Our Team
Alex Wiesman, PhD
Scientific Director
Alex Wiesman joined the Centre as Scientific Director in July 2024 and is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biomedical Physiology & Kinesiology at 911吃瓜. His research combines magnetoencephalography (MEG), MRI, and positron emission tomography (PET) to understand how the signaling of the brain deteriorates in age-related disorders like Parkinson's and Alzheimer's disease, with a focus on improving patient well-being. Before joining 911吃瓜, Alex was a CIHR Banting and NIH F32 Postdoctoral Fellow at the Montreal Neurological Institute-Hospital of McGill University.
Maggie Clarke, PhD
Associate Director, Head of MEG program
Maggie joined the Centre in April of 2022. She received her BSc in neuroscience from Dalhousie University, and subsequently worked in neuroimaging research at the Lab for Clinical MEG at the Biomedical Translational Imaging Centre (BIOTIC) in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Maggie then completed her PhD at the University of Washington and worked as a research scientist at the Institute for Learning and Brain Sciences (I-Labs) in Seattle, Washington. There, she was involved in a number of neuroimaging projects surrounding early brain development of infants and young children. Her research focuses on magnetoencephalography (MEG) method development and validation as well as studying the cortical networks involved in language development.
Paul Summers, PhD
Associate Director, Head of MRI program
Paul has been pursuing applications of MR imaging in clinical and research settings for over 30 years, with particular experience in blood and CSF flow, structural and functional brain and spine imaging, and more recently clinical prostate and whole-body oncology. He has worked with an extensive range of collaborators across pediatric cardiology, hematology, oncology, clinical and interventional neuroradiology, neurology and neuroscience, engineering, computer science, and participated in studies involving surgery planning, multiple sclerosis, Parkinsonian disorders, cystic fibrosis, fibromyalgia, epilepsy, phantom limbs syndrome, intracranial aneurysms, AVMs, radiotherapy guidance, prostate and breast cancer, and more. He is seeking to develop a multi-facetted program of research for the Centre. A career highlight is having participated in the first simultaneous MR-PET image acquisition in Europe.
Junaid Lalani, RTR, RTMR
Operations Director
Junaid has 15 years of Medical Imaging experience with 14 years in clinical MRI practice managing the largest and busiest MRI department in Western Canada. He joined the Centre in 2021 and has enjoyed the transition into research operations. He is responsible for the staff and the daily operations of the Centre.
Sunny Mahal, RTMR
MRI Technologist
Sunny has been working in MRI since 2020 and joined the MRI team at 911吃瓜鈥檚 Centre for Advanced Imaging in 2021. With experience in both clinical and research imaging, he enjoys the unique exposure the Centre provides - bridging clinical practice with research. Sunny takes pride in supporting patient care by producing high quality images for our radiologists, while also assisting researchers with valuable data that advances our scientific understanding. He is committed to contributing to better diagnoses, better science, and better outcomes.
Katherine Kwan, RTMR
MR Technologist
Katherine joined the Centre in 2021 from the Diagnostic Accreditation Program with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of BC. She has a special interest in quality improvement and implementing evidence-based best practices. Aside from MRI, she has worked in the acute care setting for CT and Radiology.
Samuel Yu, RTMR
MR Technologist
Samuel has worked in clinical imaging setting since 2012 and has 5 years of MRI experience along with clinical protocol development and implementation. He has worked with 1.5 and 3T MRI scanners across different vendors.
Evan Hutcheon, PhD
MEG Technologist
Evan joined the Centre in June of 2025. He earned his BSc (Hons) in neuroscience alongside his PhD from 911吃瓜. His PhD work combined electroencephalogram (EEG) with classic physiological measures (e.g., blood pressure, end-tidal gases, oxygen saturation, and transcranial doppler ultrasound) to investigate the impact of hypoxia on attention and resting state. During his PhD he also was involved in MRI, magnetoencephalogram (MEG), and EEG studies with young children and children with Autism Spectrum Disorder.