Norbert Schuff, PhD

I am a Professor Emeritus in the Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging at the University of California, San Francisco. I earned my PhD in Physics from the Ruprecht Karls University of Heidelberg/Germany in 1983. From 1984 to 1992, I developed MRI systems first with Bruker GmbH in Karlsruhe/Germany and later with Varian Associates in Palo Alto, California. In 1993, I joined UCSF.

I study brain diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's using imaging. My main interests are improving diagnosis and assessing treatment efficacy. I accomplish this by developing novel computational methods for analyzing brain images using MRI physics as well as modern concepts of probability theory and statistical learning.

Expertise:
Neuroimaging

Specialty:
Neurodegenerative diseases

Professional Interests:
MRI, statistical learning, information theory, brain aging, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease

Education and Training:
• Bachelor of Science: University of Heidelberg, Germany - Physics and Astronomy
• Masters of Science: University of Heidelberg, Germany - Physics and Astronomy
• Doctor of Physics: University of Heidelberg, Germany - Physics
• Research Assistant: Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Germany
• Postdoctoral Fellowship: University of California, San Francisco - Radiology