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william.clarke@ndcn.ox.ac.uk


+44 (0)1865 611497
Fax +44 (0)1865 222717


https://github.com/wtclarke


ORCID ID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7159-7025

William Clarke

MR Spectroscopist

Advanced, open tools for MR Spectroscopy

I am currently looking for a research software engineer to join my lab to work on FSL-MRS. More information is available online. Applications can be made on the University Website, before 28th February 2025.

My work focusses on developing new methods for magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS). Using similar methods to MR imaging (MRI), MRS allows us to quantify the concentrations and chemical kinetics of many neurochemicals in the human brain. Furthermore, by using neurochemicals as endogenous probes we can also map cell-type-specific microstructure. My work seeks to develop new ways of acquiring multi-voxel spectroscopic information to measure chemical dynamics and cellular microstructure across the brain. I have released the open-science MRS analysis tool FSL-MRS and created a range of open-source tools for the MRS community. I am a cofounder of the educational website MRSHub.

In 2023 I started a spectroscopy group at WIN funded by a Wellcome Career Development Award. Previously I have worked as spectroscopist in the Physiological Neuroimaging Group and as a post-doctoral researcher in the UK7T Network. The UK7T Network brought together the five 7 tesla MRI capable sites in the UK to develop and promote scanning at this high field strength.

Prior to working in neuroimaging, I completed my doctorate in cardiovascular magnetic resonance spectroscopy. This work focused on the high-energy phosphorus metabolism of the human myocardium.