[1][4][5] He is co-director of the Magnetic Resonance Systems Research Laboratory (MRSRL), which designs improved MRI techniques and equipment.

[7] Pauly completed a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering (EE) from Iowa State University in 1979.

In 1981, a Master of Science in EE from Carnegie-Mellon University, and in 1990, completed his PhD from Stanford Department of Electrical Engineering where his PhD was supervised by Albert Macovski.

His former doctoral students include Karla Miller[3] and Michael Lustig.

He is a registered FCC Extra Class Amateur Radio License (AG6WH).