B.S. University of Linz, Austria; Ph.D. University of Linz, Austria, and MR Center, Sintef-Unimed, Trondheim, Norway; Postdoc. University of Lausanne, Switzerland, University of California, Berkeley

NMR spectroscopy, imaging, and microscopy; Theory and applications in materials sciences, biophysics, and quantum computation

The Jerschow lab develops novel NMR/MRI methodology for improving the diagnostic power of images and to develop novel imaging modalities. Current projects include quadrupolar MRI contrast techniques, 23Na NMR/MRI of cartilage and the brain, chemical exchange saturation transfer (CEST) MRI, and spin-noise NMR/MRI. These methods hold great promise for detecting early degenerative joint disease, or defective tissue in the brain in a noninvasive manner. Jerschow also collaborates with the Pratt Institute and the Metropolitan Museum to develop NMR techniques for use in conservation science.

R. R. Regatte, Y. Wu, L. Wang, N. Oensingmann, M. E. Schweitzer, A. Jerschow, G. Chang, Rapid Isotropic 3D-Sodium MRI of Knee Joint In-vivo at 7T. J. Magn. Reson. Imaging, 2009, 30, 606-614.

J.-S. Lee, R. R. Regatte, A. Jerschow, Optimal nuclear magnetic resonance excitation schemes for the central transition of a spin 3/2 in the presence of residual quadrupolar coupling J. Chem. Phys., 2008, 129, 224510, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3036005.

C. S. Shekar, A. Jerschow*, Irreducible Spherical Tensor Analysis of Quadrupolar Nuclei Chem. Phys. Lett. 2008, 464, 235-239, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cplett.2008.08.072.

P. Rong, R. R. Regatte, A. Jerschow*, Clean Demarcation of Cartilage Tissue 23Na by Inversion Recovery, J. Magn. Reson. 2008, 193, 207–209.

W. Ling, R. R. Regatte, G. Navon, A. Jerschow*, Assessment of Glycosaminoglycan Concentration in Vivo by Chemical Exchange Saturation Transfer (gagCEST). Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA, 2008, 105, 2266-70.