Faculty and Researchers

Frederic Bois

Associate Research Scientist in Psychiatry

Richard Carson

Professor of Diagnostic Radiology and of Biomedical Engineering
Director, Yale PET Center
Director of Graduate Studies, Biomedical Engineering

Research Interests:Positron emission tomography (PET) modeling and physics; Tracer kinetic modeling methods and parametric imaging techniques for PET tracers; Application of receptors ligands to assess neurotransmitter dynamic; 3D and 4D PET image reconstruction; Medical imaging

David Cheng

Associate Professor of Diagnostic Radiology
Chief, Nuclear Medicine
Director, Nuclear Medicine Fellowship Program
Co-Medical Director, Yale University PET Center

Research Interests:Molecular imaging

Kelly Cosgrove

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, of Diagnostic Radiology and of Neurobiology

Research Interests:Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography; Positron Emission Tomography; Neuroimaging; Alcohol Dependence; Tobacco Smoking; Nicotine Dependence; Brain; nicotinic acetylcholine receptor; GABAA-benzodiazepine receptor; Sex differences

Irina Esterlis

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and of Diagnostic Radiology

Research Interests:Neuroreceptor imaging; mood disorders; tobacco addiction

Jean-Dominique Gallezot

Associate Research Scientist in Diagnostic Radiology

Yiyun Huang

Associate Professor of Diagnostic Radiology
Co-Director of Yale PET Center & Director of Chemistry

Research Interests:PET Radiochemistry, PET Radiotracer Development, Preclinical PET Imaging, Clinical PET Imaging, Application of PET Imaging in Drug Development

Alexander Karpikov

Associate Research Scientist in Diagnostic Radiology and Assistant In Instruction in Mechanical Engineering

David Labaree

Associate Research Scientist in Diagnostic Radiology

Keunpoong Lim

Associate Research Scientist in Diagnostic Radiology

Chi Liu

Assistant Professor of Diagnostic Radiology and of Biomedical Engineering

Research Interests:Quantitative PET/CT and SPECT/CT for cardiology and oncology applications, including image reconstruction algorithms, quantitative data correction, respiratory and cardiac motion compensation, dynamic imaging, and translational imaging.

Evan Morris

Associate Professor of Diagnostic Radiology, of Biomedical Engineering and of Psychiatry
Co-director for Imaging, Yale PET Center

Research Interests:kinetic modeling; parameter estimation; parametric imaging; dopamine; reward; drug occupancy; drug abuse; alcoholism; Parkinson's disease

Mika Naganawa

Associate Research Scientist in Diagnostic Radiology

Jim Ropchan

Associate Research Scientist in Diagnostic Radiology

Wendol Williams

Instructor in Diagnostic Radiology

Ming-Qiang Zheng

Associate Research Scientist in Diagnostic Radiology