Josef Simbrunner was awarded his Medical Doctor degree from the University of Vienna in 1987, his diploma in physics from Vienna University of Technology in 1993, and his PhD in physics from Graz University of Technology in 2024. He finished his training in radiology in 1996. His research work was performed on the fundamentals of magnetic resonance imaging and in adult and pediatric neuroradiology. In 2003, he was awarded Associate Professor of Radiology, and he is currently working at the Dept. of Neuroradiology, Vascular, and Interventional Radiology at the Medical University Graz. In collaboration with the Institute of Solid-State Physics at Graz University of Technology, his recent scientific work has been performed on X-ray diffraction and CT reconstruction.