Dr. Boris M. Epel

Education:

07/2006 - present	Research Associate (Asst. Prof.) Department of Radiation and Cellular Oncology, University of Chicago, Chicago, USA. Group of Prof. Howard J. Halpern
03/2003 – 06/2006	Postdoctoral fellow of Max-Plank Institute of Bioinorganic Chemistry, Muelheim an der Ruhr. Group of Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Lubitz
06/1999 – 12/2002	Postdoctoral fellow of Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel. Group of Prof. Daniella Goldfarb.
09/1994 – 06/1999	Ph. D. student of Kazan State University (diploma N KT008568 8.10.99, "The study of the relaxation of rare earth ions in glasses using pulse EPR"). Supervisor Dr. Rakhmatullin R.M.
06/1997-06/1999	The junior researcher of MRS laboratory Kazan State University
1994	Graduated Kazan State University (Russia) with diploma in solid state physics, specialization in quantum electronics and magnetic radio-spectroscopy
1989	Graduated primary school 122 of Kazan (Russia)

Main scientific interests:
pulsed EPR methodology and instrumentation; application of pulsed EPR to the study of the structure and function of bioinorganic compounds; application of EPR for imaging physiologic parameters in vivo.

Current projects:
design of spectrometers and pulse sequences for EPR imaging; imaging of hypoxia in tumors.

Additional skills:

electronics engineering and microwave techniques theory;
quantum electronics, laser spectroscopy;
experience in electronics circuitry design;
small experience in microwave circuitry design;
EPR instrumentation design;
big experience in programming using C++, C#, Pascal, LabView™, Matlab™ languages for MS-DOS™ and Windows™ (including professional applications).

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