Preclinical Imaging Laboratory Staff
NYU Langone’s Preclinical Imaging Laboratory staff comprises researchers who provide expertise to partnering investigators.
Youssef Zaim Wadghiri, PhD
Director and Associate Professor of Radiology
Specialization: molecular and cellular microimaging and design of instrumentation and MRI radiofrequency probes
Orlando Aristizábal, MPhil
Assistant Director and Senior Research Scientist
Specialization: ultrasound, MRI, bioluminescence- and fluorescence-imaging instrumentation, acquisition, and quantitative analysis
Jairo Baquero-Buitrago, MSc
Lab
Manager, PET Radiochemistry and preclinical imaging
Specialization: PET and CT imaging, bioluminescence and fluorescence imaging, animal handling, and molecular biology
Zakia Ben Youss Gironda
Lab Assistant
Specialization: instrumentation and acquisition; radio frequency probe simulation and design, acquisition; and setup and holder design
Lindsay K. Hill, BSc
MD/PhD Candidate
Specialization: MRI, bioluminescence- and fluorescence-imaging acquisition and image analysis, animal handling, and surgical expertise
Dung Minh Hoang, PhD
Technical Manager and Research Scientist
Specialization: MRI; computer, electrical, and mechanical engineering; instrumentation and acquisition; radio frequency probe simulation and design, acquisition, and quantitative analysis; and setup and holder design
Paramesh Karandikar
Undergraduate Intern
Specialization: MRI, bioluminescence and fluorescence imaging, animal handling, and contrast agent synthesis
Choong H. Lee, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Specialization: MRI pulse-sequence design, acquisition, and quantitative analysis
Jean Logan, PhD
Senior Research Scientist
Specialization: PET and CT modeling and kinetic analysis of PET data
Noeen Malik, PhD
Associate Research Scientist
Specialization: PET and CT radiotracers for in vivo imaging
Sebastian Mendoza, BSc
Senior Research Technician
Specialization: PET, CT, and MRI acquisition and image analysis, animal handling, and surgical expertise
Orin Mishkit, BSc
Specialization: MRI, bioluminescence and fluorescence imaging, animal handling, and contrast agent synthesis
Dina Ramadane, MSc
Assistant Research Scientist
Specialization: MRI acquisition, quantitative analysis, setup and holder design
Nicholas Ramos
PET Radiochemistry
Specialization: PET and CT imaging, animal handling
James A. Tranos
Undergraduate Intern
Specialization: MRI and quantitative analysis
Jin Zhang, PhD
Associate Research Scientist
Specialization: MRI and modeling pulse-sequence design, acquisition, and quantitative analysis
Affiliated Faculty with Preclinical Imaging Expertise
Giuseppe Carlucci, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Radiology
Specialization: PET and CT radiotracers for in vivo imaging
Yu-Shin Ding, PhD
Professor, Department of Radiology
Specialization: PET and CT radiotracers for in vivo imaging
Sungheon "Gene" Kim, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Radiology
Specialization: breast imaging
Guillaume Madelin, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Radiology
Specialization: multinuclear MRI and non-Cartesian sampling
Colin K. Phoon, MD
Associate Professor, Department of Radiology
Specialization: high-frequency ultrasound imaging and fetal echocardiography
Jose M. Raya, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Radiology
Specialization: quantitative methods for musculoskeletal molecular imaging
Ravinder Regatte, PhD
Professor, Department of Radiology
Specialization: quantitative multinuclear musculoskeletal imaging
Amparo Ruiz, BS
Research Scientist
Specialization: molecular imaging
Jiangyang Zhang, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Radiology
Specialization: in vivo microimaging of brain development and injury
Preclinical Imaging Laboratory Advisory Committee
Our advisory committee is composed of members of NYU Langone leadership and meets semi-annually to review the following:
- usage statistics
- budget and financial oversight
- hardware performance status and integration with other technologies
- scientific performance and productivity, including grant funding and the number of abstracts and papers emerging from the use of our instruments
- outreach to possible new users
Our lab director is a nonvoting member of the committee, as is required by the National Institutes of Health funding guidelines on shared instrumentation and resources.
Frank Donno
Divisional Administrator, Radiology Research, NYU Center for Advanced Imaging Innovation and Research
Zahi A. Fayad, PhD
Professor, Departments of Radiology, Medicine, and Cardiology; and Director, Translational and Molecular Imaging Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Eva Hernando-Monge, PhD
Associate Professor and Vice Chair for Science, Department of Pathology
Co-director, Medical Scientist Training Program
David E. Levy, PhD
The Dr. Louis A. Schneider Professor of Molecular Pathology, Department of Pathology
Professor, Department of Microbiology
Colin K. Phoon, MD
Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Director, Pediatric and Fetal Echocardiography Lab
