Faculty & Staff
David Piwnica-Worms, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor and Chair, Department of Cancer Systems Imaging
Professor, Department of Cancer Biology
Deputy Division Head, Research Affairs, Division of Diagnostic Imaging
Mian Alauddin, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Pratip K. Bhattacharya, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Hossain Baghaei, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Victor Krasnykh, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Geng Ku, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Lucia G. Le Roux, Ph.D.
Instructor
Chun Li, BS, Ph.D.
Professor
Hongdi Li, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Niki M. Zacharias Millward, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Steven Millward, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Amer M. Najjar, Ph.D.
Instructor
Ping-Yiu (William) Tong, Ph.D.
Professor
Wai-Hoi (Gary) Wong, BS, MS, Ph.D.
Professor and Director
PET Instrumentation Development
David J. Yang, Ph.D.
Professor
Yuxuan Zhang, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Min Zhou, Ph.D.
Instructor
Faculty: Adjunct & Visiting
Wadih Arap, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor
Manoop Bhutani, MBBS
Professor
Xudong Duan, Ph.D.
Visiting Scientist
Carlos Gonzalez, Ph.D.
Professor
Vikas Kundra, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Homer Macapinlac, M.D., FACNM
Professor
Renata Pasqualini, Ph.D.
Professor
Donald A. Podoloff, M.D., FACR
Professor
Dawid Schellingerhout, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Chunhui Wu, Ph.D.
Visiting Scientist
Trainees: Post-doctoral Research Fellows
Fanlin Kong, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Youngbok Lee, Ph.D.
Odyssey Fellow
Tracy Liu, Ph.D.
Odyssey Fellow
Christopher R. McCullough, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Nicholas Whiting, Ph.D.
Odyssey Fellow
Jun Zhao, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Trainees: Graduate Students
Yun-Chen Chiang
Graduate Research Asst-GSBS
Lili Cui
Graduate Student-non UTHSCH
I-Hong Shih
Graduate Research Asst-GSBS
Ning Tsao
Graduate Research Asst-GSBS
Classified Staff: Administrative and Support Staff
Maricela A. Emery
Executive Assistant
Noemi L. Gavia
Sr. Administrative Assistant
Mary J. Haas
Sr. Administrative Assistant
Marcia M. Richards, M.P.H.
Research Department Administrator
Anna E. Stinson
Administrative Assistant
Jan Swope
Sr. Administrative Assistant
Lynda A. Tucker
Administrative Assistant
Classified Staff: Research Staff
Jessica J. Alexander, BS
Research Assistant I
Mohammad S. Ali, Ph.D.
Research Assistant II
Qizhen Cao, Ph.D.
Research Investigator
Leo G Flores, II, M.D., Ph.D.
Sr. Research Scientist
Daniela M. Gomez, BS
Sr. Research Scientist
Lin Han, M.D., Ph.D.
Research Scientist
Qian Huang, M.D.
Sr. Research Assistant
Richard Mendez, MS, BS
Mgr, Pharm Res Laboratory
Galina Mikheeva, MS
Laboratory Manager
Rocio A. Ramirez-Jaramillo, DDS
Research Investigator
Murali K. Ravoori, Ph.D., MS, BS
Research Investigator
Sheela P. Singh, Ph.D.
Research Scientist
Connie Sun, M.S.
Laboratory Manager
Xiaoxia Wen, MS
Lab Coordinator
Chiyi Xiong, Ph.D.
Research Scientist
Daniel P. Young, M.D., MS
Sr. Research Scientist
Dongfang Yu, MS
Research Investigator
Yinhan Zhang, Ph.D.
Sr. Research Assistant