Huber, L., Flandin, G., Ivanov, D., Bandettini, P., & Weiskopf, N. (2017). Physiological basis of vascular autocalibration (VasA): Comparison to hypercapnia calibration methods. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 78:1168-1173.
Haast, R.A., Ivanov, D., Formisano, E., & Uludaǧ K. (2016). Reproducibility and Reliability of Quantitative and Weighted T1 and T2∗ Mapping for Myelin-Based Cortical Parcellation at 7 Tesla. Frontiers in Neuroanatomy, 10:112.
Compter, I., Peerlings, J., Eekers, D.B., Postma, A.A., Ivanov, D., Wiggins, C.J., Kubben, P., Küsters, B., Wesseling, P., Ackermans, L., Schijns, O.E., Lambin, P., & Hoffmann, A.L. (2016). Technical feasibility of integrating 7 T anatomical MRI in image-guided radiotherapy of glioblastoma: a preparatory study. Magnetic Resonance Materials in Physics, Biology and Medicine, 29:591-603.
Tse, D.H., Wiggins, C.J., Ivanov, D., Brenner, D., Hoffmann, J., Mirkes, C., Shajan, G., Scheffler, K., Uludağ, K., & Poser, B.A. (2016). Volumetric imaging with homogenised excitation and static field at 9.4 T. Magnetic Resonance Materials in Physics, Biology and Medicine, 29:333-45.
Gardumi, A., Ivanov, D., Hausfeld, L., Valente, G., Formisano, E., & Uludağ K. (2016). The effect of spatial resolution on decoding accuracy in fMRI multivariate pattern analysis. Neuroimage, 132:32-42.
Huber, L., Ivanov, D., Guidi, M., Turner, R., Uludağ, K., Möller, H.E., & Poser, B,A. (2016). Functional cerebral blood volume mapping with simultaneous multi-slice acquisition. Neuroimage, 125:1159-1168.
Havlicek, M., Roebroeck, A., Friston, K., Gardumi, A., Ivanov, D., & Uludag, K. (2015). Physiologically informed dynamic causal modeling of fMRI data. Neuroimage, 122:355-72.
Huber, L., Goense, J., Kennerley, A.J., Trampel, R., Guidi, M., Reimer, E., Ivanov, D., Neef, N., Gauthier, C.J., Turner, R., Möller, H.E. (2015). Cortical lamina-dependent blood volume changes in human brain at 7 T. Neuroimage, 107:23-33.
Plantinga, B.R., Temel, Y., Roebroeck, A., Uludağ, K., Ivanov, D., Kuijf, M.L., & Ter Haar Romenij, B.M. (2014). Ultra-high field magnetic resonance imaging of the basal ganglia and related structures. Frontiers in Human Neurosciences, 8:876.
Krieger, S.N., Gauthier, C.J., Ivanov, D., Huber, L., Roggenhofer, E., Sehm, B., Turner, R., & Egan, G.F. (2014). Regional reproducibility of calibrated BOLD functional MRI: implications for the study of cognition and plasticity. Neuroimage, 101:8-20.
Huber, L., Goense, J., Kennerley, A.J., Ivanov, D., Krieger, S.N., Lepsien, J., Trampel, R., Turner, R., & Möller, H.E. (2014). Investigation of the neurovascular coupling in positive and negative BOLD responses in human brain at 7 T. Neuroimage, 97:349-62.
Trampel, R., Reimer, E., Huber, L., Ivanov, D., Heidemann, R.M., Schäfer, A., & Turner, R. (2014). Anatomical brain imaging at 7T using two-dimensional GRASE. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 72:1291-301.
Krieger, S.N., Ivanov, D., Huber, L., Roggenhofer, E., Sehm, B., Turner, R., Egan, G.F., & Gauthier, C.J. (2014). Using carbogen for calibrated fMRI at 7Tesla: comparison of direct and modelled estimation of the M parameter. Neuroimage, 84:605-14.
Huber, L., Ivanov, D., Krieger, S.N., Streicher, M.N., Mildner, T., Poser, B.A., Möller, H.E., & Turner, R. (2014). Slab-selective, BOLD-corrected VASO at 7 Tesla provides measures of cerebral blood volume reactivity with high signal-to-noise ratio. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 72:137-48.
Streicher, M.N., Schäfer, A., Ivanov, D., Müller, D.K., Amadon, A., Reimer, E., Huber, L., Dhital, B., Rivera, D., Kögler, C., Trampel, R., Pampel, A., & Turner, R. (2014). Fast accurate MR thermometry using phase referenced asymmetric spin-echo EPI at high field. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 71:524-33.
Heidemann, R.M., Ivanov, D., Trampel, R., Fasano, F., Meyer, H., Pfeuffer, J., & Turner, R. (2012). Isotropic submillimeter fMRI in the human brain at 7 T: combining reduced field-of-view imaging and partially parallel acquisitions. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 68:1506-16.
Streicher, M.N., Schäfer, A., Reimer, E., Dhital, B., Trampel, R., Ivanov, D., & Turner, R. (2012). Effects of air susceptibility on proton resonance frequency MR thermometry. Magnetic Resonance Materials in Physics, Biology and Medicine, 25:41-7.
Ivanov, D., Schäfer, A., Streicher, M.N., Heidemann, R.M., Trampel, R., & Turner, R. (2010). A simple low-SAR technique for chemical-shift selection with high-field spin-echo imaging. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 64:319-26.
Jochimsen, T.H., Ivanov, D., Ott, D.V., Heinke, W., Turner, R., Möller, H.E., & Reichenbach, J.R. (2010). Whole-brain mapping of venous vessel size in humans using the hypercapnia-induced BOLD effect. Neuroimage, 51:765-74.
Book chapters
Ivanov, D. & Kozovska Y. (2020). Acquisition Aspects of Functional and Clinical Arterial Spin Labeling. In: Ulmer S., Jansen O. (eds) fMRI. Springer, Cham.
Auszeichnungen & Stipendien
Stipendien und Preise
| 2023 | ERC Marie Curie Program: Application with Stefano Moia and Benedikt Poser 2 year Postdoc postition for Dr. Stefano Moia |
| 2022 | Maastricht University-Chinese Science Council PhD Program: Application with Benedikt Poser - 4 year PhD position for Kai Liu |
| 2022 | Maastricht University Center for Integrative Neuroscience PhD Program: Application with Thérèse van Amelsvoort, Claudia Vingerhoets, Benedikt Poser and David Linden - 4 year PhD position for Amy Sylvester |
| 2017 | Magnetic Resonance in Medicine issue cover with Ivanov et al. 2017 |
| 2013 | ISMRM merit award magna cum laude International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine |
| 2011 | Trainee abstract travel award of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping |
| 2009/2010/2011 | Educational Stipend for the annual meeting International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine |