Dr Konstantin Momot
Faculty of Science,
School of Chemistry & Physics
Biography
Research theme: HealthResearch discipline: Physics
Research program: Medical Physics
Research areas
My main research interests are Magnetic Resonance (MR) spectroscopy and imaging; applications of these techniques to materials and systems of biomedical interest; diffusion and transport phenomena; and computational and theoretical modelling of MR-related molecular processes.
Areas of expertise
- Magnetic resonance spectroscopy and imaging
- Molecular transport and diffusion
- Numerical simulations of molecular dynamics.
- Princess Alexandra Hospital Foundation grant and TRI SPORE grant - Novel MRI approaches to mammographic density imaging
- Magnetic resonance imaging of collagenous tissues
- Molecular dynamics and Monte Carlo simulations of hydrated cartilage biopolymers
- Simulations of molecular liquids
- Portable-NMR quantification of mammographic density
Personal details
Positions
- Senior Lecturer in Experimental Physics
Faculty of Science,
School of Chemistry & Physics
Keywords
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), Molecular and Langevin dynamics, Molecular transport and diffusion, Monte Carlo simulations, NMR spectroscopy of tissues, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR), biomaterials
Research field
Other Physical Sciences
Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2008
Qualifications
- PhD (University of Arizona)
Professional memberships and associations
- International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM)
- International Society for Magnetic Resonance (ISMAR)
- Australian and New Zealand Society for Magnetic Resonance (ANZMAG)
- Groupement Ampere
- Australian Society for Biophysics
- Royal Australian Chemical Institute (RACI)
- Australian Association of von Humboldt Fellows
Teaching
Teaching discipline: Physics
Teaching areas
- Nuclear Physics (Year 3 undergraduate)
- Quantum Mechanics (Year 3 undergraduate and Honours)
- General Physics
- Magnetic Resonance spectroscopy and imaging
- Statistical Physics and Statistical Mechanics
Publications
- McKay-Parry, N., Blick, T., Foongkajornkiat, S., Lloyd, T., Thompson, E., Hugo, H. & Momot, K. (2022). Portable NMR for quantification of breast density in vivo: Proof-of-concept measurements and comparison with quantitative MRI. Magnetic Resonance Imaging, 92, 212–223. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/234159
- Wisman Acharige, M., Weerasinghe, S., Fullerton, G. & Momot, K. (2019). Structure and dynamics of collagen hydration water from molecular dynamics simulations: Implications of temperature and pressure. Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 123(23), 4901–4914. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/131462
- Tourell, M., Ali, T., Hugo, H., Pyke, C., Yang, S., Lloyd, T., Thompson, R. & Momot, K. (2018). T1-based sensing of mammographic density using single-sided portable NMR. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 80(3), 1243–1251. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/223505
- Xia, Y. & Momot, K. (2017). Biophysics and biochemistry of cartilage by NMR and MRI [New Developments in NMR, 8]. The Royal Society of Chemistry. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/102857
- Tourell, M., Kirkwood, M., Pearcy, M., Momot, K. & Little, P. (2017). Load-induced changes in the diffusion tensor of ovine anulus fibrosus: A pilot MRI study. Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, 45(6), 1723–1735. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/102853
- Wisman Acharige, M., Weerasinghe, S. & Momot, K. (2017). Rotational-diffusion propagator of the intramolecular proton-proton vector in liquid water: A molecular dynamics study. Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 121(48), 10893–10905. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/115383
- Rathnayaka Mudiyanselage, K., Momot, K., Noser, H., Volp, A., Schuetz, M., Sahama, T. & Schmutz, B. (2012). Quantification of the accuracy of MRI generated 3D models of long bones compared to CT generated 3D models. Medical Engineering and Physics, 34(3), 357–363. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/45764
- De Visser, S., Bowden, J., Wentrup-Byrne, E., Rintoul, L., Bostrom, T., Pope, J. & Momot, K. (2008). Anisotropy of collagen fibre alignment in bovine cartilage: comparison of polarised light microscopy and spatially resolved diffusion-tensor measurements1. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, 16(6), 689–697. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/14381
- Momot, K. & Kuchel, P. (2006). PFG NMR Diffusion Experiments for Complex Systems. Concepts in Magnetic Resonance Part A: Bridging Education and Research, 28A(4), 249–269. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/3036
- Momot, K. & Kuchel, P. (2004). Convection-compensating PGSE experiment incorporating excitation-sculpting water suppression (CONVEX). Journal of Magnetic Resonance, 169(1), 92–101. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/2903
QUT ePrints
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Awards
- Type
- Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
- Reference year
- 2000
- Details
- Humboldt Research Fellow
- Type
- Keynote Speaker/Expert Panel Member/Invited Speaker for a Conference
- Reference year
- 2010
- Details
- Invited speaker at the PacifiChem 2010 Conference, Honolulu, USA - bi-annual conference of the chemical societies of the Pacific Rim
- Type
- Membership of Learned Societies
- Reference year
- 2006
- Details
- Society Treasurer, Australian and NZ Society for Magnetic Resonance
- Type
- Visiting Professorships/Fellowships
- Reference year
- 2006
- Details
- JSPS Visiting Research Fellow, Kyoto University
Selected research projects
- Title
- 3D architecture of articular cartilage: Comparison of collagen fibre orientation distributions from SAXS and MRI
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- ALNGRA15025
- Start year
- 2015
- Keywords
- Articular Cartilage; Collagen Fibres; Small-Angle Neutron Scattering (SAXS)
- Title
- Microstructural study of articular cartilage using X-ray scattering
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- ALNGRA14051
- Start year
- 2014
- Keywords
- Articular Cartilage; Collagen; Fibre Alignment Distribution; Small-Angle X-Ray Scattering
- Title
- Mobility of Water in Cartilage as a Probe of Molecular Structure and Function
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- DP0880346
- Start year
- 2008
- Keywords
- Cartilage; Collagen and Proteoglycans; Osteoarthritis; Diffusion Tensor; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Coarse Grained Simulations
Projects listed above are funded by Australian Competitive Grants. Projects funded from other sources are not listed due to confidentiality agreements.
Supervision
Completed supervisions (Doctorate)
- Molecular Dynamics Studies of Liquids and Hydrated Biopolymers (2019)
- Transverse Relaxation Based Magnetic Resonance Techniques for Quantitative Assessment of Biological Tissues (2019)
- Quantitative Assessment of Collagen Fibre Architecture in Articular Cartilage (2018)
- Translational and Rotational Dynamics of Water Molecules in Aligned Collagenous Tissues: Implications for Assessing Collagen Organisation with Magnetic Resonance Imaging (2017)
- A Quantitative Study of Diffusion in Quasi-Periodic Fibre Networks and Complex Porous Media (2016)