Nader Saffari is the Professor of Ultrasonics at UCL and leads the Ultrasonics Group. His current research interests include high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) for the ablation of tumours, histotripsy for intrahepatic cell delivery, ultrasound (US) mediated neuro-modulation, US mediated drug delivery, mathematical modelling of US propagation and scattering in inhomogeneous tissues and shear wave tumour detection in the prostate.

Nader obtained his first degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering at the University of Leeds after which he continued his studies at University College London (UCL), where he obtained his MSc and PhD degrees. For his PhD thesis he developed FD models of wave propagation in solid/fluid systems and scattering from defects. This led to a long career in non-destructive evaluation research, working on problems mainly for the aerospace industry.  

Nader made a sideways shift into biomedical ultrasound research from about 20 years ago and amongst other contributions, has been advocating for the use of powerful modelling tools for treatment planning and better understanding of underlying physical mechanisms behind experimentally observed ultrasound bio-effects.