Jeffrey Luci, Ph.D.
I have over 30 years experience in NMR and MRI research. I started out learning Nuclear Magnetic Resonance by refurbishing my small college’s permanent magnet NMR spectrometer, and while in graduate school, I worked on projects designing combination MRI/CT contrast agents. It was during that time I began learning MRI physics. After accepting an NIH postdoctoral fellowship in cancer imaging, I benefited from the help and friendship of many physicists and engineers who helped me understand the underpinnings of MRI and other imaging modalities at a very low level. I took what I learned there, and helped rebuild a nationally renown imaging center while serving as one of only two faculty on the team that designed and built the first new medical school from the ground up at a top-tier research university in nearly 50 years. In that time, I become more focused on neuroimaging and helping neuroscientists learn the basics of MRI. These lectures and workshops have been very well-received over the more than 15 years I put into developing them, and I have finally decided to publicly share these lessons in bite-sized videos on YouTube.
Spin That Resonates is my channel on YouTube that provides these videos. There, I post videos with my minimal math MRI physics explanations, descriptions of basic and advanced MRI applications, MRI scanner tips and tricks, and topics in MRI safety. All of these videos assume no prior knowledge of NMR or MRI, and strive to convey knowledge with conceptual descriptions that anyone can grasp. While I hope they will be helpful to other physicists and engineers, I make them with specific people in mind – technologists, imaging scientists, physicians, and everyone training in those fields. I structure them so that those who watch can be anyone who wants to learn from the start or complement their existing knowledge. Start by watching my channel’s welcome video where I explain all of this. If you have ideas for videos, questions about my videos, or just want to say hi, please comment on any of them. I read every single comment and try to respond to as many as I can. And, of course, please subscribe to the channel. Every last bit of it is free, and I think you’ll enjoy learning with me.