Director Radiopharmaceutical Technologies

• Oct 2019 - Present

Manager Radiopharmaceutical Technologies

• Aug 2015 - Sep 2019

Responsible for in-house and collaborative radiochemistry research, CMC, and imaging projects in the context of theranostic radiotracer development for oncological applications.

Radiopharmaceutical Sciences Council (RPSC) Intern

• Jun 2015 - Jun 2017

The SNMMI internship program was created to provide young professionals the opportunity to get involved with the Society at the Council and Center level. The SNMMI internship program was created to provide young professionals the opportunity to get involved with the Society at the Council and Center level.

Lecturer

• Dec 2015 - Apr 2017

Lecturer in Basics of Radiochemistry at local radiation safety school Lecturer in Basics of Radiochemistry at local radiation safety school

Staff Research Scientist

• Apr 2014 - Jul 2015

Multimodality Imaging Lab (S. S. Gambhir)Synthesis and in vitro / in vivo evaluation of radiotracers for applications in oncology, neurology and immunology with focus on tumor apoptosis and multiple sclerosis imaging.Establishment of 15O-water synthesis and IND application for clinical PET/MRI applications.Project lead of multiple academic / industrial collaborations.

Senior Postdoctoral Research Scholar

• Sep 2011 - Mar 2014

Multimodality Imaging Lab (S. S. Gambhir)Designed, synthesized, and evaluated novel radiotracers for applications in oncology and neurology with focus on tumor apoptosis and pain imaging.Directed substantial industrial collaboration contract in the areas of tumor apoptosis imaging and biomarker discovery.Mentored several medical and undergraduate students by designing and overseeing their individual molecular imaging-focused research projects. Taught and trained them in various laboratory techniques and data interpretation.Lecturer for Bioengineering course E222 for graduate students in the Medical School and from Bioengineering and Engineering. Designed and taught lecture entitled “Radiolabeled peptides and proteins – valuable tools for molecular imaging”.

Postdoctoral Research Scholar

• Apr 2009 - Aug 2011

Multimodality Imaging Lab (S. S. Gambhir)Designed, synthesized, and evaluated novel radiotracers for tumor metabolism and apoptosis imaging.Implemented radiosynthesis of novel 18F-labeled tumor metabolism imaging agent under GMP conditions and provided CMC support for eIND application.Managed collaboration projects with industry.

Quality Control Auditor

• Apr 2008 - Dec 2008

Reviewed QA/QC documentation and assessed data validity and compliance with internal procedures and regulatory agencies. Reviewed QA/QC documentation and assessed data validity and compliance with internal procedures and regulatory agencies.

Graduate Student Research Assistant

• Oct 2004 - Mar 2008

PhD thesis in radiopharmacy with P. A. Schubiger and S. AmetameyDeveloped novel 18F-radiolabeling method for biomolecules using silicon-based building blocks for PET imaging.Taught Pharmaceutical Chemistry lab courses for Pharmacy students. PhD thesis in radiopharmacy with P. A. Schubiger and S. AmetameyDeveloped novel 18F-radiolabeling method for biomolecules using silicon-based building blocks for PET imaging.Taught Pharmaceutical Chemistry lab courses for Pharmacy students.

Undergraduate Student Research Assistant

• Sep 2003 - Jun 2004

Master thesis in radiochemistry with F. WuestDeveloped a radiosynthetic strategy for labeling cyclooxygenase-2-inhibitors with 18F for PET imaging. Master thesis in radiochemistry with F. WuestDeveloped a radiosynthetic strategy for labeling cyclooxygenase-2-inhibitors with 18F for PET imaging.