Dr. Lenkinski's biography

Robert E. Lenkinski, Ph.D. Appointments: Vice Chair of Radiology Director of Radiology Research Professor of Radiology, Harvard Medical School

Biography:

Dr. Lenkinski is a chemist by training. He received his B.Sc. from the University of Toronto in 1968. He completed his Ph.D in Chemistry in 1973 at the University of Houston. Dr. Lenkinski was a post-doctoral fellow in the Isotope Department at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel. One of his major research interests is in clinical applications of in vivo Magnetic Resonance spectroscopy. Dr Lenkinski is also developing in vivo multinuclear MR imaging methods, primarily Na-23. A more recent area of interest has been molecular imaging. This new area involves the development of novel MR and optical based imaging contrast agents.

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