Robert Turner (neuroscientist)
Robert Turner | |
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| Born | 1946 (age 78–79) Northamptonshire, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | University College London Simon Fraser University Cornell University |
| Awards | Simon Fraser University Outstanding Achievement Award 2009, Thorsten Almen Prize 1995 (University of Munich), Wellcome Principal Research Fellow and Professor, International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine Fellow |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Imaging neuroscience, Physics, MRI technology, Social Anthropology, Neuroanthropology |
| Institutions | Max Planck Institute |
| Thesis | The Velocity of Sound in Liquid Copper-Tin Alloys (1972) |
| Doctoral advisor | John F. Cochran |
Robert Turner is a British neuroscientist, physicist, and social anthropologist. He has been a director and professor at the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences in Leipzig, Germany, and is an internationally recognized expert in brain physics and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Coils inside every MRI scanner owe their shape to his ideas.