Guiomar Niso

Vitae

Positions

  • Cajal Neuroscience Center (CNC-CSIC)

    Tenured Scientist · Head of the Neuroimaging Group

    Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Alcalá de Henares, Spain

    2024 – present

  • Young Academy of Spain

    Vice President

    Full Member since 2022, Board Member 2024 – 2025

    2025 – present

  • INDoS · EU COST Action CA24161

    Vice Chair

    Improving Neuroimaging Data for Sharing

    2025 – present

  • EEG101 · EU COST Action CA24148

    Management Committee, Spain

    Fundamentals of Open & Rigorous EEG Science

    2025 – present

  • NiPreps

    Steering Committee

    NeuroImaging PREProcessing toolS

    2025 – present

  • NeuroJSON

    Scientific Steering Committee

    Scalable, searchable formats for neuroimaging data

    2023 – present

  • CIBER-BBN

    Associate Researcher

    Spanish research network in Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine

    2008 – present

Past positions

  • Ramón y Cajal Senior Researcher

    Instituto Cajal, CSIC, Spain

    2023 – 2024

  • Senior Researcher

    Brainlife.io team, Indiana University, USA & Spain

    2021 – 2023

  • Chair of the BIDS Steering Group (elected)

    Brain Imaging Data Structure (BIDS)

    2019 – 2023

  • AXA Postdoctoral Fellow

    Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain

    2017 – 2019

  • Postdoctoral Fellow

    McConnell Brain Imaging Centre, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Canada

    2013 – 2016

  • FPU Predoctoral Fellow

    Center for Biomedical Technology, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain

    2009 – 2013

Education

  • PhD in Biomedical Engineering with European Mention

    Center for Biomedical Technology (CTB), Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM)

    2008 – 2013

  • 4th year of the Mathematics Degree

    Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)

    2009 – 2012

  • MSc in Bioengineering and Telemedicine

    Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros de Telecomunicación (ETSIT-UPM)

    2008 – 2009

  • MSc in Telecommunications Engineering with Honours

    specialisation in Communications, intensification in Bioengineering, ETSIT-UPM

    2003 – 2008

Accreditations

  • I3 Certification for research excellence (Programa I3)

    Spanish State Research Agency (AEI)

    2020

  • ANECA accreditation as Profesor Contratado Doctor (Associate Professor)

    2019

Research visits

  • University of Nottingham

    Sir Peter Mansfield Imaging Centre, UK (Prof. Matthew Brookes)

    09/2019

  • Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience

    Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Sleep and Cognition Group (Prof. Eus van Someren, with Dr. Germán Gómez-Herrero)

    09 – 12/2011

  • Max Planck Institute for Brain Research

    Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Neurophysiology Department (Prof. Wolf Singer, with Dr. Raúl Vicente)

    09 – 12/2010

Awards

  • Royal Academy of Engineering of Spain

    Medal for Young Researchers

    Open to engineering researchers under 40 (view)

  • The Neuro · Irv and Helga Cooper Foundation

    International Open Science Prize

    Awarded to the BIDS Steering Group (CAD 80,000) (view)

  • British Neuroscience Association

    Team Credibility in Neuroscience Prize

    Awarded to the #EEGManyLabs team (view)

  • Young Academy of Spain

    Elected Full Member

    One of 10 researchers elected in 2022; membership limited to 50

  • University of Deusto

    Young Ada Byron Award for Women Technologists

    €1,000; 37 candidates (view)

  • The Neuro

    Open Science in Action Prize, Special Mention

    Awarded to the Brain Imaging Data Structure (BIDS)

  • Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University

    Lewis Reford Travel Award

    CAD 1,500 (view)

  • actúaCOM, UPM

    Best Idea Award

    €1,000 for 'Mindzilla, mind your mind'

  • IE Business School

    Finalist, Venture Day

  • Idea2 Madrid · Madrid-MIT M+Vision

    Honorable Mention

    Project 'WEEG wireless EEG' (view)

  • actúaupm X, UPM

    Diploma for the best business ideas

    Project 'HERMES: towards real-time unravelling of dynamic brain connectivity'

  • Idea2 Madrid · Madrid-MIT M+Vision

    Finalist

  • Fractal Competition, ETSAM-UPM

    1st Mandelbrot Prize

    'Sierpinski's emptiness', with A. Niso and Y. Niso

  • ETSIT, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid

    Movistar Chair study grant

    2008 – 2009

  • Comunidad de Madrid

    Excellence Scholarship

    For outstanding academic performance

    2003 – 2005

  • Universidad Autónoma de Madrid

    Award for top grades in the University Entrance Examination