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Ziyu Li
Postdoctoral Researcher
I am a postdoctoral researcher in the FMRIB Physics Group, working with Profs Karla Miller & Wenchuan Wu. I completed my DPhil in the same group in December 2024, supported by the Departmental Funding of Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences. My research focuses on developing advanced diffusion MRI techniques to map the connectivity and microstructure of the living human brain with unprecedented detail. Recently, we achieved whole-brain in-vivo diffusion MRI at 0.53 mm isotropic resolution—one of the highest reported to date—using a segmented 3D multi-slab framework that delivers high image quality with minimal blurring.
Another line of my research develops deep learning methods to improve MRI, including denoising, image reconstruction, contrast transfer, super-resolution, and diffusion modeling.
Before joining FMRIB, I obtained my Bachelor of Engineering and Bachelor of Management degrees from Tsinghua University in 2021. During my undergraduate studies, I also worked as a research intern at Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging at Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School from 2020 to 2021 (remotely due to the pandemic), with Profs. Qiyuan Tian & Susie Huang on developing deep learning methods for MRI analysis.