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Laura (she/her) Bortolotti

Teaching Associate, Faculty of Science

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Biography

My academic path started at the University of Bologna (Unibo) where I did my bachelor and master's degrees in Physics and Applied Physics, respectively. I specialized in Physics Applied to Medicine during my master thesis' project at Sir Peter Mansfield Imaging Centre (SPMIC), sponsored by the School of Science (Unibo) and the Erasmus+ program. Successfully application to "Vice-Chancellor's Scholarship for Research Excellence" by the University of Nottingham led me lately to a PhD at SPMIC under the guidance of Prof. Richard Bowtell and Prof. Penny Gowland. After one year as post-doctoral researcher at the SPMIC, I am now Teaching Associate for the School of Physics and I am involved in teaching for the curriculum of Medical Physics. My preferred pronouns are: she/her.

Expertise Summary

My research interest is Motion Correction techniques for Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI). My PhD project focused on the development a new contact-less Motion Tracking technique for brain imaging in a 7 Tesla MRI scanner. It allowed me to apply both my programming and laboratory skills and to work in a research team. I used various Data Analysis and Machine Learning techniques to solve the problem. My current research aims to develop a Motion Correction technique at 0.5 Tesla upright MRI scanner.

ISMRM & SMRT - Member Spotlight 2022 ISMRM - Motion detection and correction study group - Trainee rep 2023/2024

ISMRM - "Repeat It With Me: Reproducibility Team Challenge" - Committee Chair 2022/2023 - 2023/2024

Teaching Summary

Teaching associate for the School of Physics since 2023.

Main focus on Medical Physics.

School of Physics and Astronomy

The University of Nottingham
University Park
Nottingham NG7 2RD

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