Olli Gröhn

University of Eastern Finland

Olli Gröhn is a Professor of Biomedical Imaging and Director of the Biomedical Imaging Unit, a national and European research infrastructure for preclinical MRI. He completed his PhD in Biomedical MRI at the University of Kuopio in May 2000, followed by postdoctoral training at the Center for Magnetic Resonance Research, University of Minnesota, from 2000 to 2002. His research focuses on the development of novel MRI methodologies and their application to neurological diseases. He has authored more than 220 original scientific publications in this field. His recent work concentrates on the development of advanced fMRI methods, particularly zero echo time (ZTE) fMRI, a quiet and artifact-free approach to functional imaging that does not rely on BOLD contrast.