Academic Qualifications
- Ph.D., Physics Applied to Medicine and Biology, Universidade de Sao Paulo (Ribeirao Preto, SP, Brazil), 2015
- M.S., Physics Applied to Medicing and Biology, Universidade de Sao Paulo (Ribeirao Preto, SP, Brazil), 2011
- B.S., Medical Physics, Universidade de Sao Paulo (Ribeirao Preto, SP, Brazil), 2008
Biography
Hermes received the B.S. degree in medical physics in 2008 and the M.S./Ph.D. in physics applied to medicine and biology in 2011/2016 from University of Sao Paulo, Ribeirao Preto, SP, Brazil. During his graduate studies, he conducted research projects in therapeutic and ultrasound imaging at Mayo Clinic (2010) and Columbia University (2014) in student exchange programs. After that, he was a postdoctoral research scientist at CEA, France and Columbia University City of New York, USA. Currently, he is an associate research scientist at Columbia University. His research interests include harmonic motion imaging and therapeutic ultrasound spanning both ultrasound neuromodulation and ultrasound-mediated blood-brain barrier disruption for targeted drug delivery in the central nervous system.
Dr. Kamimura is a member of the IEEE Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control Society, the Acoustical Society of America, the Brazilian Physical Society, and the Brazilian Society of Biomedical Engineering. He was a recipient of the Outstanding Reviewer Award for Physics in Medicine and Biology, IOP Publishing in 2018, and the Best Ph.D. Dissertation Award in the field of medical physics in 2016 by the Brazilian Physical Society. He serves as a Topic Editor for Frontiers in Physics and Frontiers in Physiology.
Awards and Prizes
- Publication Feature on Front Cover of IEEE TUFFC, The IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control (January 2021, Volume 68, Issue 1). Link: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=9305861&tag=1
- Outstanding Reviewer Award (2018) winner for Physics in Medicine and Biology, IOP Publishing
- Best Ph.D. dissertation in the field of Medical Physics (2016) by the Brazilian Physical Society
- Best oral presentation (2017) in the 6th Winter School on Therapeutic Ultrasound, Ecole de Physique des Houches, Les Houches, France
- Best Student Poster Award in the field of Medical Physics in the 2015 XXXVIII ENFMC Brazilian Physical Society Meeting, May 24th - 28th, 2015, Foz do Iguacu, Parana, Brazil
- Best poster at the 2014 Kavli Futures Symposium: The Novel Neurotechnologies, Columbia University NeuroTechnology Center/ Kavli Institute for Brain Science, New York, NY, USA