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Welcome
from Dr. Joseph Hornak
Director, Magnetic Resonance Laboratory

The RIT Magnetic Resonance Laboratory is a research and development laboratory devoted to solving real world problems with magnetic resonance.

The laboratory was founded in 1985 as an area of excellence on the RIT campus. The laboratory initially specialized in the design and construction of high efficiency coils for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of extremities. It developed and patented the single turn solenoid style coil. Other initial areas of specialization included multispectral tissue classification, MRI of materials, the design of magnetic resonance instrumentation, and more recently low frequency electron paramagnetic resonance (LFEPR) of cultural heritage objects.

In 2024 I retired from teaching at RIT and was awarded the title of Emeritus Professor of Chemistry and Imaging Science. I plan to continue some of my current research activities, start some new ones, and phase out others. As such, I am looking for new collaborations and new homes for some instrumentation I am willing to part with. These are listed in red under the Instrumentation tab. Send me an e-mail if you are interested in collaborating or acquiring some gently but lovingly used magnetic resonance instrumentation.

An important mission of the laboratory is training the next generation of scientists. We train BS, MS, PhD, and post-doctoral level scientists in various aspects of magnetic resonance. Our unique hands-on training approach emphasizes project science as well as theory, design, function, and operation of the magnetic resonance technique. This approach allows our graduates to quickly integrate into a new position with minimal retraining. If you are interested in a career solving problems with electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR), consider a science degree from RIT specializing in magnetic resonance. If you are an employer looking to hire a scientist with magnetic resonance expertise, please contact us and we'll put you in touch with one of our students.

What can magnetic resonance do for you? Explore our capabilities, instruments, and technical reports through the links on this page for an idea of what we have done in the past. Then, please contact us to explore how we can solve your specific research and development problems with magnetic resonance.

Magnetic Resonance Laboratory
Center for Imaging Science
Rochester Institute of Technology
54 Lomb Memorial Drive, Rochester, NY 14623-5604

e-mail: jphsch@rit.edu


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