Prof. Dr. Nadim Joni Shah
Director, Medical Imaging Physics (INM-4), Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany
BSc (Hons) Physics • Diploma in Advanced Studies in Science • PhD Physics
Institute of Neurosciences and Medicine, Forschungszentrum Jülich
Professor, RWTH Aachen University
Germany
Biography
Prof. Dr. Nadim Joni Shah is an internationally recognised physicist and medical imaging scientist specialising in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), hybrid MR-PET technologies and ultra-high-field neuroimaging. He obtained his BSc (Honours) in Physics from the University of Sheffield and completed his Diploma in Advanced Studies in Science and PhD in Physics at the University of Manchester.
He serves as Director of Medical Imaging Physics (INM-4) at Forschungszentrum Jülich and holds professorial appointments at RWTH Aachen University. His career combines research institute leadership, international collaboration, doctoral training and the development of advanced imaging technologies for neuroscience and clinical applications.
Prof. Shah initiated and led the Forschungszentrum Jülich–Siemens collaboration to develop a pioneering whole-body 9.4 T combined MR-PET scanner. His research also encompasses next-generation BrainPET technology for 7 T MRI, quantitative brain water-content mapping, multinuclear MRI and simultaneous MR-PET-EEG imaging.
He has authored more than 600 peer-reviewed publications and contributed to a portfolio of over 55 awarded patents across multiple jurisdictions. His CV reports a Google Scholar h-index of 105 as of July 2026 and documents 48 completed doctoral theses supervised through 2023. He also edited the reference book Hybrid MR-PET Imaging: Systems, Methods, and Applications.