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Berkin Bilgic

Berkin Bilgic is a radiology researcher who uses machine learning to improve MRI acquisition and image reconstruction. He studied electrical engineering and physics at Bogazici University, then earned master's and doctoral degrees in electrical engineering and computer science at MIT. At MGH and Harvard, he advanced from research fellow to faculty and coauthored machine-learning methods for accelerated MRI, including SubZero for T1 and T2 mapping. Since November 2023, he is an associate professor of radiology at MGH and Harvard Medical School and heads the BRAIN lab at the Martinos Center.

Now at
Mass General Brigham, Harvard University and Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging
Works
332
Citations
5,887
h-index
41

Publication numbers from OpenAlex, as of 27 October 2026.

Timeline

  1. 2008

    Degrees at Bogazici

    He earns B.S. degrees in electrical and electronics engineering and physics at Bogazici University in 2008.

  2. 2010–2013

    MIT degrees and MRI thesis

    He earns an S.M. in electrical engineering and computer science at MIT in 2010 and completes his PhD in 2013. His dissertation proposes MRI reconstruction algorithms to reduce imaging time and mitigate image artifacts.

  3. 2013–2019

    Radiology at MGH and Harvard

    He joins MGH/Harvard Radiology as a research fellow in 2013, becomes an instructor in 2016, and becomes an assistant professor in 2019.

  4. 2018–2019

    Learning for accelerated EPI

    In 2018, he coauthors a paper that combines machine learning and physics-based reconstruction for accelerated multishot EPI. Its 2019 revision describes whole-brain parameter maps derived from an 8.3-second acquisition.

  5. 2023

    SubZero for MRI mapping

    In 2023, he coauthors SubZero, a zero-shot self-supervised MRI reconstruction method that uses a parallel network and attention to improve T1 and T2 mapping.

  6. Since November 2023

    Professor at the Martinos Center

    Since November 2023, he is an associate professor of radiology at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School and heads the BRAIN lab at the Martinos Center. His research focuses on MRI data acquisition and reconstruction, including self-supervised machine learning and quantitative parameter mapping.

Career

  1. Since 2023Mass General BrighamAssociate Professor of Radiology
  2. Since 2023Harvard UniversityAssociate Professor of Radiology
  3. NowMartinos Center for Biomedical ImagingHead, BRAIN lab

Education

  1. 2013Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyPhD
  2. 2010Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyS.M. in electrical engineering and computer science
  3. 2008Boğaziçi UniversityB.S. degrees in electrical and electronics engineering and physics

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Checked career sources: martinos.org.

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Sources and credits

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  1. Magnetic Resonance Imaging Group - People mri.mit.edu. Checked 27 October 2026.
  2. Reconstruction algorithms for MRI dspace.mit.edu. Checked 27 October 2026.
  3. Berkin Bilgic - BRAIN Lab martinos.org. Checked 27 October 2026.
  4. Highly Accelerated Multishot EPI through Synergistic Machine Learning and Joint Reconstruction arxiv.org. Checked 27 October 2026.
  5. SubZero: Subspace Zero-Shot MRI Reconstruction arxiv.org. Checked 27 October 2026.