Achim Gädke

Dr Achim Gädke

Postdoctoral Research Fellow,
School of Engineering and Computer Science

Research Interests

My research interests lie in improving Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) instrumentation at all levels, ie:

• protocols,
• data processing,
• electronics,
• software, and
• user interfaces.

My main project is the DArmstadt MAgnetic Resonance Instrument Software (DAMARIS).

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Publications

For a list of my recent publications, please see the Publications Database.

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Biography

I studied physics at the University of Cologne (Germany). In parallel I also worked at the Centre for Applied Informatics Cologne on the followings:

• object oriented development (C++),
• implementation of algorithms (Hidden Marcov Models),
• graphical user interfaces (Python), and
• system administration for UNIX compute servers.

My final year project took a new direction when I joined, in 2002, the physics work group of Prof Fujara in Darmstadt.

In 2003 I started a PhD in the nuclear magnetic resonance work groups of Prof Nestle and of Prof Fujara. Following up the research on MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) micro imaging, I investigated the influence of diffusion on periodically excited micron slabs. To compare the results quantitatively, the instrumentation had to be improved and simulations of the Bloch-Torrey PDE were performed. At the same time I renewed the NMR instrument controls for this lab, resulting in a larger software package called DArmstadt MAgnetic Resonance Instrument Software (DAMARIS), named after the city of Darmstadt in Germany.

I joined the school of Engineering and Computer Science as a post doctoral research fellow in June 2009. I work with Robin Dykstra on advanced NMR instrumentation.

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Links

• DArmstadt MAgnetic Resonance Instrument Software (DAMARIS)
• NMR group at MacDiarmid institute
• Introduction to NMR and MRI (lecture by P. Callaghan in 11 youtube videos)
• NMR wiki
• abstract of my PhD thesis