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Rene M. M Botnar, PhD

Director and Professor
Institute for Biological and Medical Engineering
UC Chile, Chile

René Botnar received his Ph.D. from the ETH Zurich, Switzerland. From 1996–97 he was a Research Associate in the Department of Radiology at the University Zurich. Subsequently he joined the Cardiac MR Center at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center under the leadership of Dr. Warren Manning of which he became the Scientific Director in 2003 and where he was appointed to Assistant Professor of Medicine in 2004. At the end of 2007, he joined the School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences at King’s College London as Chair of Cardiovascular Imaging where he setup a multidisciplinary cardiac MRI group consisting of physicists, engineers, biologists, and clinicians to address both clinical and biological questions. In 2022 he joined Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile where he is currently Director of the Institute of Biological and Medical Engineering.

His main research interests include the development of novel MRI technologies for comprehensive and non-invasive assessment of heart disease. One particular focus of his work has been the development of free breathing motion corrected all-in-one 3D cardiac MRI for the visualization of coronary stenosis and high-risk plaque as well as for comprehensive myocardial tissue characterization. He also has a longstanding interest in the development of novel molecular imaging agents. He closely works with clinicians and industry to facilitate rapid clinical translation and product development.

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