Fetal-Neonatal Neuroimaging & Developmental Science Center

Dr. Pienaar received his Bachelors and Masters Degrees in Electronic
Engineering at the University of Pretoria, South Africa before
completing a Doctoral Degree in Applied Biomedical Engineering at the
Cleveland Clinic Foundation / Cleveland State University. As Technical Director of the FNNDSC, he is responsible for the neuro-radiological computational research infrastructure, which includes the first high performance compute cluster established at the CHB. He is interested in understanding the normal development of the brain as expressed in its folding and complex internal connectivity architecture. Rudolph also works actively to try to bridge the gap between the research and clinical worlds by helping design and deploy web-based research imaging tools.

His Research Interests include:

• Cortical surface reconstructions from structural MRI
• Curvature and shape analysis
• Connectivity and relationships with physical shape of brain
• High performance scientific computing tool development and deployment