I graduated in 1983 with a B.Sc. in Physics from the University of Sheffield, UK, and continued my Ph.D. education in the Low Temperature Physics Group at the University of Manchester, UK, where I investigated the hyperfine interactions in amorphous and crystalline alloys containing rare-earth metals. One of the prime techniques of investigation that I employed was nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Following the completion of my Ph.D. in 1987, I was awarded the prestigious Toshiba Fellowship, which took me to Japan, where I worked on the development of methods for magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy. Thereafter, I was awarded the Herschel Smith Fellowship at the University of Cambridge, where I stayed for a period of three years. During this time, I occupied a dual role, carrying out research in basic MR methodology at the University and translating the methods into Addenbrooke’s Hospital, where I also held an appointment. Subsequently, I moved to Germany to work initially in the area of cardiac MRI before moving to my present position at the Forschungszentrum in Jülich. My current area of research is in the development of methods for functional brain imaging, primarily using MRI and PET.