Brief Biography:
PD Habib ZaidiPh.D is senior physicist and head of the PET Instrumentation & Neuroimaging Laboratory at Geneva University Hospital and faculty member at the medical school of Geneva University. He is also visiting Professor at the University Medical Center of Groningen (The Netherlands) and at Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Electronique et de ses Applications (ENSEA, France). He received a Ph.D. and habilitation (PD) in medical physics from Geneva University for dissertations on Monte Carlo modelling and quantitative analysis in positron emission tomography. His academic accomplishments in the area of quantitative PET imaging have been well recognized by the Medical School of Geneva University, which elected him to become faculty member as Privat-Docent (Assoc. professor). Dr. Zaidi is actively involved in developing imaging solutions for cutting-edge interdisciplinary biomedical research and clinical diagnosis in addition to lecturing undergraduate and postgraduate courses on medical physics and medical imaging. His research is supported by the Swiss National Foundation and centres on modelling nuclear medical imaging systems using the Monte Carlo method, dosimetry, image correction, reconstruction and quantification techniques in emission tomography as well as statistical image analysis in molecular brain imaging, and more recently on novel design of dedicated high-resolution PET and combined PET-MR scanners. He was guest editor for 3 special issues of peer-reviewed journals dedicated to Medical Image Segmentation, PET Instrumentation and Novel Quantitative Techniques, and Computational Anthropomorphic Anatomical Models and serves as associate editor for Medical Physics, the International Journal of Biomedical Imaging, the International Journal of Tomography & Statistics and the Journal of Engineering & Applied Sciences. He is also a member of the editorial board of Nuclear Medicine Communications, Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, International Journal of Molecular Imaging, Biomedical Imaging and Intervention Journal, the Open Medical Imaging Journal, the Open Neuroimaging Journal, International Journal of Biomedical Engineering and Consumer Health Informatics and Recent Patents on Medical Imaging and serves as scientific reviewer for leading journals in medical imaging. He is a senior member of the IEEE and Vice Chair of the professional relations committee of the International Organization for Medical Physics in addition to being affiliated to several International medical physics and nuclear medicine organisations. He is involved in the evaluation of research proposals for European and International granting organisations and participates in the organisation of International symposia and top conferences as member of scientific committees. He is a recipient of many awards and distinctions among which the prestigious 2003 Young Investigator Medical Imaging Science Award given by the Nuclear Medical and Imaging Sciences Technical Committee of the IEEE, the 2004 Mark Tetalman Memorial Award given by the Society of Nuclear Medicine, the 2007 Young Scientist Prize in Biological Physics given by the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP) and the prestigious 2010 kuwait Prize of Applied sciences (known as the Middle Eastern Nobel Prize) for "outstanding accomplishments in Biomedical technology". Dr. Zaidi has been an invited speaker of many keynote lectures at an International level, has authored over 300 publications, including ~130 peer-reviewed journal articles, conference proceedings and book chapters and is the editor of three textbooks on Therapeutic Applications of Monte Carlo Calculations in Nuclear Medicine, Quantitative Analysis in Nuclear Medicine Imaging and Multimodality Molecular Imaging of Small Animals.
Academic positions:
• From (year): 2004 to now
- Faculty member, Geneva Neuroscience Center, Geneva University, Geneva, Switzerland
• From (year): 2007 to 2010
- Visiting Professor, University of Cergy-Pontoise, France (1 month/year)
• From (year): 2007 to 2010
- Associate Professor, Department of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, University Medical Center of Groningen, The Netherlands
• From (year): 2010 to 2011
- Visiting Professor, Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Electronique et de ses Applications (ENSEA), France (1 month/year)
• From (year): 2010 to now
- Professor, Department of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, University Medical Center of Groningen, The Netherlands
Research interests:
- Multimodality (PET-CT, SPECT-CT and PET-MR) preclinical, clinical and translational biomarkers imaging.
- Novel design of dedicated application-specific high-resolution PET scanners.
- Development, evaluation and use of Monte Carlo simulation packages in PET and CT.
- Quantification: Attenuation, scatter and partial volume corrections (SPECT and PET).
- Three-dimensional reconstruction in medical imaging.
- Segmentation of medical images including PET, SPECT, transmission scans and MRI.
- Computational functional neuroimaging and quantification of brain function.
- Patient-specific dosimetry and treatment planning in radiation and radionuclide therapy.
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Awards and Honors:
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• Recipient of 2010 Kuwait Prize (known as the Middle Eastern Nobel Prize) in Applied Sciences for contributions in “Biomedical Technology” awarded by the Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences. The prize (100’000$) was awarded by his Highness the Amir of Kuwait at a ceremony held in Kuwait City on 21tt December 2011.
• Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM) 2009 Council Young Investigator Awards, Nuclear Oncology Council, 2nd place.
• Recipient of 2008 Varian Prize of Appreciation awarded by the Swiss Society of Radiobiology and Medical Physics (SSRMP) for the best published paper impacting Radiation Oncology. The prize was awarded at Annual meeting of SGSMP, 6-7 November 2008, Chur, Switzerland.
• Recipient of the prestigious 2007 Young Scientist Prize in Biological Physics given by the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP) for “outstanding accomplishments in the application of biological physics to the field of medical imaging”. The prize was awarded at the 6th International Conference on Biological Physics, Montevideo, Uruguay, 27-31 August 2007.
• Best Ph.D thesis of the year for Dr Marie-Louise Montandon (Supervisor PD Dr Habib Zaidi), Faculty of Medicine, Geneva University, Switzerland, 2006.
• Elected Senior Member of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE); 2005 ("for professional maturity and significant professional achievement"; as of January 2006, about 7.6% of IEEE members hold the SM grade).
• Co-recipient of the 2005 Marti Prize awarded by the Department of Surgery, Geneva University Hospital, Switzerland.
• Recipient of the 2004 Mark Tetalman Memorial Award given by the Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM) based on “research accomplishments, teaching, clinical service, administration; service to the Society and a commitment to academic nuclear medicine”.
• Distinguished 2004 MIMOSA highest academic achievements (highest number of publications), Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Geneva University.
• Recipient of the prestigious 2003 Young Investigator Medical Imaging Science Award given by the Nuclear Medical and Imaging Sciences Technical Committee (NMISTC) of the IEEE “for contributions to the development and better understanding of Monte Carlo simulation tools, improvement and quantitative analysis of attenuation and scatter correction algorithms in PET imaging, and publication of textbooks”. The prize was awarded at the IEEE Medical Imaging Conference, Portland (Oregon) 19-25 October 2003.
• Recipient of 2003 Varian Prize awarded by the Swiss Society of Radiobiology and Medical Physics (SGSMP) for the best published paper impacting Radiation Oncology. The prize was awarded at Annual meeting of SGSMP, 30-31 October 2003, Geneva, Switzerland.
• Distinguished Associate Editor, Medical Physics (2000-2001), American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM).
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