ZAARAOUI Wafaa
Researcher (PhD) at CNRS
– Head of the Brain imaging research group
– Co-director of the NeuroSchool PhD program at Aix-Marseille University
– Member of the NeuroSchool Steering Committee (Ecole Universitaire de Recherche)
Resume
Wafaa Zaaraoui is a senior researcher at CNRS. She obtained her PhD in Biophysics from the University of Bordeaux in 2007. She trained under the supervision of Professors JM Franconi and V Dousset, specialising in MR physics and neuroscientific applications. She pursued further studies in MR spectroscopy in the team of Professor O Gonen at New York University. She joined the CRMBM at CNRS Aix-Marseille University where she obtained a tenure-track senior researcher position in 2011. Her work focuses on the development of advanced neuroimaging techniques to act as markers and provide insight into brain pathophysiological processes particularly in multiple sclerosis, epilepsy and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
Research Associate (PhD)
Detailed Activities
Keywords
- MRI, Neuroscience, Neuro-imaging, Ultra-high field MRI
- X-nuclei MRI, Sodium MRI, MR Spectroscopy, Quantitative MRI
- Neuro-imaging, Neurodegeneration
- Ultra-high field MRI
- Sodium MRI, MR Spectroscopy, Quantitative MRI, Image Processing, Microstructure/Architecture, Metabolism, Sodium homeostasis, Diffusion, Connectivity, Plasticity, MR Biomarkers, Multiple Sclerosis, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Epilepsy