Nilser Laines-Medina, PhD

🧠🦋 I am a biomedical engineer and biomedical imaging researcher specializing in quantitative MRI of the spinal cord. My research focuses on ultra-high-field MRI (7T), quantitative MRI biomarkers, artificial intelligence for neuroimaging, and automated medical image analysis.

📊⏱️ I am currently a postdoctoral researcher at the Center for Magnetic Resonance in Biology and Medicine (CRMBM), Aix-Marseille University, where I develop advanced quantitative MRI techniques for spinal cord imaging at 7 Tesla.

🎓🧲 I completed a co-supervised PhD between the NeuroPoly Lab at Polytechnique Montréal (Canada) and the Center for Magnetic Resonance in Biology and Medicine (CRMBM), Aix-Marseille University (France).

During my doctoral research, I developed a deep learning framework for automatic spinal cord multiple sclerosis lesion segmentation on MP2RAGE MRI DOI: 10.1016/j.msard.2026.107250. I also investigated quantitative T1 mapping at 7T to characterize spinal cord white and gray matter alterations in multiple sclerosis DOI: 10.1097/RLI.0000000000001288.

🌎🤝 Since 2026, I have had the honor of serving as the Trainee Representative of the ISMRM Latin American Chapter, representing early-career researchers and contributing to educational, networking, and scientific initiatives within the Latin American MRI community.

Research Interests📡🧲

• Spinal Cord Imaging
• Ultra-high-field MRI (7T)
• Quantitative MRI
• Multiple Sclerosis
• Artificial Intelligence for Medical Imaging
• Deep Learning
• Medical Image Analysis
• Open Science and Reproducible Research

Education🧑‍🎓🎓

PhD in Biomedical Engineering Polytechnique Montreal Montreal, Canada 2022 – 2026

PhD in Biomedical Research Aix-Marseille University Marseille, France 2022 – 2026

MSc in Biomedical Signal and Image Processing Aix-Marseille University Marseille, France 2019 – 2021