Southeastern Magnetic Resonance Conference

Keynote Speaker:

NMR

Adriaan Bax, Ph.D.

NIH Distinguished Investigator

Biophysical Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Section

Laboratory of Chemical Physics

NIDDK/NIH

Area of Research: Development and applications of NMR methods

MRI

Peter Barker, D.Phil.

Professor

Departments of Radiology and Radiological Science

Johns Hopkins University

Area of Research: Proton MRS applications in the human brain

EPR

Christoph Boehme, PhD

Professor

Department of Physics

University of Utah

Area of Research: Spin-dependent electronic processes in condensed matter

Invited Speakers:

Garrett Astary, Ph.D.

Electromagnetic Architect

GE Healthcare MR

Area of Research: MRI coil development

Bill Baker, Ph.D.

Distinguished University Professor

Department of Chemistry

University of South Florida

Area of Research: NMR applications in natural products of marine invertebrates

Clifford R. Bowers, Ph.D.

Professor

Department of Chemistry

University of Florida

Area of Research: Hyperpolarization methods for sensitivity-enhanced nuclear magnetic resonance

Terry Gullion, Ph.D.

Professor

C. Eugene Bennett Department of Chemistry

West Virginia University

Area of Research: Development and applications of ssNMR

Veronica Clavijo Jordan, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Department of Radiology

Mass General Hospital/Harvard Medical School

Area of Research: Molecular imaging by MRI

Magdoom Kulam, Ph.D.

Staff Scientist

Henry M Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine

Area of Research: MRI Elastography

Lloyd Lumata, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Department of Physics

University of Texas at Dallas

Area of Research: Hyperpolarization by dynamic nuclear polarization

Matthew Merritt, Ph.D.

Professor

Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

University of Florida

Area of Research: Metabolic imaging by hyperpolarized 13C and 2H MRI

Alexander Nevzorov, Ph.D.

Professor

Department of Chemistry

North Carolina State University

Area of Research: Biophysical ssNMR

Luis Colon-Perez, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Department of Pharmacology & Neuroscience

University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth

Area of Research: Neuro imaging with MRI

Kumar Pichumani, Ph.D.

Dagmar Dunn Pickens Gipe Distinguished Professorship in Brain Tumor Research

Department of Neurosurgery

Houston Methodist Research Institute

Area of Research: High-resolution NMR in cancer metabolism

Brad Pierce, Ph.D.

Professor

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

University of Alabama

Area of Research: Dual resonance EPR on enzymes

Thomas Theis, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Department of Chemistry

North Carolina State University

Area of Research: Hyperpolarization chemistry for magnetic resonance biosensing

Zhongyu Yang, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering

University of Missouri

Area of Research: EPR on Spin-labeled proteins

Please submit your abstract for your talk by no later than October 24, 2025. Instructions are available below.

Registration 

Registration is now open. Go to 53^rdSoutheastern Magnetic Resonance Conference Registration page.

The registration fee is $150 for students and postdocs and $350 for faculty or other attendees. Registration is inclusive of all meals from Friday dinner through Sunday lunch, but does not include lodging.

Cancellation policy

Registration cancellations made on or before October 24, 2025 will receive a full refund.

Registration cancellations made on or before October 31, 2025, will receive a 50% refund.

There will be no refunds for cancellations made or received after October 31, 2025. Non-attendance does not imply cancellation.

Hotel Reservations

Group rates are available at Hotel Eleo, located 0.5 miles from the conference venue. Go to Bookings.

We’re excited to invite students to participate in the 53^rd SEMRC Student Poster Competition! A total of five winners from each discipline (NMR, EPR, MRI) will be awarded, with two grand prize winners selected to deliver oral presentations on November 15^th.

This is a unique opportunity to share your work, engage in impactful discussions with peers and experts, and gain recognition for your contribution to the field.

Abstracts should be submitted no later than October 24, 2025. Abstracts should use the template linked below and must be submitted via e-mail to SEMRC@mbi.ufl.edu.

Download 53^rd SEMRC Abstract Template

The NSF funded National High Magnetic Field Laboratory is sponsoring an in-depth workshop on building MRI coils for preclinical imaging the week of November 12 - 14, 2025 at the MagLab AMRIS facility, located at the University of Florida in Gainesville.

The content of this three-day workshop is designed to introduce graduate and post-doctoral students to the fundamentals of MRI coil design, construction, and testing. The workshop will focus on technical details of coil design and construction, including practical aspects of circuit design and construction, coil assembly and tuning, and coil testing. Participants will gain hands-on practice with RF tuning and matching, coil pattern design, cable making, impedance matching, basic soldering, 3D printing, and trap circuits. They will each build their own working surface coil that they will be able to take to their home lab on completion of the workshop.

The RF Coil Workshop registration fee is $200, and spots are extremely limited; we suggest you apply in advance of the October 1st deadline. To apply, please send an email application with your CV and a letter of support from your supervisor to eli.wolf@ufl.edu.

Further information is available on the AMRIS website.