Professor Kwok joined the University of Rochester in 1990 after receiving his Ph.D. in Physics from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and is currently an associate Professor of Imaging Sciences. His research interests in MRI include high resolution imaging, RF coil development, water/fat imaging, brain functional MRI, diffusion-weighted imaging and MR spectroscopy. He has been developing RF coils and pulse sequences for research and clinical applications since 1990, and is in charge of RF coils at both Strong Memorial Hospital and the Rochester Center for Brain Imaging. He is a recipient of six U.S. patents related to new pulse sequence and RF coil technologies.