Paul Jacobs
Graduate Student, Department of Bioengineering
Contact Information
Tel:(215) 898-9357
Fax: (215) 573-2113
Email: pauljaco@seas.upenn.edu
Education
Bioengineering Pre-Doctoral Student, 2021-Present, University of Pennsylvania
NIH Post-Baccalaureate Research Education Program (PREP) Scholar, 2019-2021, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
B.S. 2018, Drexel University (Biomedical Engineering)
Bio:
Paul is a 1st-year Ph.D. Student at the University of Pennsylvania in the Department of Bioengineering. He graduated from Drexel University in 2018 with a bachelor’s degree in biomedical engineering. He then worked as a post-baccalaureate student at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota focusing on RF-induced tissue heating caused by orthopedic implants at 7T. Paul joined the Center for Advanced Metabolic Imaging in Precision Medicine (CAMIPM) in August of 2021 under the supervision of Ravinder Reddy, Ph.D. His research focuses on developing methods to correct for B1 inhomogeneity and using chemical exchange saturation transfer (CEST) to investigate brain metabolism.
Publications
Fagan AJ, Jacobs PS, Hulshizer TC, Rossman PJ, Frick MA, Amrami KK, Felmlee JP. 7T MR Thermometry technique for validation of system-predicted SAR with a home-built radiofrequency wrist coil. Med Phys. 2020 Dec 8. doi: 10.1002/mp.14641. PMID: 33294999.
Research Abstracts and Presentations
Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) 2021 Conference July 2021
Tissue Heating Adjacent to Metallic Orthopedic Screws for 7 Tesla MRI: A Simulation Comparison with
Lower Field Strengths
(Advisor: A. Fagan) – Non-Presenting Second Author
American Association for Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) 2021 Conference July 2021
A Simulated Comparison of Local SAR Near Orthopedic Implants at 7T Relative to Lower Field Strengths
(Advisor: A. Fagan) – Oral Presentation
Yale – Mayo Clinic CERSI Scholar Virtual Research Seminar May 2021
A Computational Study of Induced SAR values at 7T Compared to Lower Fields Near Orthopedic Implants
(Advisor: A. Fagan) – Oral Presentation
International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM) 2021 Conference May 2021
An Investigation of SAR Values Induced Near an Orthopedic Implant at 7T Relative to Lower Fields: A Simulation Study
(Advisor: A. Fagan) – Oral Presentation
Mayo Clinic Research Day (MCRD) 2021 April 2021
A Simulated Comparison of Local SAR Near Orthopedic Implants at 7T Relative to Lower Field Strengths
(Advisor: A. Fagan) – Poster Presentation
Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) 2020 Conference (Virtual) October 2020
Development and Validation of a Computational Model of an MRI Radiofrequency Coil for 7T
(Advisor: A. Fagan) – Poster Presentation
Rockefeller University BioAcCES (Academic Conference for Emerging Scholars) October 2020 Synthesizing a Computational Model of a 7T MRI Radiofrequency Coil for Validation
(Advisor: A. Fagan) – Poster Presentation
The Mayo Clinic Graduate Research Symposium September 2020 Investigation of Orthopedic Implant Safety at 7T via Electromagnetic Simulations
(Advisor: A. Fagan) – Poster Presentation
Drexel Biomedical Engineering Senior Design Presentation Symposium (Philadelphia, PA) June 2018
Screening Patients for CRISPR-Cas9 Excision Therapy Suitability
(Advisor: W. Dampier) – Poster Presentation