About Prof. Dr. Siawoosh Natho-Mohammadi
Professor of Advanced MRI
Department of Neuroradiology
University of Lübeck / University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Lübeck
Principle Investigator
Department of Systems Neurosciences
University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg
Contact
siawoosh.nathomohammadi@uni-luebeck.de
s.mohammadi@uke.de
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 2024 Senior Research Associate, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin, Germany
- Since 2017 Senior Research Associate, Department of Neurophysics, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig, Germany
- Since 2015 Independent Emmy Noether Group: QMRI and In Vivo Histology, Department of Systems Neuroscience, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE), Hamburg, 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
- 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
- 2017 – now Elected Member of the Young Academy of Europe (YAE)
- 2015 – 2017 Marie Curie Fellow, Dept. of Systems Neuroscience, UKE, Hamburg
- 2014 – 2015 DFG Postdoctoral Fellow with reintegration funding, Dept. of Systems Neuroscience, UKE, Hamburg
- 2012 – 2014 DFG Postdoctoral Fellow, WTCN, UCL, UK
Academic Distinctions
2024 Appointment, Professor for Quantitative Neuroimaging, Institute of Neuroradiology, University Medical Centre Göttingen (declined)
2023 Awardee, ERC Consolidator Grant
2017 Awardee, Emmy Noether Fellow, German Research Council (DFG)
2015 Awardee, Marie Curie Fellow, European Research Council (ERC)
2014 Awardee, DFG Postdoctoral Fellow with reintegration funding
2013 Annual Early Career UCL Investigator Award in Neuroimaging Techniques
2012 Awardee, DFG Postdoctoral Fellow