Journal of Molecular Imaging & Dynamics
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Qi-Huang Zheng

Biography

Dr. Qi-Huang Zheng is an Associate Professor in the Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences at Indiana University School of Medicine He has received his BS Chemistry 19801984 and MS Chemistry 19841987 from Xiamen University China and PhD Chemistry 19871990 from Zhongshan University China He has pursued his postdoctoral research first at University of Chicago Chemistry 1994 then at Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis Chemistry 1994 and eventually at Indiana University Radiochemistry 19951997 He has received the China Young Chemist Prize in 1991; China Guangdong Province Science and Technology Progress Achievement Award in 1995; and Bioorganic Medicinal Chemistry Letters Most Cited Paper 20062009 Award in 2009 He is serving as an abstract reviewer for the Society of Nuclear Medicine Annual Meeting a manuscript reviewer for 34 scientific journals and a grant reviewer for 7 grant agencies/foundationsHe has published over 250 research and review articles meeting abstracts and book chapters.

Research Interest

Design, synthesis and biological evaluation of new radiopharmaceuticals (tumor, brain and heart imaging agents) for use in the biomedical imaging technique positron emission tomography (PET) to study tumor, brain and heart diseases Molecular imaging by PET and optical imaging, and nuclear medicine Biomarkers development Synthesis and radiolabeling of enzyme-based and receptor-based imaging agents Synthesis of anticancer drugs and radiosynthesis of cancer diagnostic agents Breast cancer detection and treatment PET brain radioligands.