Elmar Laistler graduated in Physics at Vienna University of Technology, Austria, in 2005 and pursued his PhD at University of Paris South and the Medical University of Vienna, receiving his PhD degree from Vienna University of Technology in 2011. During the last year of his thesis, he founded the Radio Frequency Lab at the Medical University, has worked as a guest researcher at Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt Berlin, and has since gathered a team of 8 people. His research focus lies on ultra-high field MR instrumentation, especially non-standard RF coil & simulation concepts, as well as RF safety for parallel transmission.
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