PeopleofSuperintelligence

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Boudewijn Lelieveldt

Also known as Boudewijn P.F. Lelieveldt

Boudewijn Lelieveldt is a biomedical imaging researcher whose visual analytics work helps scientists explore images, cells and gene data. He graduated in mechanical engineering at TU Delft in 1994, received an NWO Vidi grant for cardiology MRI analysis, and became professor of biomedical imaging at Leiden University Medical Center and TU Delft. He co-authored Cytosplore for mass-cytometry analysis, BrainScope for human brain transcriptomes, and GeneSurfer for spatial gene co-expression. His LUMC and TU Delft team contributed data visualization to a 2021 motor-cortex atlas, and he was one of Medical Delta's scientific leaders in AI for Computational Life Sciences in January 2023. As of October 2026, he is a Medical Delta professor at LUMC and TU Delft, leads an NGID machine-learning biomarker work package, and contributes to an Allen Institute brain-cell atlas consortium.

Now at
Delft University of Technology, Leiden University Medical Center and Medical Delta
Born
1969
Works
428
Citations
15,383
h-index
55
Badges

Years link to their sources. Publication numbers from OpenAlex, as of 22 October 2026.

Timeline

  1. 1994

    A Delft engineering degree

    He graduates in mechanical engineering at TU Delft in 1994. His doctoral work takes him to Leiden's Laboratory for Clinical and Experimental Image Processing (LKEB).

  2. 2001

    An NWO Vidi grant

    In 2001, he receives an NWO Vidi grant to improve MRI analysis techniques for cardiology.

  3. 2006–2011

    Leiden and Delft professorships

    From 2006, he works as a university associate professor in Leiden and Delft. In 2011, he becomes professor of biomedical imaging at TU Delft's Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science and the LUMC Department of Radiology.

  4. 2016

    Cytosplore for mass cytometry

    In 2016, he coauthors Cytosplore, an interactive visual-analysis system for exploring mass-cytometry data through linked views.

  5. 2017

    BrainScope for brain transcriptomics

    In 2017, he coauthors BrainScope, a web portal for interactive exploration of adult and developing human brain transcriptome atlases.

  6. 2021–2023

    Motor cortex mapping and AI leadership

    In 2021, his LUMC and TU Delft team makes a key contribution in data visualization for a detailed map of motor-cortex cell types. In January 2023, he is a Medical Delta professor and one of the Scientific Leaders of its AI for Computational Life Sciences program.

  7. 2025

    GeneSurfer for spatial transcriptomics

    In 2025, he coauthors GeneSurfer, an interactive interface for exploring and annotating gene co-expression in 3D spatial transcriptomics data.

  8. As of October 2026

    Machine-learning biomarkers and brain atlas

    As of October 2026, he is a Medical Delta professor at LUMC and TU Delft, and he leads NGID work package 3.1 on biomarker discovery by machine learning. He contributes to an international consortium with the Allen Institute that is building a detailed atlas of brain cell types.

Career

  1. Since 2023Medical DeltaProfessor and scientific leader of AI for Computational Life Sciences
  2. Since 2011Delft University of TechnologyProfessor of Biomedical Imaging
  3. Since 2011Leiden University Medical CenterProfessor of Biomedical Imaging
  4. 1999–2011Leiden University

From the biography and OpenAlex affiliations (the years of papers that list the organization), so some years are approximate.

  1. More people shaping AI studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology than at any other institutionIncludes Delft University of Technology. We estimate where the people shaping AI studied and where their careers led. Massachusetts Institute of Technology leads with 467 former students, including 291 recorded doctorates.
  2. The company share of AI researchers’ top papers was 31% in 2020–2024 and 8% in 1970–1974Includes Delft University of Technology. We estimate where the people shaping AI worked when their most-cited papers appeared: the company share was 31% in 2020–2024 and 8% in 1970–1974, and Google led all organizations in 2020–2024.
  3. Google has the highest combined h-index among AI organizationsIncludes Delft University of Technology. We estimate that Google holds the highest combined h-index at 8,016, while universities account for 73% of the deduplicated total across AI organizations.
  4. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology trained or employed 44 of the 187 AI major-prize winners, more than any other universityIncludes Delft University of Technology. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology trained or employed 44 of the 187 AI major-prize winners, more than any other university. We compare doctorate and 5+ year employment links, career timing and current workplaces for 187 major-prize and 1,111 best-paper winners.

Colleagues

People with dated positions at the same organization in the same years.

Sources and credits

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  1. ‘Dat gaat heel krachtig worden’ delta.tudelft.nl. Checked 22 October 2026.
  2. Cytosplore cytosplore.org. Checked 22 October 2026.
  3. BrainScope: interactive visual exploration of the spatial and temporal human brain transcriptome research.tue.nl. Checked 22 October 2026.
  4. Mapping the brain motor cortex region in detail tudelft.nl. Checked 22 October 2026.
  5. NWO funds ten years of AI research with €25 million medicaldelta.nl. Checked 22 October 2026.
  6. Medical Delta AI for Computational Life Sciences medicaldelta.nl. Checked 22 October 2026.
  7. GeneSurfer enables transcriptome-wide exploration and annotation of gene co-expression modules in 3D spatial transcriptomics data research.tudelft.nl. Checked 22 October 2026.
  8. WP leads and managment team - NGID | Next Generation ImmunoDermatology ng-id.nl. Checked 22 October 2026.
  9. Aankondiging Medical Delta Café 12 november: de toekomst van precisiediagnostiek medicaldelta.nl. Checked 22 October 2026.
  10. Boudewijn Lelieveldt tudelft.nl. Checked 22 October 2026.