Issel

Academic

Academically, this information has been organized in the following manner:
  • Biographical
    A sketch of the past
  • Research
    Previous topics and current interests
  • Resumé
    My curriculum vitae
  • Websites
    Sites that I have created, professionally and extracurricularly
  • Contact
    Information via networking or communication
  • Scientific Links
    A list of useful URLs, primarily focused on biology, engineering, MRI, and general references

ISMRM: the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, which hosts an annual conference. Previous conference locations include Berlin, Toronto, Hawaii, and Stockholm.

Biographical Sketch

Born in Manila, the Philippines, during Typhoon Bebeng, Issel Anne L. Lim came to the United States of America when she was 1.5 years old. She attended elementary schools in Detroit, MI; Wise, VA; Whitesburg, KY; and Newport News, VA. During middle and high school at Hampton Roads Academy, she participated in the Virginia Governor's School for the Visual and Performing Arts (Piano), Model United Nations (Most Outstanding Delegation), the Tidewater Forensics League (Public Speaking, Acting), and research at the Laser Systems Branch of NASA. She then matriculated at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, majoring in Biology, minoring in Biomedical Engineering and Toxicology, with a humanities concentration in Technical Writing. After graduating in 2005, she became a PhD candidate in Biomedical Engineering at Johns Hopkins University, and she now works with Dr. Peter van Zijl's group at the F.M. Kirby Research Center for Functional Brain Imaging. She was also the president for the NeuroEngineering Training Initiative, and the webmaster for many websites, including the Kirby Center and the BME PhD Council.

Research Interests

  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
  • Imaging the Central Nervous System
  • Saturation, Exchange, Magnetization Transfer
  • Magnetic Susceptibility, Phase Imaging
  • Gray and White Matter Contrast
  • Relaxometry

Contact Information