Personnel & Organization
Members of the Cyclotron & Radiochemistry Program and of Nuclear Medicine Division at the facility’s groundbreaking ceremony on November 22, 2013. Construction of the facility took less than a year and was completed on November 18, 2014.
Faculty
Xiankai Sun, Ph.D.
- Professor of Radiology
- Director
Marianna Dakanali, Ph.D.
- Assistant Professor of Radiology
- Regulatory Affairs Officer
Guiyang Hao, Ph.D.
- Assistant Professor of Radiology
- Chief Radiochemist
Dana Mathews, M.D., Ph.D.
- Professor of Radiology
- Director, Clinical Research and Development
Aditi Mulgaonkar, Ph.D.
- Instructor
- Assistant Regulatory Affairs Officer
- Cyclotron Research Project Coordinator
Staff
Postdoctoral Researchers
Sashi Debnath, Ph.D.
Paulina Gonzalez, Ph.D.
Jimmy Huang, Ph.D.
Staff
Teresa Chavez
- Senior Administrative Assistant
Bob Hallgren
- Cyclotron Facility Manager
Seongjeong Jung, B.S.
- Research Assistant
- Quality Control Technician
Philip Kircher, B.S.
- Research Technician
Jenelle Pennington, B.S.
- Research Assistant
Arturo Velazquez, B.S.
- Research Assistant
Cheng-Yang Wu, Ph.D.
- Senior Research Associate
Ning Zhou, Ph.D.
- Senior Research Associate
- Research Radiochemist
Supporting Faculty & Staff
Jon Anderson, Ph.D.
- Professor of Radiology
- Director of Clinical Medical Physics
Sylvia Revell, CRM, CHES, RSO
- Director, Business Continuity/Radiation Safety Program
Committees
Steering Committee
The Steering Committee is composed of leading investigators from the major user groups identified for the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas Cyclotron Grant application. Its responsibilities include:
- Provide scientific oversight of the Cyclotron and Radiochemistry Program
- Meet with the governance body to review the progress of radiotracer production and delivery in previous years and set the priorities for radiotracer production and development in coming years
- Review the progress of radiotracer production and delivery
- Facilitate scientific integration of on-campus research activities with the existing preclinical or human PET imaging capabilities
- Assist the cyclotron team in working with faculty users to maximize efficient use of the facility and with the UT Southwestern administration to address structural and operational needs.
| Neil M. Rofsky, M.D. (Chair) | Professor and Chair of Radiology |
| Orhan Öz, M.D., Ph.D. | Professor of Radiology Co-Director of Preclinical Nuclear Imaging Laboratory |
| Stephen Skapek, M.D. | Professor of Pediatrics & Cancer Biology Chair of Pediatric Oncology Research |
| Ralph DeBerardinis, M.D., Ph.D. | Professor of Pediatrics & Genetics Chair of Pediatrics Director of the Genetic & Metabolic Disease Program |
| Gerald Greil, M.D., Ph.D. | Professor of Pediatrics Chief of Pediatric Cardiology, Children's Medical Center, Dallas |