Uzay Emir, PhD

Dr. Emir specializes on developing and implementing new techniques of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) to investigate brain diseases. He graduated from Ege University in Izmir, Turkey with BS degree in Electrical Engineering and obtained his PhD in Biomedical Engineering at the Bogazici University, Istanbul. He continues with postdoctoral training at the Center for Magnetic Resonance, University of Minnesota. The focus of Dr. Emir’s research aims to establish MRI based biomarkers of various types of neurodegenerative diseases that allow accurate detection of neurological diseases as well as assessment of their progressions and treatment responses.