Education

M.S. (2011), Electrical Engineering, San Jose State University, CA.

B.S. (2007), Electrical Engineering. KNT University of Technology, Tehran, Iran.

Contact

Office: 215-473-3866
Lab: 215-662-6775
Fax: 215-746-8203
Email: mehrdadp@upenn.edu
Site: http://seas.upenn.edu/~mehrdadp

Address

338 Stemmler Hall,
3450 Hamilton Walk,
University of Pennsylvania,
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6100

Mehrdad Pourfathi

Doctoral Student

Research Interests:

• Enhancement of polarization levels and extension T1 spin-lattice relaxation times in nuclei polarized via dynamic nuclear polarization (DNP) to facilitate mass production, transportation and storage.
• Studying the applications of 129Xe, 13C and 15N based biomarkers and contrast enhancers in magnetic resonance spectroscopy and imaging of the lungs and metabolism.
• Development of imaging techniques and pulse sequences for magnetic resonance spectroscopy and imaging of hyperpolarized biomarkers in diagnosis of pulmonary disorders and metabolically active tumors.

Projects:

1. Modeling dynamic nuclear polarization of xenon in solid mixtures.
2. Development of imaging techniques and pulse sequences for in vivo imaging of 13C-based biomarkers.