Justin P. Haldar is a Professor in the Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Southern California (USC), with a joint appointment in the Department of Biomedical Engineering. He co-directs the Biomedical Imaging Group and serves as Director of the Signal and Image Processing Institute. His affiliations include the Dornsife Cognitive Neuroscience Imaging Center, the Brain and Creativity Institute, and the Dynamic Imaging Science Center. Education : B.S. and M.S. in Electrical Engineering (2004, 2005), Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering (2011) from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His research focuses on computational imaging, inverse problems, and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), with an emphasis on constrained image reconstruction, parameter estimation, and novel data acquisition strategies. His work combines physical modeling, high-dimensional signal structures, and fast computational algorithms to address MRI's limitations in speed, noise, and cost. Recent publications analyze challenges like the 'hidden noise' problem in MR reconstruction (2025) and innovations in dynamic imaging. His research has enabled faster MRI exams and next-generation imaging techniques by exploiting dimensionality's 'blessings' while mitigating its 'curses.' Scientific awards : NSF CAREER Award (2014) IEEE ISBI Best Paper Award (2010) IEEE EMBC First-Place Student Paper Award Haldar's leadership roles include Chair of the IEEE Signal Processing Society's Technical Committee on Computational Imaging and editorial positions at IEEE Transactions on Computational Imaging and Magnetic Resonance in Medicine . He actively mentors students and develops novel MRI approaches at USC's Michelson Center for Convergent Bioscience.









