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Professor Gareth Barker is a Professor of Magnetic Resonance Physics at King’s College London, affiliated with the Department of Neuroimaging within the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN). He leads research in quantitative MRI techniques, including T1/T2 mapping, diffusion tensor imaging, and magnetisation transfer measurements, with applications to neurological and psychiatric disorders. His work focuses on developing MRI protocols for patient populations and advancing near-silent acquisition methods. He chairs doctoral student progress committees and contributes to research ethics governance.
Education: PhD in Physics from the University of Nottingham (1986), BSc in Engineering (1982). Career milestones include roles at the University of Florida (1986-1988) and University College London (1988-2002) before joining King’s College London in 2002. He co-leads the Wellcome EPSRC Centre for Medical Engineering, focusing on medical imaging innovation.
Research Interests: Neuroscience applications of MRI, neuroimaging technology development, psychiatric disorder diagnostics, and translational neuroimaging. Key projects include the IMAGEN study (adolescent brain development), c-VEDA cohort (child vulnerability), and STRATA schizophrenia research.
Scientific Contributions: Over 600 peer-reviewed publications, including seminal work on MRI technique optimisation (e.g., 2006 Brain and Cognition paper on study design). Awards include Fellowship in the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine.
Grants/Teams: Principal Investigator on grants for accelerated MRI in Alzheimer’s, silent MRI for MS, and deep learning in imaging. Collaborates with institutions globally on neuroimaging initiatives.
