Imaging Physics Faculty
In addition to our clinical services for the imaging equipment used in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer throughout the institution, our world-renowned faculty are also recognized leaders in science and education related to biomedical imaging. We conduct research in virtually all aspects of medical imaging, often in collaboration with other UT MD Anderson faculty. Our faculty includes international leaders in the field of radiation dose reduction and patient safety.
Many are innovators and have had a significant impact on the field. They are regularly recognized by their professional peers and have received accolades and awards from prestigious organizations. Our faculty members receive funding from highly competitive grant programs and are sought after for speaking engagements worldwide.
Imaging Physics Executive Committee
John D. Hazle, Ph.D.
Professor
Bernard W. Biedenharn Chair in Cancer Research
Magnetic Relaxometry Research Lab
Small Animal Imaging Facility
Research Interests: Image-guided therapy, MR temperature imaging and pre-clinical imaging novel early detection technologies
Osama R. Mawlawi, Ph.D.
Professor
Deputy Chair, Section Chief of Nuclear Medicine Physics
Research Interests: PET/CT image acquisition and formation, quantification accuracy in PET/CT imaging, motion artifacts in PET/CT imaging, kinetic modeling
Rose Delphin, M.S.
Department Administrator
Responsible for administrative operations for the department’s clinical, research and educational activities; ensures department compliance with institutional policies and processes
James Bankson, Ph.D.
Professor
Section Chief of Research
Magnetic Resonance Systems Lab
Small Animal Imaging Facility
Research Interests: Use of engineering principles (RF engineering, systems engineering, electromagnetics, signal, and image processing) to refine, optimize and extend methods to characterize disease non-invasively using magnetic resonance imaging, spectroscopy and spectroscopic imaging
Kristy K. Brock, Ph.D.
Professor
Director of the Image-Guided Therapy Program
Morfeus Lab
Research Interests: Investigating biomechanical models for image registration, image-guided therapy and therapy response assessment
Frank Dong, Ph.D.,
Professor
Section Chief of Radiological Physics
Research Interests: CT scanner performance, image quality evaluation and radiation dose reduction
Thomas K. Nishino, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Director of Clinical Operations
Research Interests: Developing automatic methods of evaluating and quantifying image quality in digital radiography, x-ray attenuation properties of materials for protecting surgeons during fluoroscopic procedures, and assessment of breast density using digital mammography and magnetic resonance imaging
Jeffrey H. Siewerdsen, Ph.D.
Professor, Imaging Physics and Neurosurgery
Director of Surgical Data Science Program, Institute for Data Science in Oncology (IDSO)
Research Interests: Image-guided surgery; CT and cone-beam CT; image registration; surgical robotics; image analysis; predictive modeling; surgical data science
Konstantin Sokolov, Ph.D.
Professor
Director of Education, Imaging Physics
Biomedical Optics & NanoDiagnostics (BOND) Lab
Research Interests: Applications of nanotechnology and biophotonics in early detection, diagnosis/prognosis and treatment of cancer
R. Jason Stafford, Ph.D.
Professor
Section Chief of Magnetic Resonance & Ultrasound Physics
Research Interests: MRI, image-guided interventions, image-guided therapy, thermal therapy
Clinical & Research Faculty
Moiz Ahmad, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Research Interests: Medical imaging instrumentation, imaging informatics, quality control informatics
Rachel Barbee, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Research Interests: Quantitative nuclear medicine imaging, radiopharmaceutical dosimetry, kinetic modeling.
Richard Bouchard, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Photoacoustic Imaging Research Lab
Research Interests: Clinical photoacoustic-ultrasonic (PAUS) and acoustic radiation force (ARF)-based elasticity imaging technologies, preclinical (i.e., murine model) PAUS imaging of molecular (i.e., nanoscale) theranostic probes
David Fuentes, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Computational Research Lab
Research Interests: Development, implementation, and validation of high-performance human-assisted computational tools for image-guided interventions
William R. Geiser, M.S., Senior Medical Physicist
Research Interests: Dosimetry in mammography, phantoms for FFDM, and breast tomosynthesis
Ping Hou, Ph.D., Professor
Research Interests: MRI, MRI pulse sequence design and implementation, perfusion imaging, functional MRI, MRI quality assurance
Ken-Pin Hwang, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Research Interests: MR for treatment planning, geometric accuracy and assessment for MRI, synthetic MR imaging, pulse sequence design, and image reconstruction
Megan Jacobsen, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Research Interests: Pre-clinical photon-counting detector CT imaging Imaging novel CT contrast agents
Aaron Kyle Jones, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Research Interests: Dosimetry for radiological imaging Protective garments Applications of dual-energy CT
S. Cheenu Kappadath, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Kappadath Lab
Research Interests: Advance clinical NM, PET, and CT imaging by applying physics, engineering, and mathematics. Specific topics include: liver-directed Yttrium-90 microsphere therapy; molecular breast imaging; quantitative imaging with SPECT, PET, and CT; and patient-specific dosimetry
Rick Layman, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Research Interests: CT, nuclear medicine, dual-energy CT, and quantitative imaging
Ho-Ling Anthony Liu, Ph.D., Professor
Research Interests: Quantitative MRI for characterizing tumor microenvironment, functional MRI for pre-surgical planning and intra-operative evaluation
Xinming Liu, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Research Interests: CT radiation dose management, CT protocol management and optimization, medical image quality measurement and evaluation, digital radiography and digital mammography, digital imaging detector techniques, biomedical instrumentation
Benjamin Lopez, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Jingfei Ma, Ph.D., Professor
Research Interests: Development of novel MRI pulse sequences and image reconstruction algorithms; clinical applications of MRI; quantitative MRI for cancer characterization and therapy assessment; methods for management of chemical shift, motion, and other artifacts in MRI
Ashley Makela, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Research Interest: Development and application of advanced molecular imaging technologies to visualize tumor biology, therapeutic delivery, and treatment response in vivo, with a focus on cancer metastasis, immunotherapy, and image-guided therapeutic development
Dmitry Nevozhay, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Research Interest: Development and application of nanoformulations as theranostic and contrast agents for tracking immunotherapy and cancer diagnostics (ultrasound, MRI); statistical approaches and computational algorithms for biomedical image processing; applications of synthetic biology in oncology and biomedical imaging
Juan Camilo Ocampo Ramos, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Research Interests: Dosimetry and radiological protection, with a focus on reference dosimetry and personalized dosimetry in nuclear medicine, including computational dosimetry, Monte Carlo simulation, computational phantoms, designing and engineering software
Tinsu Pan, Ph.D., Professor
Research Interests: Dynamic tumor imaging and cardiac imaging with PET/CT, low-dose lung screening with CT
John Rong, Ph.D., Professor
Research Interests: Evaluating/optimizing CT scanner performance and image quality and managing/optimizing CT clinical protocols for achieving patient radiation dose reduction
Jeffrey H. Siewerdsen, Ph.D., Professor
Research Interests: Image-guided surgery; CT and cone-beam CT; image registration; surgical robotics; image analysis; predictive modeling; surgical data science
Tien Tang, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Research Interests: Image-guided prediction models of treatment response and risk assessment, quantitative imaging, correlative pathology
Brian A. Taylor, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Research Interests: Advanced neuroimaging and quantitative MR imaging
Chris M. Walker, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Research Interests: Metabolic imaging through hyperpolarized MRI; analysis of clinical images in order to determine image quality or machine performance
Richard Wendt, III, Ph.D., Professor
Research Interests: Radiopharmaceutical internal dosimetry and beta-emitting brachytherapy; analysis of dynamic and multispectral datasets
Jia Wu, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Wu Laboratory
Research Interests: Artificial intelligence, tumor mMicroenvironment and imaging
Chengyue Wu, PhD., Assistant Professor
Computational Precision Oncology Lab
Research Interests: Image-guided digital twins, physics-informed computational modeling, quantitative imaging, image analysis
Joshua P. Yung, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Research Interests: Image processing and measuring for MRI quality assurance and control testing, development and use of MRI for monitoring and verification of ablative therapies
Joint, Adjunct & Visiting Faculty
Pratip Bhattacharya, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Cancer Systems Imaging
Sang Hyun Cho, Ph.D., Professor, Radiation Physics
Laurence Court, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Radiation Physics
David Jaffray, Ph.D., Chief Technology & Digital Officer, Professor, Radiation Physics
Simone Krebs, M.D., Associate Professor, Nuclear Medicine
Dawid Schellingerhout, M.D., Professor, Neuroradiology
Adjunct Faculty
George Kagadis, Ph.D., Associate Professor, University of Patras, Greece
Mia Markey, Ph.D., Professor, University of Texas - Austin
Tom Yankeelov, Ph.D., Professor, University of Texas - Austin
Sunil Krishnan, M.D., Professor, Radiation Oncology, UT Health Houston
Administration
Erica Cantu
Administrative Director, Grants & Sponsored Funding Programs
Kelly Horne
Administrative Director, Clinical Ops
Charles Kingsley
Manager, DI Operations, Small Animal Imaging Facility (SAIF)
Jeannette McGee
Education Program Manager
Jennifer Mosley
Research Lab Manager
Kari Savannah, Ph.D.
Program Director, Image Guided Cancer Therapy Program
Rosalind Thomas
Administrative Director, Administration