Press Release No. 21
Berlin
MRI Specialist Thoralf Niendorf Appointed Professor in Berlin-Buch
The physicist Professor Thoralf Niendorf has been appointed to the chair of Experimental Ultra High Field Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) at the Experimental and Clinical Research Center (ECRC) of the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC) Berlin-Buch and Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany. Since August 10, 2009 the specialist for imaging techniques from RWTH Aachen University heads the MRI facility of the ECRC on Campus Berlin-Buch. The research facility with one of the world’s strongest magnetic resonance tomographs, a 7 Tesla whole-body MRI scanner, was dedicated in January 2009 by Professor Annette Schavan, Germany’s Federal Minister of Education and Research.