Alexej Jerschow

Alexej Jerschow

Professor of Chemistry

Education

B.S. University of Linz, Austria

Ph.D. University of Linz, Austria, and MR Center, Sintef-Unimed, Trondheim, Norway

Postdoctural Research University of Lausanne, Switzerland and University of California, Berkeley

Areas of Research/Interest

Research projects include various aspects of NMR/MRI methodology development and applications. Most recently work in the lab has been divided between battery diagnostics using in situ NMR/MRI and the study of nuclear spin singlet states and relaxation theory. 

External Affiliations

Secretary General, International Society of Magnetic Resonance (2018-present)

Euromar Board of Trustees Member (2009-2015)

Secretary, Euromar Board of Trustees (2014-2015)

Editorial Board Member, Journal of Magnetic Resonance (2011-present)

Deputy Editor, Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (2014-present)

Director of Undergraduate Studies, NYU Chemistry Department (2014-present)

Associate Member, Northeast Center for Chemical Energy Storage, US DOE Energy Frontier Research Center, 2014 – present

 

 

 

Fellowships/Honors

Diamond Jubilee Visiting Fellow, University of Southampton, UK (2017-2020)

Golden Dozen Teaching Award 2018

ISMRM: Distinguished Reviewer for Magn. Reson. Med. (2010-2011, 2015)

Institute for Advanced Study Visiting Fellowship at the Technical University of Munich, June - July 2013

Wiley Prize: Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry Award for Young Scientists (2010)

Goddard Fellowship (2005)

NYU Whitehead Fellowship for Junior Faculty in the Biomedical and Biological Sciences (2004-2005)

Publications

Diagnosing current distributions in batteries with magnetic resonance imaging M Mohammadi, EV Silletta, AJ Ilott, A Jerschow Journal of Magnetic Resonance 2019, 309, 106601

Multinuclear absolute magnetic resonance thermometry  EV Silletta, A Jerschow, G Madelin, L Alon Communications Physics 2019  2 (1), 1-10.

In situ and operando magnetic resonance imaging of electrochemical cells: A perspective M Mohammadi, A Jerschow Journal of Magnetic Resonance 2019,  308, 106600

1H‐decoupling and Isotopic Labeling for the Measurement of the Longitudinal Relaxation Time of Hyperpolarized 13C‐Methylenes in Choline Analogs  S Uppala, A Gamliel, T Harris, J Sosna, JM Gomori, A Jerschow, .Israel Journal of Chemistry  2019 59 (11-12), 1014-1019

System and method for magnetic resonance mapping of physical and chemical changes in conducting structures A Jerschow, AJ Ilott, M Mohammadi, E Silletta, K Romanenko US Patent App.  2019 16/434,168

Distortion-free inside-out imaging for rapid diagnostics of rechargeable Li-ion cells A Jerschow, AJ Ilott, M Mohammadi, E Silletta, K Romanenko US Patent App. 2019 16/434,168

Emilia V. Silletta, Mark E. Tuckerman, Alexej Jerschow*, Unusual Proton Transfer Kinetics in Water at the Temperature of Maximum Density, Phys. Rev. Lett 2018, 121, 076001, http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.121.076001.

Boris Kharkov, Leonard Strouk, Thomas E. Skinner, Alexej Jerschow*, Optimal control RF pulses for excitation and suppression of NMR signals in a conductive medium, J. Chem. Phys. 2018, 149, 034201, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5031154.

Johannes Windschuh*, Moritz Zaiss, Philipp Ehses, Jae‐Seung Lee, Alexej Jerschow, Ravinder R. Regatte, Assessment of frequency drift on CEST MRI and dynamic correction: application to gagCEST at 7 T, Magn. Reson. Med, 2018, 81, 573-583, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mrm.27367

Maureen Leninger, William M. Marsiglia, Alexej Jerschow, Nathaniel J. Traaseth*, Multiple frequency saturation pulses reduce CEST acquisition time for quantifying conformational exchange in biomolecules, J Biomol NMR, 2018, 71, 19-30, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10858-018-0186-1.

A. J. Ilott, M. Mohammadi, C. M. Schauerman, M. J. Ganter, A. Jerschow*, Rechargeable lithium-ion cell state of charge and defect detection by in-situ inside-out magnetic resonance imaging, Nat Comm 9:1776, 2018, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04192-x ; https://rdcu.be/NhQl; featured in Nat. Comm. Editors' Highlights.

A. J. Ilott, A. Jerschow*, Probing Solid Electrolyte Interphase (SEI) Growth and Ion Permeability at Undriven Electrolyte-Metal Interfaces Using 7Li NMR, J. Phys. Chem. C. in press 2018, 122, 12598–12604, https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jpcc.8b01958

E. V. Silletta, Z. Xu, M. Youssef, S. Sacanna, A. Jerschow*, Monitoring Molecular Transport across Colloidal Membranes, J. Phys. Chem. B. 2018, 122, 4931–4936, https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jpcb.8b01638.

Jan-Bernd Hövener, Andrey N. Pravdivtsev, Bryce Kidd, C. Russel Bowers, Stefan Glöggler, Kirill V. Kovtunov, Markus Plaumann, Rachel Katz-Brull, Kai Buckenmaier, Alexej Jerschow, Francesca Reineri, Thomas Theis, Roman V. Shchepin, Shawn Wagner, Pratip Bhattacharya, Niki M. Zacharias, and Eduard Y. Chekmenev*, Parahydrogen-based Hyperpolarization for Biomedicine, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl, 2018, 57, 11140-11162, https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201711842.

B. Kharkov, X. Duan, J. W. Canary, A. Jerschow*, Effect of convection and B1 inhomogeneity on singlet relaxation experiments, J. Magn. Reson. 2017, 284, 1-7 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmr.2017.09.005

J.-S. Lee*, R. R. Regatte, and A. Jerschow, Bloch Equations for Proton Exchange Reactions in an Aqueous Solution, Concepts Magn. Reson., Part A 2017, in press, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cmr.a.21397

L. Zhu, A. J. Ilott, E. Del Federico, C. Kehlet, T. Klokkernes, A. Jerschow*, 1H NMR study and multivariate data analysis of reindeer skin tanning methods, Magn. Reson. Chem, 2017, 55, 312-7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mrc.4529.

A. J. Ilott and A. Jerschow*, Super-resolution Surface Microscopy of Conductors using Magnetic Resonance, Sci Rep. 2017, 7, 5425, http://rdcu.be/ubQl, https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-05429-3

J.-S. Lee*, R. R. Regatte, A. Jerschow, Magnetization Transfer in a Partly Deuterated Lyotropic Liquid Crystal by Single- and Dual-Frequency RF Irradiations, J. Magn. Reson. 2017, 281, 141-150, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmr.2017.05.015

W. Yang, J.-S. Lee, B. Kharkov, A. J. Ilott, A. Jerschow, Low-Power Slice Selective Imaging of Broad Signals, J Magn Reson 2016, 272, 61-67, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jmr.2016.08.013

A. J. Ilott, H.-J. Chang, C. P. Grey, A. Jerschow*, Real time 3D imaging of microstructure growth in battery cells using indirect MRI, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 2016, 113, 10779-84, http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2016/09/06/1607903113.abstract.

Y. Zhang, X. Duan, P. C. Soon, V. Sychrovsky, J. W. Canary*, A. Jerschow*, Limits in Proton Nuclear Singlet-State Lifetimes Measured with para-Hydrogen-Induced Polarization, Chem. Phys. Chem. 2016, 17, 2967–2971, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cphc.201600663.

A. Abraham*, D. Olusanmi, A. J. Ilott, D. Good, D. Murphy, D. Mcnamara, A. Jerschow, R. V. Mantri, Correlation of Phosphorus Cross-Linking to Hydration Rates in Sodium Starch Glycolate Tablet Disintegrants Using MRI, J. Pharm. Sci. 2016, 105, 1907-13. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.xphs.2016.03.025.

X. Xiang*, N. N. Yadav, X. Song, M. T. McMahon, A. Jerschow, P.C.M. van Zijl, J. Xu Screening CEST Contrast Agents Using Ultrafast CEST Imaging. 2016, J. Magn. Reson, in press, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jmr.2016.02.015.

E. Nimerovsky, A. Jerschow*, Quadrupole Sensitive Pulse for Signal Filtering, J. Magn. Reson. 2016, 265, 153-163, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jmr.2016.01.026.

J.-S. Lee*, D. Xia, A. Jerschow, and R. R. Regatte, In vitro study of endogenous CEST agents at 3 T and 7 T, Contrast Media & Molec. Imag. 2016, 11, 4-14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cmmi.1652.

J.-S. Lee, R. R. Regatte, A. Jerschow*, Uniform-MT Method to Separate CEST Contrast from MT Effects, In: Chemical Exchange Saturation Transfer Imaging: Advances and Applications, 2016, Pan StanfordPublishing.

J. I. Friedman, R. R. Regatte, G. Navon, A. Jerschow*, Cartilage and Intervertebral Disc Imaging and the Glycosaminoglycan Chemical Exchange Saturation Transfer (gagCEST) Experiment, In: Chemical Exchange Saturation Transfer Imaging: Advances and Applications, in press, 2016, Pan StanfordPublishing.

H.J. Chang, A. J. Ilott, N. M. Trease, M. Mohammadi, A. Jerschow*, C. P. Grey*, Correlating Microstructural Lithium Metal Growth with Electrolyte Salt Depletion in Lithium Batteries using 7Li MRI, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2015, 137, 15209–15216, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jacs.5b09385.

Y. Zhang, K. Basu, J. W. Canary, A. Jerschow*, Singlet lifetime measurements in an all-proton chemically equivalent spin system by hyperpolarization and weak spin lock transfers, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 17, 2015, 24370 – 24375, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c5cp03716f.

J. I. Friedman, D. Xia, R. R. Regatte, A. Jerschow*, Transfer Rate Edited experiment for the selective detection of Chemical Exchange via Saturation Transfer (TRE-CEST), J. Magn. Reson. 2015, 256, 43-51, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jmr.2015.04.010

H. J. Chang , N. M. Trease , A. J. Ilott , D. Zeng , L.-S. Du , A. Jerschow, C. P. Grey*, Investigating Li Microstructure Formation on Li Anodes for Lithium Batteries by In Situ 6Li/7Li NMR and SEM, J. Phys. Chem. C, 2015, 119, 16443–16451, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b03396.

L. Zhu, E. Del Federico, A. J. Ilott, T. Klokkernes, C. Kehlet, A. Jerschow*, MRI and Unilateral NMR Study of Reindeer Skin Tanning Processes, Anal. Chem. 87, 2015, 3820-3825, http://x.doi.org/10.1021/ac504474e.

A. J. Ilott, N. M. Trease, C. P. Grey, A. Jerschow, Multinuclear in situ magnetic resonance imaging of electrochemical double-layer capacitors, Nat. Comm. 5, 2014, 4536, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms5536.

A. J. Ilott, S. Chandrashekar, A. Klöckner, H. J. Chang, N. M. Trease, C. P. Grey, L. Greengard, A. Jerschow, Visualizing skin effects in conductors with MRI: 7Li MRI experiments and calculations, J. Magn. Reson, 245, 2014, 143-149, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jmr.2014.06.013.

G. Madelin, J.-S. Lee, R. R. Regatte, A. Jerschow, Sodium MRI: Methods and Applications, Prog. Nucl. Magn. Reson. Spectrosc., 79, 2014, 14-47, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pnmrs.2014.02.001.