Djalma Simoes dos Santos joined ImPhys as PhD student

Djalma Simoes dos Santos was born in Sao Paulo, Brazil. He received his B.Sc. degree in electrical engineering from the Federal Institute of Sao Paulo, in 2014, and his M.Sc. degree in biomedical engineering from the University of Sao Paulo, in 2018. From 2013 until 2014, he attended the Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary, as an exchange student. Outside of academia, he worked as an engineer in industry for over five years. His research interests include the design, modelling, and fabrication of ultrasonic transducer arrays for medical applications.

Djalma will work on the ULTRA-X-TREME project (Ultrafast Ultrasound Imaging for Extended Diagnosis and Treatment of Vascular Disease). Together with an experienced research group and industrial partners, he will develop a novel matrix transducer (with more than 8000 elements and integrated electronics) for 3D imaging of the carotid and the abdominal aorta with a high frame rate. Djalma will be working under the supervision of Prof.dr.ir. Nico de Jong and dr.ir. Martin Verweij.