Prof. Dr. Thoralf Niendorf is a professor of experimental ultrahigh-field MR at the Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany and group leader of the Berlin Ultrahigh Field Facility (B.U.F.F.). The group’s research concentrates on the development of MR methodology and MR technology with a focus on new ways of mapping and probing morphology, function, physiology, and metabolism, together with explorations of the benefits and challenges of ultrahigh-field imaging to advance cardiovascular, neurovascular, molecular, and other MRI applications.