Prof. Dr. Klaus Scheffler
Vita
CURRENT POSITIONS
Max-Planck-Fellow, Department High-field Magnetic ResonanceDirector, Department of Biomedical Magnetic Resonance, University of Tübingen
ACADEMIC EDUCATION
2002 Habilitation, Medical Faculty, University of Freiburg, Germany
1995 PhD, Dr. phil. nat., Biophysical Chemistry, Biocentre, University of Basel, Switzerland
1992 Dipl. Phys. (Master in Physics), Department of Theoretical Physics, University of Freiburg, Germany
CAREER
2011 – Max Planck Fellow, MRC Department, Max-Planck-Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Tübingen, Germany2011 – Director and W3 Professor, Department of Biomedical Magnetic Resonance, Werner Reichardt Center for Integrative Neurosciences, University of Tübingen, Germany
2008 – 2011 Professor of Radiological Physics at the University of Basel, Switzerland
2003 – 2008 Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) Award Professor, Department of Medical Radiology,
University of Basel, Switzerland
2006 Visiting Professor, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MA; Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
2002 – 2003 Assistant Professor in Medical Physics at the University of Basel, Switzerland
1999 – 2002 Senior Physicist, Section of Medical Physics, Department of Radiology, University of Freiburg, Germany
1995 – 1999 Postdoc, Department of Biochphysical Chemsitry, Biocentre and MR-Center, University of Basel, Switzerland
CURRENT FUNDING
SpreadMRI: Ultra-Fast, Spread-Spectrum Magnetic Resonance Imaging (ERC advanced grant)
TrueBOLD: Detection of brain activity with TrueFISP (DFG Reinhart Koselleck project)
MR-Implant (BMBF project)
Decipher
the functional phenotypes of the transgenic Parkinson’s disease mouse
model using simultaneous optogenetic fMRI and MRS with calcium and
dopamine dynamic signal recordings (DFG project)
Deciphering the laminar-specific functional connectivity and its vascular and neural correlates (Collaborative Research in Computational Neuroscience, BMBF project)
Novel nano-sized, biocompatible and stable free radical sensors for continuous in vivo hyperpolarization at ultra-low field MRI (BMBF project)
Computational neuroimaging of the human brainstem at 9.4 T (Collaborative Research in Computational Neuroscience, BMBF project)
Probing
the brain using long-term implantable e-skin magnetic resonance imaging
sensors (Internationale Spitzenforschung. E-Brain, BW Stiftung)
Image-guide
tumor therapy with innovative quantitative Deuterium Metabolic MR
Imaging (Germany´s Excellence Strategy, DFG project)