He joined the faculty in 2015 from the University of Pittsburgh MR Research Center (MRRC) and the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute (UPCI). He earned a PhD in Physics from the University of Pittsburgh in 1998 where his research included particle physics and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). His research and academic interests include MRI physics, pulse sequence development and image processing, MRI-guided radiotherapy and hyperthermia, quantitative hemodynamics, and MRI-based attenuation correction.