M. Albert Thomas
PROFESSOR-IN-RESIDENCE
BIOENGINEERING
Phone: (310) 825-1764
Websites
RESEARCH AND INTERESTS
- Physics of Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopic Imaging and MRI
- Novel imaging techniques using Cartesian and non-Cartesian trajectories for Spatial Encoding
- Compressed Sensing/Non-linear Reconstruction
- Metabolite Quantitation using Prior-knowledge Fitting
- Clinical Validation in Breast and Prostate Cancer, Obstructive Sleep Apnea, HIV, Diabetes
NOTABLE PUBLICATIONS
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=XJ87r3QAAAAJ&hl=en
EDUCATION
- B.Ss. Physics, Madura College, Madurai, India, 1975
- M.Sc., Physics, American College, Madurai, India, 1978
- Ph.D., Physics, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, 1984 (Mentor: Prof. Anil Kumar)
AWARDS AND RECOGNITION
- EDITORIAL BOARD:
- Medicine (2014 -to-date)
- Frontiers Oncology: Cancer Imaging and Diagnosis (2016 –to-date)
- Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (2024-)
- Metabolites (2023-)
- Translational Breast Cancer Research (2023-)
- Magnetic Resonance Insights (2008- 2018)
- Deputy Editor (2015-2018)
- Int J BioSciences and Technology (2012-to-date)
- MEMBERSHIPS/Fellowship:
- International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM)
- American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM)
- American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
- NMR Society of India (NMRS)
- Fellow of AIMBE (2018)
- Committee/Panel Membership:
- Chair, 61st Experimental NMR Conference (ENC), March 8-13, 2020 Baltimore, MD
- Executive Committee: Experimental NMR Conference (ENC) 2014-2021;
- DOD Prostate Cancer Research Program (PCRP) Integration Panel: 2015-2018