Quentin Noirhomme, Ph.D, FNRS postdoctoral researcher, obtained his applied mathematics engineering degree and his doctorate in applied sciences at the Catholic University of Louvain. He carried out his doctorate work under the supervision of Professor B. Macq at the Telecommunications Laboratory. In 2003 he was a Guest Scientist at the Biomedical Engineering Department of Imperial College London, where he worked under the supervision of Professor R.I.Kitney. Between 2006 and 2007, Quentin Noirhomme was research engineer at Professor Sara Gonzalez’ ‘Electrical Neouroimagery Group’ (Geneva University Hospitals). In 2007 he joined the University of Liège’s ‘Coma Science Group’ His work focuses on developing ways of measuring cerebral connectivity through the methods of functional imaging (electroencephalography and fMRI) and on brain-computer interfaces. He coordinates the Liège section of the European DECODER project (Deployment of Brain-Computer Interfaces for the Detection of Consciousness in Non-Responsive Patients).

Selection of publications

Vanhaudenhuyse A, Noirhomme Q, Tshibanda LJ, Bruno MA, Boveroux P, Schnakers C, Soddu A, Perlbarg V, Ledoux D, Brichant JF, Moonen G, Maquet P, Greicius MD, Laureys S, Boly M. Brain, Default network connectivity reflects the level of consciousness in non-communicative brain-damaged patients. 2010 Jan;133(Pt 1):161-71.

Noirhomme Q, Schnakers C, Laureys S., A twitch of consciousness: defining the boundaries of vegetative and minimally conscious states.J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2008 Jul;79(7):741-2.

Noirhomme Q, Kitney RI, Macq B., Single-trial EEG source reconstruction for brain-computer interface, IEEE Trans Biomed Eng. 2008 May;55(5):1592-601.

Noirhomme Q, Ferrant M, Vandermeeren Y, Olivier E, Macq B, Cuisenaire O, Registration and real-time visualization of transcranial magnetic stimulation with 3-D MR images. IEEE Trans Biomed Eng. 2004 Nov;51(11):1994-2005.