Mary Preston McDougall
Director of the NMR RF lab
Dr. Mary Preston McDougall received her B.S. from Texas A&M University, M.S. from Johns Hopkins University, and Ph.D. from Texas A&M University, all in Electrical Engineering. She joined the Department of Biomedical Engineering in 2006 with a courtesy appointment in Electrical Engineering. Dr. McDougall directs the NMR RF lab (http://nmrrf.engr.tamu.edu/) with research focused on developing new hardware and methodologies for MR imaging and spectroscopy, focused on detecting novel MR-based biomarkers of disease, including breast cancer and muscular dystrophy. She has been instrumental in the acquisition of over $12 million in external funding, has graduated twelve PhD students and six MS students, and mentored over forty undergraduate researchers. Dr. McDougall has taught over 1500 students in her time at Texas A&M, developed several courses, and received multiple teaching awards. She has served as the Director of Undergraduate Programs for her department and currently serves as the Associate Department Head. Dr. McDougall is active in the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine and has served on the Annual Meeting Planning Committee, as President of the Engineering Study Section, and given an invited Plenary at the annual meeting. She currently serves as the Deputy Editor for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine and is a standing member of the NIH Imaging Technology Development study section.