Timothy J Scholl

@uwo.ca

Associate Professor, Medical Biophysics, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry
Western University

My research program is focused on the development of novel molecular probes for molecular imaging using magnetic resonance. Molecular imaging is a non-invasive tool for visualization of cellular function in living organisms. For magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), cellular function is imaged by injecting a contrast agent into an organism that produces quantifiable changes in the image reflecting variations in metabolic function. These compounds may be designed to bind preferentially to a specific protein or be metabolized directly by cells so that the effects of their bio-distribution can be imaged using MRI.

EDUCATION

Postdoctoral Fellow - Atomic and Molecular Physics
Department of Physics and Astronomy
Western University, London, Ontario

Ph.D. Physics
Department of Physics and Astronomy
Western University, London, Ontario

M.Sc. Physics
Department of Physics and Astronomy
Western University, London, Ontario

Hons. B.Sc.
Department of Physics
University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario

RESEARCH, TEACHING, or OTHER INTERESTS

Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Cancer Research, Biophysics
97

Scopus Publications

2472

Scholar Citations

29

Scholar h-index

76

Scholar i10-index

Scopus Publications

RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • MAIT cells promote cancer progression and regulatory T cell accumulation in bladder tumor microenvironment
    IA Habaz, X Ou, NI Wang, A Schincaglia, V Shydlouskaya, A Mahendran, ...
    Journal for Immunotherapy of Cancer 13 (9), e012496 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 6
  • Evaluation of Machine Learning Reconstruction Techniques for Accelerated Brain MRI Scans
    JI Mandel, S Hiremath, H Keshtgar, T Scholl, S Raeisi
    arXiv preprint arXiv:2509.07193 , 2025
    2025
  • The SRG rat as a novel host for an orthotopic patient-derived xenograft model of breast cancer brain metastasis
    N Fulcher, H Nguyen, A Deweyert, M Uzelac, M Mozaffari, Q Zhang, ...
    Scientific Reports 15 (1), 20932 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 1
  • Cluster-based redox-responsive super-atomic MRI contrast agents
    AA Kitos, R Castañeda, ZJ Comeau, N Mavragani, ND Calvert, A Kirby, ...
    Chem 11 (3) , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 7
  • Single‐Frequency Birdcage Coils for Deep Tissue Perfluorocarbon Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Mice
    SW McRae, FM Martinez, PJ Foster, JA Ronald, TJ Scholl
    NMR in Biomedicine 38 (1), e5296 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 1
  • Different sodium concentrations of noncancerous and cancerous prostate tissue seen on MRI using an external coil
    JL Tan, V Kalia, SE Pautler, G Bauman, LV Gast, M Müller, AM Nagel, ...
    Radiology advances 1 (3), umae023 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 4
  • Imaging CAR-NK cells targeted to HER2 ovarian cancer with human sodium-iodide symporter-based positron emission tomography
    N Shalaby, Y Xia, JJ Kelly, R Sanchez-Pupo, F Martinez, MS Fox, ...
    European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging 51 (11), 3176-3190 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 13
  • 88 Sodium Concentration Measurements in Prostate Cancer and Normal Tissue Using an External Sodium MRI Butterfly Coil
    J Tan, V Kalia, J Thiessen, T Scholl, A Akbari
    Radiotherapy and Oncology 186, S41-S42 , 2023
    2023
  • Intracellular acidification in a rat C6 glioma model following cariporide injection investigated by CEST-MRI
    M Mozaffari, NN Nyström, A Li, M Bellyou, TJ Scholl, R Bartha
    Metabolites 13 (7), 823 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 4
  • Development of a suite of gadolinium-free OATP1-targeted paramagnetic probes for liver MRI
    SW McRae, M Cleary, D DeRoche, FM Martinez, Y Xia, P Caravan, ...
    Journal of medicinal chemistry 66 (10), 6567-6576 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 24
  • Development of Minicircle-Based Non-Viral Delivery of Cytosine Base Editors
    MM Evans, S Liu, TJ Scholl, JA Ronald
    MOLECULAR THERAPY 31 (4), 264-264 , 2023
    2023
  • Development of a Highly Efficient Modular and Multiplexed CRISPR Editing System for Multimodal Tracking of CAR-T Cells
    JJ Kelly, RE Sanchez-Pupo, N Shalaby, Y Xia, FM Martinez, SW Mcrae, ...
    MOLECULAR THERAPY 31 (4), 707-708 , 2023
    2023
  • Glucose infusion induced change in intracellular pH and its relationship with tumor glycolysis in a C6 rat model of glioblastoma
    Q Qi, MS Fox, H Lim, R Sullivan, A Li, M Bellyou, L Desjardins, ...
    Molecular Imaging and Biology 25 (2), 271-282 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 9
  • Visualizing cell–cell communication using synthetic notch activated MRI
    TD Wang, Y Chen, NN Nystrom, S Liu, Y Fu, FM Martinez, TJ Scholl, ...
    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 120 (11), e2216901120 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 22
  • A genetically encoded magnetic resonance imaging reporter enables sensitive detection and tracking of spontaneous metastases in deep tissues
    NN Nyström, SW McRae, FM Martinez, JJ Kelly, TJ Scholl, JA Ronald
    Cancer Research 83 (5), 673-685 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 18
  • Effects of pediatric chronic kidney disease and its etiology on tissue sodium concentration: a pilot study
    FR Salerno, A Akbari, S Lemoine, TJ Scholl, CW McIntyre, G Filler
    Pediatric Nephrology 38 (2), 499-507 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 14
  • Intracellular Acidification in a Rat C6 Glioma Model Following Cariporide Injection Monitored by Chemical Exchange Saturation Transfer Magnetic Resonance Imaging
    M Mozaffari, NN Nyström, A Li, M Bellyou, TJ Scholl, R Bartha
    2023
  • Complementary early-phase magnetic particle imaging and late-phase positron emission tomography reporter imaging of mesenchymal stem cells in vivo
    N Shalaby, JJ Kelly, OC Sehl, JJ Gevaert, MS Fox, Q Qi, PJ Foster, ...
    Nanoscale 15 (7), 3408-3418 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 16
  • Intracellular Acidification Monitored by Chemical Exchange Saturation Transfer MRI: Effect of Cariporide in Rat C6 Brain Tumor
    M Mozaffari, N Nystrom, A Li, M Bellyou, T Scholl, R Bartha
    Medical Physics 49 (8), 5674-5674 , 2022
    2022
  • Gadolinium-free magnetic resonance imaging of the liver via an Oatp1-targeted manganese (III) porphyrin
    NN Nystrom, H Liu, FM Martinez, X Zhang, TJ Scholl, JA Ronald
    Journal of Medicinal Chemistry 65 (14), 9846-9857 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 26

MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Design of field-cycled magnetic resonance systems for small animal imaging
    KM Gilbert, WB Handler, TJ Scholl, JW Odegaard, BA Chronik
    Physics in Medicine & Biology 51 (11), 2825-2841 , 2006
    2006
    Citations: 94
  • Field dependence of T 1 for hyperpolarized [1‐ 13 C]pyruvate
    N Chattergoon, F Martínez‐Santiesteban, WB Handler, ...
    Contrast media & molecular imaging 8 (1), 57-62 , 2013
    2013
    Citations: 86
  • Complementary Strategies for Developing Gd-Free High-Field T 1 MRI Contrast Agents Based on Mn III Porphyrins
    W Cheng, IE Haedicke, J Nofiele, F Martinez, K Beera, TJ Scholl, ...
    Journal of medicinal chemistry 57 (2), 516-520 , 2014
    2014
    Citations: 81
  • Delta relaxation enhanced MR: Improving activation‐specificity of molecular probes through R 1 dispersion imaging
    JK Alford, BK Rutt, TJ Scholl, WB Handler, BA Chronik
    Magnetic Resonance in Medicine: An Official Journal of the International … , 2009
    2009
    Citations: 75
  • Aerobic glycolysis is required for spatial memory acquisition but not memory retrieval in mice
    RA Harris, A Lone, H Lim, F Martinez, AK Frame, TJ Scholl, RC Cumming
    Eneuro 6 (1) , 2019
    2019
    Citations: 74
  • Tissue sodium concentrations in chronic kidney disease and dialysis patients by lower leg sodium-23 magnetic resonance imaging
    E Qirjazi, FR Salerno, A Akbari, L Hur, J Penny, T Scholl, CW McIntyre
    Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation 36 (7), 1234-1243 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 71
  • Precision measurement of relativistic and QED effects in heliumlike beryllium
    TJ Scholl, R Cameron, SD Rosner, L Zhang, RA Holt, CJ Sansonetti, ...
    Physical review letters 71 (14), 2188 , 1993
    1993
    Citations: 65
  • Polymer cross-linking: a nanogel approach to enhancing the relaxivity of MRI contrast agents
    A Soleimani, F Martínez, V Economopoulos, PJ Foster, TJ Scholl, ...
    Journal of Materials Chemistry B 1 (7), 1027-1034 , 2013
    2013
    Citations: 60
  • Measurements of hyperfine structure in Mn ii
    RA Holt, TJ Scholl, SD Rosner
    Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 306 (1), 107-111 , 1999
    1999
    Citations: 58
  • Detection of radiation‐induced lung injury using hyperpolarized 13 C magnetic resonance spectroscopy and imaging
    K Thind, A Chen, L Friesen‐Waldner, A Ouriadov, TJ Scholl, M Fox, ...
    Magnetic Resonance in Medicine 70 (3), 601-609 , 2013
    2013
    Citations: 57
  • Structure-guided directed evolution of highly selective p450-based magnetic resonance imaging sensors for dopamine and serotonin
    EM Brustad, VS Lelyveld, CD Snow, N Crook, ST Jung, FM Martinez, ...
    Journal of molecular biology 422 (2), 245-262 , 2012
    2012
    Citations: 57
  • An enzyme-activatable and cell-permeable Mn III-porphyrin as a highly efficient T 1 MRI contrast agent for cell labeling
    IE Haedicke, T Li, YLK Zhu, F Martinez, AM Hamilton, DH Murrell, ...
    Chemical Science 7 (7), 4308-4317 , 2016
    2016
    Citations: 46
  • Construction and evaluation of a switch‐tuned 13 C ‐ 1 H birdcage radiofrequency coil for imaging the metabolism of hyperpolarized 13 C‐enriched compounds
    H Lim, K Thind, FM Martinez‐Santiesteban, TJ Scholl
    Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging 40 (5), 1082-1090 , 2014
    2014
    Citations: 43
  • Mapping metabolic changes associated with early radiation induced lung injury post conformal radiotherapy using hyperpolarized 13C-pyruvate magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging
    K Thind, MD Jensen, E Hegarty, AP Chen, H Lim, ...
    Radiotherapy and oncology 110 (2), 317-322 , 2014
    2014
    Citations: 43
  • RF coil loading measurements between 1 and 50 MHz to guide field‐cycled MRI system design
    KM Gilbert, TJ Scholl, BA Chronik
    Concepts in Magnetic Resonance Part B: Magnetic Resonance Engineering: An … , 2008
    2008
    Citations: 42
  • Oscillator strength measurements in Pr II with the fast-ion-beam laser-induced-fluorescence technique
    R Li, R Chatelain, RA Holt, SJ Rehse, SD Rosner, TJ Scholl
    Physica Scripta 76 (5), 577-592 , 2007
    2007
    Citations: 42
  • Optimisation of dynamic nuclear polarisation of [1-13C] pyruvate by addition of gadolinium-based contrast agents
    L Friesen-Waldner, A Chen, W Mander, TJ Scholl, CA McKenzie
    Journal of Magnetic Resonance 223, 85-89 , 2012
    2012
    Citations: 40
  • The discrepancy between human peripheral nerve chronaxie times as measured using magnetic and electric field stimuli: the relevance to MRI gradient coil safety
    BJ Recoskie, TJ Scholl, BA Chronik
    Physics in Medicine & Biology 54 (19), 5965-5979 , 2009
    2009
    Citations: 40
  • Binding of a dimeric manganese porphyrin to serum albumin: towards a gadolinium-free blood-pool T 1 MRI contrast agent
    W Cheng, T Ganesh, F Martinez, J Lam, H Yoon, RB Macgregor Jr, ...
    JBIC Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry 19 (2), 229-235 , 2014
    2014
    Citations: 39
  • Longitudinal visualization of viable cancer cell intratumoral distribution in mouse models using Oatp1a1-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging
    NN Nyström, AM Hamilton, W Xia, S Liu, TJ Scholl, JA Ronald
    Investigative radiology 54 (5), 302-311 , 2019
    2019
    Citations: 38