Pioneer in Biomedical Imaging and Neuroenergetics
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École Polytechnique Fédérale de LausanneRolf Gruetter is a Professor at École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) and the head of the Laboratory for Functional and Metabolic Imaging. He has been instrumental in advancing biomedical imaging methods and instrumentation, particularly in the fields of magnetic resonance and neuroenergetics. Gruetter received his undergraduate and graduate degrees in Physics and Biophysics from ETH Zurich, followed by a postdoctoral fellowship at Yale University. Since joining EPFL in 2005, he has focused on developing techniques for non-invasive measurement of brain metabolism, contributing significantly to our understanding of neurochemistry and metabolic processes. His major works include pioneering studies on the in vivo measurement of brain metabolites using advanced NMR spectroscopy techniques, which have implications for understanding brain function and disorders. Gruetter's research interests encompass mathematical modeling of metabolism, spin physics, and the application of imaging methods to study energy metabolism in the brain. His contributions have earned him recognition as a senior fellow of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine and as a fellow of the European Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine and Biology.