Geoff Dougherty graduated with a First Class Degree in Physics at Manchester University, completed a post-baccalaureate teaching certificate at Leeds University, taught at a community college, and then completed a Ph.D. on DNA–drug interactions at Keele University. This was followed by a post-doc period investigating closed-circular DNA at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich. He taught at the Science University of Malaysia, carried out research on DNA–drug binding using electron spin resonance at Monash University, Australia, and taught at the University of the South Pacific, Fiji, and Oxford Brookes University. After that, he moved to Kuwait as Professor and Chair of Radiologic Sciences (1992–2002). He relocated to California in 2002, where he is currently Professor of Applied Physics and Medical Imaging. He applies image analysis and pattern recognition techniques to medical images from a variety of modalities to extract the maximum quantifiable diagnostic and prognostic information from them. Professor Dougherty has published three books and written numerous papers, and has served several terms as both Senior Scholar and Specialist in the Fulbright program.