Simon Schmidt

Group Leader - 7T Proton Imaging at DKFZ German Cancer Research Center

Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

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Experience

  • Group Lead - 7T Proton Imaging at DKFZ German Cancer Research Center
    Nov 2024 - Present · 1 yr 9 mos

    • Leading a multidisciplinary team focused on the development of new 7T imaging technologies (MRI hardware & software). • Directing the development of control software and establishing standardized measurement workflows to ensure system performance and reproducibility. • Strategic lifecycle management of complex medical devices, ensuring long-term hardware realiability and performance stability. • Coordinating in vivo studies and managing regulatory interfaces, including the preparation of ethics applications.

  • University of Minnesota ()
    • Research Associate
      Aug 2022 - Oct 2024 · 2 yrs 3 mos

      • Implementing MRI pulse sequences and pipelines for image reconstruction and data analysis. • Developing calibration-free MRI methods to minimize workflow errors and enhance system safety and efficiency for in vivo applications. • Design and development of MRI coils using 3D CAD modeling, electromagnetic simulations, and rapid prototyping.

    • Postdoctoral Associate
      Jan 2021 - Jul 2022 · 1 yr 7 mos

      • Validation of MRI coils and preparation of technical documentation in support for FDA approval processes.

  • DKFZ German Cancer Research Center ()
    • Postdoctoral Associate
      May 2020 - Dec 2020 · 8 mos

      • Development of optimized, rapid MRI-based quantification methods for internal flows and turbulence.

    • PHD Student
      Dec 2016 - May 2020 · 3 yrs 6 mos

      • Integration of parallel transmission methods into existing MRI sequences for the quantification of fluid mechanical properties. • End-to-end responsibility for the data-pipeline: from software requirements engineering through signal acquisition to data analysis.