Rolf Gruetter

Rolf Gruetter is a Full Professor at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), affiliated with the Department of Physics (PHY). His research interests include magnetic resonance spectroscopy, magnetic resonance imaging, MR instrumentation, spin physics, mathematical models of metabolism, neuroscience of hypoglycemia, and energy metabolism. He is associated with the Laboratory of Functional and Metabolic Imaging and the SPH - Teaching department. Gruetter has contributed to various editorial boards and has received several awards, including the 1999 Young Investigator Award and the 2011 Fellow designation from ESMRMB. He has also been recognized with a Teaching Award from the Section Sciences de la Vie, EPFL.

Rolf Gruetter is a researcher specializing in magnetic resonance spectroscopy and brain metabolism. His work focuses on developing advanced imaging techniques to study brain chemistry and function. He has contributed significantly to the field through studies on in vivo 1H NMR spectroscopy, metabolic quantification, and neurochemical profiling. His research includes the development of sequences like MP2RAGE for improved segmentation and T1-mapping, as well as methods for simultaneous spectral editing and water suppression. Gruetter's studies have explored the metabolic changes in the human brain under various conditions, including oxidative metabolism during neuronal activation and neuroprotective roles of lactate after cerebral ischemia. His work has implications for understanding neurological disorders and improving clinical applications of magnetic resonance spectroscopy.