Dr. Ananth Madhuranthakam received his Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, where his thesis work was focused on whole-body MR angiography. Upon graduation, he joined the MR Research and Development division of GE Healthcare to develop novel imaging techniques to improve the clinical utility of MRI. Subsequently, he joined UT Southwestern Medical Center in 2011 as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Radiology, and currently appointed as a tenured Associated Professor. Dr. Madhuranthakam’s research interests focus on understanding and applying MR Physics to exploit the variations in human anatomy and physiology. The primary areas of research include non-contrast perfusion imaging using arterial spin labeling (ASL), improved fat/water separation techniques, and whole-body MRI techniques for cancer screening and staging. He is currently funded through NIH and CPRIT. Dr. Madhuranthakam has a total of 15 patents (issued and filed), co-authored more than 75 peer-reviewed scientific journal papers and more than 150 conference proceedings. He serves as a scientific reviewer for various journals in the field of magnetic resonance imaging, radiology, and image processing.