RESEARCH AREA I
Advanced Nuclear Medical Imaging and Instrumentation
We design, develop and validate state-of-art nuclear imaging systems and molecular imaging smart tools to satisfy the needs of new demanding diagnostic and therapeutic applications.
CURRENT PROJECTS
An Adaptive and Reconfigurable Robot-Assisted SPECT Imaging System
NIBIB R21 Trailblazer Award for New and Early-Stage Investigators (R21EB037274-01A1), funded by National Institute of Health. [Lead PI]
Development of a Laparoscopic Nuclear Imaging Capsule for Minimally Invasive Radio-Guided Cancer Surgery
High Impact/High Risk Academic Research (RP240462), funded by Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) and by the 2024 Mitzi & William Blahd MD Pilot Research Grant, Education and Research Foundation (ERF) for Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging. [Lead PI]
RESEARCH AREA II
Molecular Imaging for Sensing, Dosimetry and Spectrometry
We explore and optimize advanced radiological techniques to detect and quantify (patho)physiological processes inside biological samples, living animals and patients.
CURRENT PROJECTS
In Vivo 3-D Multi-Isotope Autoradiography of Radiopharmaceutical Therapy
NCI R01 Systematic Testing of Radionuclides in Preclinical Experiments (STRIPE) (R01CA297470), funded by National Institute of Health. [Co-Investigator]
Spatial and Temporal Tracking of Neural Stem Cells Migration to Brain Metastases of Breast Cancer using High Resolution Imaging
NCI R01 (R01CA297777), funded by National Institute of Health. [Co-Investigator]