Helge Zöllner, PhD

Biography:

Helge identifies himself as a translational neuroimaging researcher developing novel advanced acquisition and analysis methods and applying them in neuroscientific and clinical studies. During his undergrad years at the Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, he was introduced to MR spectroscopy and quantitative imaging. During his PhD he applied metabolic CEST imaging and GABA-edited spectroscopy in patients with hepatic encephalopathy to investigate ammonia-related alterations in the brain metabolism.

Research Interests:

Helge’s research as postdoctoral fellow is focused on the detection of brain metabolites using conventional and edited magnetic resonance spectroscopy, as well as spectroscopic imaging. He has a particular interest in developing and standardizing methods to detect low-concentration metabolites, such as GABA, ascorbate, glutamine, and glutathione.

Recently he has worked together with Georg Oeltzschner on the development of the open-source MRS data analysis toolbox OSPREY. This project is focused on the standardization of processing and quantification of MRS data, as well as investigating the performance of the underlying algorithms to better understand the modeling process. During this effort he also developed an R-based open-source toolbox for transparent data visualization (SpecVis).

Contact:

hzoelln2 [at] jhmi [dot] edu