DrDavid Waddington

Dr David Waddington is an NHMRC Emerging Leadership Fellow at the Image X Institute in the Faculty of Medicine and Health at the University of Sydney. As an early career researcher (PhD(Science), The University of Sydney, 2018), he specializes in developing new imaging technologies based on Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) that can be used for the targeting of cancer therapeutics. David has published high impact, first-author research articles in multidisciplinary journals including Nature Communications and Science Advances that have led to two patent applications. He has been the recipient of prestigious academic awards including a 2013-14 Postgraduate Fulbright Scholarship (Harvard University) and a University Medal in Physics (UNSW - 2010). His work has won international conference prizes including twoBest in Physicsat the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM - 2020, 2022) and twoSumma Cum Laudeawards at the International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM - 2016, 2020). David has given several invited talks at international imaging conferences and presented at public events such as TEDx.