Tobias

Fernandez Borkel, M.Sc.

2025–2028: PhD candidate in Neuroscience, Neuroscience Centre Zurich (ZNZ), University of Zurich, Switzerland
PhD Thesis: Revealing the neural basis of long-term cognitive development of children with spina bifida aperta
2023-2024: M.Sc. Neuroscience, King’s College London, United Kingdom; MSc Thesis: «Examining white matter microstructural differences in autistic and typically developing pre-school children using diffusion imaging»
2020-2023: B.Sc. Biology, University of Tübingen, Germany
2023: B.Sc. Music Performance (Violin), Royal Schools of Music, London, United Kingdom

• British-Spanish Society Scholarship (2023)
• Henry McIlwain Best Poster Prize, King’s College London (2024)
• Forschungszentrum für das Kind (FZK) Retreat Best Poster Award (2025)

• 2025-2026 Early Career Co-Reviewer — Nature Communications (ECR Pathways Program)
• 2026 Symposium Organizing Committee Member — Lifespan Connectomics Meets AI: Complexity, Development and Clinical Applications, Organization Human Brain Mapping (OHBM) Annual Meeting 2026

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