About Prof. Dr. Siawoosh Natho-Mohammadi
Principle Investigator
Professor of Advanced MRI, Department of Neuroradiology,
University of Lübeck / University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein
Principle Investigator
at the Department of Systems Neurosciences,
University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg
Education
- 2009 PhD on Optimization of quantitative Diffusion Tensor Imaging Department of Neurology, University Medical Center Münster, Germany
PhD Supervisors: Michael Deppe & Harald E. Möller
- 2002 MSc on Enhanced Zeeman splitting in quantum wires (Theoretical Physics) Department of Physics, University of Hamburg, Germany
Thesis Advisor: Bernhard Kramer
Current Positions
- Since 2024
Professor of Advanced MRI, Department of Neuroradiology, University of Lübeck / University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein
- Since 2015
Independent Emmy Noether Group: QMRI and In Vivo Histology, Department of Systems Neuroscience, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE), Hamburg, Germany
- Since 2017
Senior Research Associate, Department of Neurophysics, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig, Germany
Previous Positions
- 2023 - 2024 Head of MR Physics Group (MPRG), Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin, Germany
- 2010 – 2014 Senior Postdoctoral Research Fellow; Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging (WTCN), University College London (UCL), UK
- 2004 – 2009 Postdoctoral and Doctoral Research Fellow, Dept. of Neurology, Medical Center Münster
Fellowships and awards
- 2024 – 2029 Consolidator Grant, European Research Council (ERC; individual research grant), MPI for Human Development, Berlin
- 2017 – 2024 Emmy Noether Grant, German Research Council (DFG; individual research grant, national analogue to ERC Starting Grant), Dept. of Systems Neuroscience, UKE, Hamburg
- 2015 – 2017 Marie Curie Fellow, Dept. of Systems Neuroscience, UKE, Hamburg
- 2017 – now Elected Member of the Young Academy of Europe (YAE)
- 2014 – 2015 DFG Postdoctoral Fellow with reintegration funding, Dept. of Systems Neuroscience, UKE, Hamburg
- 2012 – 2014 DFG Postdoctoral Fellow, WTCN, UCL, UK
- 2013 Annual Early Career UCL Investigator Award in Neuroimaging Techniques. Prize awarded to top young investigators developing novel imaging technology across all faculties at UCL.