Previous Roles and Education

  • Director of the York Neuroimaging Centre 2004–2016

  • Professor of Neuroimaging, Department of Psychology, University of York 2004–2017

  • Honorary Professor of Human Neuroscience, Hull-York Medical School

  • Co-director of the Centre for Hyperpolarisation in MRI

  • Director, Institute of Neuroscience, Newcastle University

  • Reader, Newcastle Medical School and University

  • E.P. Abrahams Fellow, Oxford University

  • Research Fellow, Hertford College Oxford

  • MA, DPhil, BM BCh, Oxford

Research Interests

  • Neuroscience (basic and clinical)

  • Dynamics of the brain

  • Hyperpolarisation of spin in organic molecules

  • Mathematics of non-linear dynamic systems

  • Non-invasive imaging methods and applications (MRI, MEG and EEG)

Awards

  • Therapy Foundation Prize Lecturer

  • E. P. Abrahams Fellowship

  • Best Presentation, American Control Conference

  • Pierre Lasjaunias Memorial Lecturer, World Federation of Interventional & Therapeutic Neuroradiology 2017

Previous External Appointments

  • Vice-Chair, Wellcome Trust Neuroscience and Mental Health Panel

  • Advisor, SINAPSE International advisory board

  • Member of the Court, Royal College of Surgeons of England

Societies

  • Member, Physiological Society