Curriculum Vitae

Curriculum Vitae
Personal data
Name: Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Herbert Köstler
Business address:
University Hospital Würzburg
Department of Radiology
Division of Experimental Radiology
Oberdürrbacher Str. 6
97080 Würzburg
Education and Employment
Education and Training
1983-1990
Studies of Physics and Mathematics, TU München and University of Fribourg
(Switzerland)
1990
Diploma in Physics
1995
PhD (Dr. rer. nat.), University of Ulm
2004
Habilitation, Medical Physics, University of Würzburg
Positions and Employment
1990-1991
Research Assistant, Centre de spectrométrie nucléaire et de spectrométrie
de masse, CNRS, Paris-Orsay
1991-1994
Research Assistant, Division for Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, University
of Ulm
1994-1998
Research Assistant, Institute for Neuroradiology, Institute for Radiology,
Hannover Medical School
1999-2005
Physicist, Institute of Radiology, University of Würzburg
2005-2011
Head of Experimental Magnetic Resonance Tomography, Institute of
Radiology, University of Würzburg
since 2011
Head of Division of Experimental Radiology, Department of Radiology,
University Hospital Würzburg
Others
since 2003
Radiology Standards Committee (NAR) AA8 Magnetic resonance procedures
2003 – 2011
International Electrotechnical Comission (IEC) TC 62B,
working groups 35 and 42, IEC Standards 62464-1 and 62464-2
2005
Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine, University of Würzburg
since 2007
Ethics Committee, Faculty of Medicine, University of Würzburg
since 2008
Medical Physics Expert in Radiology
since 2010
Principal Investigator, Graduate School of Life Sciences,
University of Würzburg
2010
Adjunct Professor, University of Würzburg
2011
Professor, University of Würzburg
since 2012
Principal Investigator, Graduate School of Science and Technology,
University of Würzburg
since 2013
Board of Directors, Comprehensive Heart Failure Center,
University Hospital Würzburg
since 2013
Working Committee K2 Magnetic resonance procedures, Deutsche
Gesellschaft für Medizinische Physik (DGMP)
Scientific Data
 Main interests
Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy, Medical Image Processing
 Ongoing research support
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Development of density weighted multi-echo sequences and density weighted 3d sequences
for clinical magnetic resonance imaging
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Development of functional 3D MR-based diagnostics of intestinal obstruction
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Quantitative multi-voxel 31P MR spectroscopy of the human heart during pharmacologically
induced stress
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Myocardial sodium content in Conn’s syndrome
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High Resolution Quantitative First-Pass Perfusion MRI
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Functional lung Imaging
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Perfusion measurement using Intravoxel Incoherent Motion (IVIM) Imaging
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Model-based Acceleration of Parameter Mapping in MRI
 Funding
Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF), Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
(DFG), Interdisziplinäres Zentrum für Klinische Forschung der Universität Würzburg (IZKF),
Deutsches Zentrum für Herzinsuffizienz (DZHI), Bayerisch-Französisches Hochschulzentrum
(BFHZ), Graduate School of Life Sciences (GSLS), Industry
 Memberships (Selection)
International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM), European Society for
Magnetic Resonance in Medicine and Biology (ESMRMB), Deutsche Gesellschaft für
Medizinische Physik (DGMP)
 Reviewer positions (Selection)
Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (MRM), Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (JMRI), Public
Library of Science One (PLOS ONE), Journal of the American College of Cardiology:
Cardiovascular Imaging (JACCIMG), Journal of Cardiocascular Magnetic Resonance (JCMR),
NMR in Biomedicine, Magnetic Resonance Materials in Physics, Biology and Medicine (MAGMA),
European Journal of Radiology (EJR)
 Awards/special achievements/honors (Selection)
Participation in Award-Winning Projects:
2000
Kurt-Decker-Preis, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Neuroradiologie
2005
Rudolf-Schoen-Preis, TUI-Stiftung
2011 Distinguished reviewer Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (MRM)
2013 Distinguished reviewer Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (JMRI)
 Publications