Dr. Joana Cabral is an Assistant Professor at the Bioengineering Department and Principal Investigator at the Institute for Systems and Robotics, Instituto Superior Técnico. Her research focuses on developing biophysical and mathematical models to understand the fundamental principles that coordinate brain activity across scales, from local neural oscillations to large-scale functional connectivity. After completing her degree in Biomedical Engineering at NOVA University of Lisbon in 2007, she obtained her PhD in Computational Neuroscience in Barcelona. She then conducted postdoctoral research at the Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford (2014-2017), before returning to Portugal to join the University of Minho (2017-2025) and subsequently IST. Dr. Cabral's interdisciplinary approach combines tools from dynamical systems theory, control theory, and network science with neuroimaging data to investigate brain function in health and disease. Her work has particular relevance for understanding psychiatric and neurological disorders, where disruptions in brain network dynamics contribute to clinical symptoms. She has published extensively in leading neuroscience and interdisciplinary journals, and maintains active collaborations with research groups across Europe and South and North America. Her research bridges theoretical modeling with real data to advance our understanding of the brain's complex dynamics and inform the development of novel therapeutic interventions.
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PT
ORCID:
0000-0002-6715-0826
CienciaID:
DE1E-1496-1D26
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