Former Fellows
| Name | Years | Research | Where Now (Sept 2024) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Irene Lim | 2023-2024 | Dual-purpose fluorescent probe for T-cell visualization and granzyme B activity | Instructor, Bates College |
| Parivash Moradifar | 2021-2024 | Metamaterial Crystal for Ultrafast Time-of-Flight Positron Emission Tomography | Physical Science Research Scientist, Materials Science & Engineering, Stanford University |
| Angela Rivera Rodriguez | 2022-2023 | CD5 targeting of ionizable lipids for in vivo mRNA transfection to T cells | Scientist I, Cell Line and Cell Culture Process Development, Amgen (10/23-Present) |
| Emily Cosco | 2021-2023 | Senior Scientist, Molecular Imaging, Merck, (6/2023-Present) | A phage display approach to identify selective activity-based probes for imaging serine proteases in cancer |
| James Wang | 2019-2023 | Postdoctoral Research Fellow | Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Radiology, Stanford University School of Medicine |
| Elise Robinson |
2021-2022 | Imaging Ionizable Lipid Nanoparticle Delivery | Senior Research Scientist, AbbVie |
| Brian Lee, PhD | 2019-2021 | The Smart Toilet: Molecular Imaging of Human Stool in the Toilet Bowl for Early Cancer Detection | Assistant Professor, Sungkyunkwan University, South Korea |
| Joanna Wang, PhD | 2020-2021 | Visualizing the Repolarization of Tumor Associated Macrophages using a Multimodal NIR II and Magnetic Particle Imaging Probe | Formulation Scientist, Plexxikon, San Francisco, CA |
| Andrew Groll, PhD |
2019-2021 | Development and Characterization of a Large Volume Cadmium Zinc Telluride Preclinical PET System | Senior Systems Physicist, RefleXion Medical |
| Diana Jeong, PhD | 2018-2021 | A New Direction to a Achieve Ultrafast Timing for Positron Emission Tomography (PET) | Instructor, Department of Radiology, Stanford University School of Medicine |
| Guolan Lu, PhD | 2018-2021 | Leveraging Molecular Imaging to Assess Drug Delivery in Solid Tumors | Instructor, Department of Otolaryngology, Stanford University School of Medicine |
| David Huland, PhD | 2017-2019 | Design and Evaluation of a Wearable System for the Multimodal Imaging of Breast Abnormalities | Consultant, Boston Consulting Group |
| Justin Klein, PhD | 2017-2019 | Development of the beta microscope for single cell radionuclide imaging | Currently searching for an industry position in molecular imaging/imaging sciences |
| James Bishop, PhD | 2019-2019 | Novel Image-Guided Approach for Treating Cancer Pain using Low-Intensity Focused Ultrasound and Caged Pharmaceuticals | Postdoctoral Fellow (Funded by F32), Airan Lab, Department of Radiology, Stanford University School of Medicine |
| Tae Jin Kim, PhD | 2017-2018 | Microfluidic Platform for Studying Single-cell Pharmacodynamics of PET Tracers | Senior Hardware Engineer, Luca Medical Systems |
| Jessica Klockow, PhD | 2015-2018 | PET/Optical Probes for Cancer Imaging | Field Application Scientist, PerkinElmer, Inc. |
| Sayan Mullick Chowdhury, PhD | 2015-2017 | Ultrasound-guided therapeutic modulation of Hepatocellular Carcinoma using Comple-mentary miRNA's | Scientist, Theragnostic Technologies |
| Joshua Cates, PhD | 2013-2017 | PET Detector Technologies with Combined Time-of-Flight (ToF) and Depth-of-Interaction (DoI) Capabilities | Research Scientist, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory |
| Shiva Abbaszadeh, PhD | 2014-2016 | Advanced positron emission mammography system for imaging the next generation of breast cancer tracers |
Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California, Santa Cruz
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| Michael Mastanduno, PhD | 2014-2016 | Combined ultrasonic and photoacoustic molecular imaging illuminates structure and function for early detection of human ovarian cancer | Data Scientist, Health Catalyst |
| Annalisa Pawlosky, PhD | 2013-2016 | Dynamics of normal and aberrant Hedgehog pathway signaling | Research Biochemist, Google |
| Moiz Ahmad, PhD |
2012-2015 | X-ray Fluorescence based Molecular Imaging | Assistant Professor, Department of Imaging Physics, MD Anderson Cancer Center, The University of Texas |
| Katheryne Wilson, PhD | 2012-2015 | Molecular Imaging of Hemoglobin and Lipid Content in Breast Cancer with Multivariate Spectroscopic Photoacoustic Imaging | Contact Tracing Lead/Supervisor, Heluna Health |
| Robert Michael Angelo, PhD | 2012-2014 | Immunohistochemical multiplexing using mass spectrometry | Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, Stanford University School of Medicine |
| Timothy Larson, PhD | 2012-2014 | Nanoparticle surface coatings; nanoparticle/plasma interactions | Marketing Specialist, Takara Bio USA Inc. |
| Tianyi Krupka, PhD | 2011 | Design of controlled and targeted thermal sensitizer for enhancing radiofrequency ablation | Unknown |
| Adam Cole, PhD | 2011 | Enhancing magnetic iron oxide nanoparticle targeting to brain tumors | Patent Agent at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich and Rosati |
| Rehan Ali, PhD | 2010-2013 | Applications of Microscopy Image Analysis and Modeling in Characterizing the mechanisms of hypoxia-mediated drug resistance | Senior Data Scientist, IQVIA |
| Prachi Pandit, PhD | 2010-2013 | Non-cartesian MR microscopy for cancer imaging in small animals | Senior Research Scientist Collaborations Manager Computed Tomography at Siemens Healthineers |
| Jesse Jokerst, PhD | 2009-2013 | Nanoparticles for biomarker measurements in vitro; nanoparticle contrast agents for clinical applications | Associate Professor, Department of NanoEngineering, University of California, San Diego |
| Eric Gonzalez, PhD | 2009-2012 | Infrared spectroscopy and theoretical studies of group IV | Unknown |
| Nicholas Conley, PhD | 2009-2012 | Elucidating the details of biological signaling pathways, developing high-affinity peptide binders to small molecules using the yeast-display platform, single-molecule fluorescence imaging and spectroscopy, organic and organometallic synthesis, and fullerene chemistry | Senior Director, CMC at Locus Biosciences, Inc |
| Benjamin Cosgrove, PhD | 2008-2011 | Ex vivo rejuvenation and expansion of muscle stem cells from aged mice | Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Cornell University Cosgrove Lab |
| Sharon Hori, PhD | 2008-2011 | Mechanistic math models of receptor-mediated and biomembrane transport in health and disease | Instructor, Molecular Imaging Program at Stanford, Department of Radiology, Stanford University School of Medicine |
| Marybeth A. Pysz, PhD | 2008-2011 | Molecular ultrasound imaging |
Senior Principal Research Scientist at AbbVie |
| Henry Haeberle, PhD | 2008-2010 | Mechanisms of mechanotransduction in merkel cells |
Life Science Application Scientista at Thorlabs |
| Hua Fan-Minogue, PhD | 2007-2010 | Evaluating MYC as a therapeutic target for triple negative breast cancer | Research Scientist, Stanford University School of Medicine |
| Keith Hartman, PhD | 2007-2009 | Design and optimization of carbon nanotubes as molecular capsules for medical imaging and therapy | Director, Corporate Strategy - Home Modalities at DaVita |
| Ted Chu, PhD | 2007-2008 | Anti-cancer and anti-viral aptameters | Research Molecular Biologist, USDA |
| Richard Kimura, PhD | 2006-2009 | Real-time imaging of the targeted delivery of a cytotoxic agent to a tumor | Research Scientist, Canary Center at Stanford for Cancer Early Detection |
| Hen-Tzu (Jill) Lin, PhD | 2006-2009 | Mathematical modeling of cancer initiation, progression and treatment | Analytics Manager, Genentech |
| Jennifer Prescher, PhD | 2006-2009 | CIK cell trafficking in vivo: A look at the glycans | Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine Prescher Lab |
| Bryan Smith, PhD | 2006-2009 | Imaging nanoparticle behavior in small animal models | Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Michigan State University |