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Els Fieremans is an Associate Professor in the Radiology department and co-director of the MRI Biophysics group at the Center for Biomedical Imaging, New York University Grossman School of Medicine. He holds a PhD in Biomedical Engineering and a Master's degree in Engineering Physics from Ghent University, Belgium. His research focuses on utilizing MRI for in vivo mapping of brain and body tissue microstructure, aiming to advance quantitative MRI functionality at the cellular scale. This includes biophysical modeling and validation using numerical physical phantoms and animal models, with a goal of translating microstructure imaging techniques to humans to detect early markers of diseases. His work receives funding from the National Institutes of Health and has earned him the Irma T. Hirsch Career Scientist Award for exceptional potential in high-quality research.
Open Program in Biomedical Sciences (Vilcek Institute) covers departments like Biochemistry, Pathology, Neuroscience, Microbiology, etc.