Leading experts in Molecular Imaging and Nuclear Medicine advising MILabs

Prof. Otto C. Boerman

Otto C. Boerman studied Chemistry at the University of Nijmegen where he also was a junior investigator at the Department of Cell Biology. As a fellow of the Dutch Cancer Society he worked at the Center for Molecular Medicine and Immunology in Newark (NJ) and at the Biological Response Modifiers Program of the National Institutes of Health in Frederick (MD).His preclinical research group in Nijmegen focuses on radionuclide imaging and therapy with radiolabeled peptides and antibodies. He is a member of the editorial board of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine and The European Journal of Nuclear Medicine & Molecular Imaging. He is a (co-)author of more than 300 peer reviewed scientific publications.

Prof. Rudi A. Dierckx

Rudi Dierckx heads the Department Head of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging  at the University Medical Center of Groningen (UMCG). His research is focused on the development of new nuclear imaging methods and radiopharmaceuticals, and the evaluation of existing procedures. Next to being specialized in Nuclear Medicine Prof. Dierckx is also a trained Neuropsychiatrist and has a Master’s degree in Business Administration.

Prof. Sanjiv Gambhir

Sanjiv Gambhir is the Director of the Molecular Imaging Program at Stanford, Division Chief of the Nuclear Medicine Program, and Professor of Radiology & Bioengineering at Stanford. Professor Gambhir is internationally recognized as a leader in the field of molecular imaging. His laboratory has developed fundamental new ways to image living subjects including methods to image gene expression and cell trafficking. He has developed methods to image signal transduction pathways including protein-protein interactions and other fundamental cellular events. He has translated novel molecular imaging strategies using reporter genes for pilot trials. He played a major role in obtaining reimbursement for FDG PET from the Centers for Medicare and Medical Services.

Prof. Vesna Sossi

Vesna Sossi is a Professor in the Physics and Astronomy Department at the University of British Columbia (UBC) and Director of the UBC Positron Emission Tomography imaging group. Her research is focused on quantitative PET imaging, algorithms and data modelling and interpretation, with emphasis on neurodegeneration in humans and small animal models of disease. Her work on Molecular Imaging (in particular PET) and application to unravel mechanisms of Parkinson Disease is recognized world wide e.g. through widely cited publications in Science and high ranked imaging and neuroscience journals.

Prof. Max A. Viergever

Max Viergever is Director of the Research School for Biomedical Image Sciences of the University Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands. Professor Viergever has a mathematics background and has been the Editor-in-Chief of the highest ranking journal for image processing, mathematics and physics applied to Medical Imaging: IEEE Transactions in Medical Imaging.