People

(Javier, Alex, Tommy, Debasis, Valerie, Youngho, Yifan, Robin, Shixian, and Baharak (from left to right) - PRL Group Picture in August 2023)

 

PRL Group Pictures in Recent Years

Faculty and Principal Investigators

Youngho Seo, PhD
Professor
[email protected]

Grant Gullberg, PhD
Professor
[email protected]

Javier Caravaca, PhD
Associate Professional Researcher
[email protected]

Current Academic Members of the UCSF PRL (as of September 2023)

  • Uttam Shrestha, PhD (2012-)
  • Robin Peter, BS (2020-)
  • Baharak Mehrdel, PhD (2023-)
  • Shixian Du, MS (2023-)

Previous Members of the Lab

  • Yifan Zheng, PhD (2018-23)
  • Olexiy Dvornikov, PhD (2023)
  • Jaewon Yang, PhD (specialist, 2014-22)
  • Mahsa Torkaman, PhD (associate specialist, 2020-21)
  • Bishal Upadhyaya, MS (UCSF MSBI graduate, 2020)
  • Yoonsuk Huh, PhD (postdoctoral scholar, 2018-21)
  • Sally Ji Who Kim, PhD (associate specialist, 2019-20)
  • Yingxin Kang (UCB undergraduate student, 2018-19)
  • Yixin Chen, BS (UCB undergraduate student, 2018-19)
  • Boyu Pang, BS (UCB undergraduate student, 2017-19)
  • Yiming Ding (UCB undergraduate student, 2017-18)
  • Gengbo Liu, PhD (FIT PhD student, 2016-19)
  • Arpita Singhal (UCB undergraduate student, 2016-19)
  • Matthew Zhao, BS (UCB undergraduate student, 2016-19)
  • Shih-Ying "Clare" Huang, PhD (associate specialist, 2011-18)
  • Nathaniel Jenkins, MS (UCSF MSBI graduate, 2014-16)
  • Joon-Young Choi, MD, PhD (visiting scholar, 2015-16)
  • Srijeeta Bagchi, PhD (associate specialist, 2013-16)
  • Sang-Keun Woo, PhD (visiting scholar, 2014-15)
  • Justin Ellin, BS (junior specialist, 2013-15)
  • Liza Polyudova (UCB undergraduate student, 2014)
  • Nicholas Tran, BS (UCSF MSBI student, 2014)
  • Bess-Carolina Dolmo, PhD (postdoctoral scholar, 2014)
  • Niraj Amalkanti (UCB undergraduate student, 2013-14)
  • Shaoji Li (UCB undergraduate student, 2013)
  • Duy Le (UCB undergraduate student, 2013)
  • Rupinder Chandi, MS (UCSF MSBI student, 2013)
  • Madhav Agrawal, BS (UCSF MSBI student, 2013)
  • Caleb Tam, BS (UCSF MSBI student, 2013)
  • Jennifer Chunchen Lin, PhD (associate specialist, 2013)
  • Tzu-Cheng "Efren" Lee, MS (UCSF MSBI student, 2012-13)
  • Phoebe Lin (UCB undergraduate student, 2012-13 )
  • Fares Alhassen, PhD (associate specialist, 2009-13)
  • Jason Bowen, PhD (associate specialist, 2008-12)
  • Andrew Hernandez, BS (UCB undergraduate student, 2011-12)
  • Gad Harry (Tuskegee University undergraduate student, 2012)
  • Henry Hailei Wang (UCB undegraduate student, 2011-12)
  • Sangtaek Kim, PhD (associate specialist, 2008-11)
  • George Sayre, PhD (postdoctoral scholar, 2008-11)
  • Celeste Winant, PhD (associate specialist, 2007-10)
  • Scott Wilson (UCB undergraduate student, 2011)
  • Yizhe Yang (UCB undergraduate student, 2010)
  • Bo Zheng (UCB/UCSF Bioengineering graduate student, 2010)
  • Shi Hang Lee (UCB undergraduate student, 2008)
  • Bret van den Akker (UCB Nuclear Engineering graduate student, 2007-08)
  • Kestutis Sinkunas (UCB Nuclear Engineering graduate student, 2006-07)

Recent Visitors

We welcome visitors to our laboratory. Please contact faculty PIs for the opportunity. The list of recent visitors who performed research at our laboratory includes:

  • Weijie Tao, BS from Shangi Jiao Tong University (2019-20)
  • Xinwei Li from Shanghai Jiao Tong University (2017)
  • Joon-Young Choi, MD, PhD from Samsung Medical Center and Sungkyunkwan University (2015-2016)
  • Sang-Keun Woo, PhD from Korea Institute of Radiological & Medical Sciences (2014-2015)
  • Sihao Zhang from Tsinghua University in China (2014)
  • Chang-Lae Lee, BS from Yonsei University in South Korea (2009-2010)
  • Hyo-Min Cho, MS from Yonsei University in South Korea (2009-2010)
  • Hee-Joung Kim, PhD from Yonsei University in South Korea (2009-2010)
  • Juan José Vaquero López, PhD from Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón and Unidad de Medicina y Cirugía Experimental, Madrid, Spain (2009)

Primary Collaborating Institutions and Industry Partners

  • University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
  • Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
  • Brookhaven National Laboratory
  • TF Instruments
  • Ziteo Medical
  • GE Healthcare
  • Siemens Healthineers
  • Massachusetts General Hospital
  • Shanghai Jiao Tong University
  • Florida Institute of Technology

Graduate Students/Postdoctoral Fellowship Opportunities

  • Interested postdoctoral candidates should contact our faculty PIs for current opportunities.
  • Interested undergraduate, graduate, or medical students and diagnostic radiology/nuclear medicine residents/fellows should contact our faculty PIs for potential research inquiries.
  • Our laboratory accepts PhD students from UC Berkeley Nuclear Engineering. 
  • Our laboratory accepts rotation and PhD students from UCSF/UC Berkeley Joint Graduate Group in Bioengineering.