Dr Ruwan Wanni Arachchige

I am an Associate Lecturer in Medical Imaging with a strong academic and clinical background, built on more than a decade of experience in radiography, advanced neuroimaging and multidisciplinary research. I hold a PhD in Neuroimaging from Tokyo Metropolitan University, where I investigated structural and functional brain changes in stroke rehabilitation using multimodal MRI.

Before joining the University of Exeter, I worked as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Sir Peter Mansfield Imaging Centre, University of Nottingham, collaborating on multi site neuroimaging projects with the University of Birmingham and Aston University. My work spanned MRI protocol optimisation and cross vendor data harmonisation for mild traumatic brain injury studies. As part of the imaging work stream in the mTBI-Predict consortium, I collaborated with interdisciplinary teams of neuroscientists, medical physicists, and clinicians to advance research on mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) and contribute to impactful outcomes.

Alongside my academic work, I bring clinical experience as a diagnostic radiographer and clinical application specialist. I am committed to delivering high quality, supportive teaching in pathology, image interpretation and research skills while inspiring the next generation of radiographers and imaging scientists.