Higher education
1987 PhD, University of Manchester
1984 Diploma “Advanced Studies in Science”, University of Manchester
1983 Bachelor of Science, University of Sheffield
Employment
Current positions
2016- | JARA-Professor, Director of INM-11, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany |
2012- | Co-Director of Jülich-Aachen Research Alliance (JARA-Brain), RWTH Aachen and Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany |
2010- | Honorary Professor of Magnetic Resonance Physics, Faculty for Psychology and Neuroscience, Maastricht University, The Netherlands |
2008- | Director of the Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine – Medical Imaging Physics (INM-4) Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany |
2008- | Professor Faculty of Medicine, Department of Neurology, RWTH Aachen University, Germany |
1999- | MR Group Leader, Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany |
Previous positions
2015-2017 | Distinguished Professor, Monash Institute of Medical Engineering (MIME), Melbourne, Australia |
2011-2012 | Executive Director, Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany |
2004-2008 | Professor of Experimental MRI, Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Dortmund, Germany |
1995-1999 | MR Deputy Group Leader, Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany |
1992-1995 | Clinical Scientist, Picker International GmbH, Hofheim, and Senior MR Physicist, Herz- und Diabeteszentrum NRW, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany |
1990-1992 | Research Associate, Herschel Smith Laboratory, Department of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Cambridge and Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, UK |
1987-1989 | Research Fellow, Toshiba R&D Centre, Kawasaki, Japan |
1987 | Post-doctoral Research Associate, Department of Physics, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK |
Scholarships, awards, distinctions etc.
· Honorary Professorship (Special Chair) at the University of Maastricht, The Netherlands
· Honorary doctorate from the Georgian Technical University (2015)
· Veski Award (2015)
· Outstanding Teacher Award, Annual Meeting International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Salt Lake City, USA (2013)
· Member of the Annual ISMRM Programme Committee (2014, 2015)
· Scholarship from the Japanese Association for the Advancement of Medical Equipment (2007)
· Scholarship from the Japanese Association for the Advancement of Medical Equipment (2003)
· Scholarship from the Japanese Association for the Advancement of Medical Equipment (2001)
· Honorary Research Associate at the University of New Brunswick, Canada (1997 - present)
· Herschel Smith Scholarship at the University of Cambridge (1990 - 1992)
· Toshiba Fellowship (1987 - 1989)
Professional Memberships
2019 - present Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry
2018 - present Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine
2003 - present Fellow of the Institute of Physics
1992 - present Member of the Society of Magnetic Resonance
1991 - 2003 Member of the Institute of Physics