Igor Mastikhin is an Associate Professor of Physics at the University of New Brunswick. He obtained a PhD in physics and mathematics in 1997 from Novosibirsk, Russian Academy of Sciences. His NSERC-supported research interests include the Magnetic Resonance Imaging of materials, portable NMR devices, and the strong acoustic fields. Dr. Mastikhin has been a member of CAP since 2002, and currently serves as a Friend of CAP at UNB.