Postdoctoral Researcher in Neuroimaging in the Oxford-GSK Institute of Molecular and Computational Medicine (IMCM) at University of Oxford. Alicia recently (2023) moved back home to the UK after completing her PhD in Neuroscience at the University of Tubingen / Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg in Germany. Her research focuses on amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a rapidly progressing neurodegenerative disease affecting both motor and cognitive functions. Her doctoral research characterised microstructural changes to the brain in living patients using 7-Tesla MRI. Prior to her PhD, she studied Psychology at the University of Bristol and a masters in neuroimaging at the University of Birmingham. Fun act... Alicia was accidentally an extra in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2 during filming in New York in 2015.