Russell E. Jacobs received the B.S. degree in chemistry and philosophy from Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, and the Ph.D. degree in physical chemistry from Stanford University, Stanford, CA. He held a Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. He is a member of the Beckman Institute, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena. His research focuses on the development and application of high-resolution MRI in animal models of disease and brain development. Recent work from his lab describes the use of Mn${2+}$ to assess changes in neuronal transport in neurodegenerative disease and applications of MRI to examine morphogenic movements in the early amphibian embryo. Dr. Jacobs is a member of the Society for Developmental Biology, American Chemical Society, Society for Neurosciences, Biophysical Society, International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Ampere Society, and American Association for the Advancement of Science.