Dr. Rodolfo G. Gatto is a Research Fellow at the Department of Neurology in Mayo Clinic at Rochester, working under the supervision of Drs. Keith Josephs and Jennifer Whitwell. He holds an MD degree from the University of the Republic in Montevideo, Uruguay. His initial medical research experience started as a Visiting Research Scientist in the Departments of Neurosurgery and Psychiatry at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC). He was later employed at the Jesse Brown VA Medical Center as a Research Scientist in the R&D Division. After earning his Ph.D.in Biomedical Engineering and Bioimaging at UIC, he completed postdoctoral training at the Departments of Anatomy and Molecular Cell Biology & Biomedical Engineering where he performed extensive work in preclinical models of neurodegenerative diseases, combining bioimaging methods, as well as different diffusion MRI techniques. His current research involves the study of early neuroimaging biomarkers of histopathology in neurodegenerative diseases. His current study aims to link histopathological molecular markers and imaging techniques, particularly utilizing connectomics and structural brain networks. Collectively, the results from his studies attempt to demonstrate the applicability of novel multi-imaging technologies and computational approaches that could accelerate the discovery of treatments for these diseases.