Roland Bammer

Biography

Roland Bammer, PhD, is an assistant Professor of Radiology at Stanford University. He also heads the Pediatric Radiology Research Program at Stanford. Professor Bammer has also a venia docendi (habilitation) for Medical Physics and Biophysics at the Karl-Franzens University of Graz, Austria, and since 2009 Professor Bammer is also a Fellow of the Freiburg Institute of Advanced Studies (FRIAS) at the Albert-Ludwigs University of Freiburg, Germany. Professor Bammer received his master's degree from Graz University of Technology, Graz, Austria. He joined Stanford in 2001 as a staff scientist and the Stanford faculty in 2003. Since 2001, he is actively collaborating with the Clinical Pediatric Departments as well as the Stanford Stroke Center, which has led to numerous joint NIH research awards and publications. Since 2004 he is heading the Radiology Physics program for Radiology Residents.

Research Interest

Professor Bammer's research focus on acquisition, reconstruction, and interpretation of CT and MR data. He is heavily involved in developing novel MR methods, but also deeply entrenched in clinical research and on a clinical basis. In addition, Professor Bammer is an inventor of several US patents, which have been licensed to major MR vendors and startup companies.