FACULTY

Felix W. Wehrli, Ph.D.

Professor of Radiologic Science, Biochemistry and Biophysics
Director, Laboratory for Structural NMR Imaging

Area: Development of image-based methods toward the understanding of tissue architecture, physiology and function and their applications to clinical medicine.

Department of Radiology
University of Pennsylvania Health System
1 Founders Building
3400 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
P : (215) 662-7951
F : (215) 662-7263
wehrli@mail.med.upenn.edu

Hee Kwon Song, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Radiology
Deputy Director, Laboratory for Structural NMR Imaging

Area: Novel DCE-MRI methodologies based on radial data acquisition; novel motion compensation strategies; in vivo iron quantification techniques.

Department of Radiology
University of Pennsylvania Health System
1 Founders Building
3400 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
P : (215) 662-6265
F : (215) 662-7263
songhk@uphs.upenn.edu

Alexander C. Wright, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Radiology
Deputy Director, Laboratory for Structural NMR Imaging

Area: Development of techniques toward cellular MR microscopy of tissues; design of cryogenically cooled RF coils for increased SNR.

Department of Radiology
University of Pennsylvania Health System
1 Founders Building
3400 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
P : (215) 349-5295
F : (215) 662-7263
wrightal@uphs.upenn.edu

Jeremy Magland, Ph.D.

Research Assistant Professor of Radiology

Area: Mathematics of NMR. Selective excitation pulse design. Pulse sequence development.

Department of Radiology
University of Pennsylvania Health System
1 Founders Building
3400 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
P : (215) 349-5295
F : (215) 662-7263
Jeremy.Magland@gmail.com

Charles L. Epstein, Ph.D.

Thomas A. Scott Professor of Mathematics
Professor of Radiology in Mathematics
Graduate Group Chair, AMCS

Area: Mathematics of image reconstruction, pulse design.

Department of Mathematics
209 South 33rd Street
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA 19104
P : (215) 898-8476
F : (215) 573-4063
cle@math.upenn.edu
http://www.math.upenn.edu/~cle/

 

RESEARCH ASSOCIATES

Michael Langham, Ph.D.

Area: MR Oximetry

Department of Radiology
University of Pennsylvania Health System
1 Founders Building
3400 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
P : (215) 614-1667
F : (215) 662-7263
langhamc@mail.med.upenn.edu

Chamith Rajapakse, Ph.D.

Area: Computational biomechanics of trabecular bone, image registration, image processing.

Department of Radiology
University of Pennsylvania Health System
1 Founders Building
3400 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
P : (215) 349-8519
F : (215) 662-7263
chamith@mail.med.upenn.edu

 

POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWS

Suliman Barhoum, Ph.D.

Area: Study of restricted diffusion by q-space MRI to obtain microstructural information of spinal cord tissue in health and following injury.

Department of Radiology

University of Pennsylvania Health System

1 Founders Building

3400 Spruce Street

Philadelphia, PA 19104

P : (215) 349-8519

F : (215) 662-726

Erica Chirico, Ph.D.

Area: Measurements of vascular reactivity.

Department of Radiology

University of Pennsylvania Health System

1 Founders Building

3400 Spruce Street

Philadelphia, PA 19104

P : (215) 614-1667

F : (215) 662-7263

enchirico@gmail.com

Ning Zhang, Ph.D.

Area: Image-based micro-finite element analysis of bone mechanics

Department of Radiology
University of Pennsylvania Health System
1 Founders Building
3400 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
P : (215) 349-8519
F : (215) 662-7263
ningzsdningz@gmail.com

Mahdieh Bashoor Zadeh, Ph.D.

Area: Extraction and image analysis of structural parameters as part of the Virtual Bone Biopsy

Department of Radiology
University of Pennsylvania Health System
1 Founders Building
3400 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
P : (215) 349-8519
F : (215) 662-7263
mahdiehb@mail.med.upenn.edu

GRADUATE STUDENTS

Erin Englund, B.S.

Area: Perfusion imaging, dynamic MR oximetry, skeletal muscle BOLD, and non-contrast-enhanced MRA

Department of Radiology
University of Pennsylvania Health System
1 Founders Building
3400 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
P : (215) 614-1667
F : (215) 662-7263
eenglund@mail.med.upenn.edu

Varsha Jain, B.E.

Area: MRI oximetry, magnetic source MRI, whole-brain CMRO quantification.

Department of Radiology
University of Pennsylvania Health System
1 Founders Building
3400 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
P : (215) 349-8519
F : (215) 662-7263
vajain@seas.upenn.edu

Cheng Li, M.E.

Area: MRI oximetry, ultra-short echo-time imaging.

Department of Radiology
University of Pennsylvania Health System
1 Founders Building
3400 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
P : (215) 614-1667
F : (215) 662-7263
licheng6@seas.upenn.edu

Zach Rodgers, B.A.

Department of Radiology
University of Pennsylvania Health System
1 Founders Building
3400 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
P : (215) 614-1667
F : (215) 662-7263
zrodgers@mail.med.upenn.edu

Alan Seifert, B.S.

Department of Radiology
University of Pennsylvania Health System
1 Founders Building
3400 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
P : (215) 614-1667
F : (215) 662-7263
aseifert@seas.upenn.edu

Xia Zhao, M.E.

Area: Dynamic contrast-enhanced (DCE)-MRI

Department of Radiology

University of Pennsylvania Health System

1 Founders Building

3400 Spruce Street

Philadelphia, PA 19104

P : (215) 349-8519

F : (215) 662-7263

zhaoxia@seas.upenn.edu

 

STAFF

Wenli Sun, M.S.E.E.

Programmer Analyst

Department of Radiology
University of Pennsylvania Health System
1 Founders Building
3400 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
P : (215) 614-1667
F : (215) 662-7263
wenlisun@mail.med.upenn.edu

Holly Flachs, M.B.E.

Associate Director/Project Manager

Department of Radiology
University of Pennsylvania Health System
1 Founders Building
3400 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
P : (215) 662-7951
F : (215) 662-7263
flachsh@uphs.upenn.edu

 

AFFILIATED FACULTY

John Detre, M.D.

Professor of Neurology and Radiology

University of Pennsylvania Health System

Thomas F. Floyd, M.D.

Professor of Anesthesiology
Stony Brook University Medical Center

Mary B. Leonard, M.D.

Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Epidemiology
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

Daniel Licht, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Neurology and Pediatrics

Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

Emile R. Mohler, M.D.

Associate Professor of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania Health System

Richard Schwab, M.D.

Professor of Medicine

University of Pennsylvania Health System

Peter J. Snyder, M.D.

Professor of Medicine

University of Pennsylvania Health System