NIH Postdoctoral Fellow New Mexico State University 1971-1974

Ph.D. (Chemistry): Kansas State University 1971

B.Sc. : Wisconsin State University

Research Interests

Biomedical magnetic resonance techniques, applications of 13C & 1H NMR to study intermediary metabolism, hyperpolarized 13C probes for metabolic imaging and lanthanide-based MRI contrast agents, biologically responsive imaging agents and lanthanide-macrocyclic complexes.

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Ph.D. (Organic/ Bioinorganic Chemistry): Louisiana State University 1980-1984

B.Sc. : University of Central Florida 1976-1979

Research Interests

Organic and bio-inorganic chemistry of metal ions complexes relevant to medical applications including:

• The design and synthesis of bifunctional chelating agents for diagnostics and therapy;
• development of tissue-specific chelates for magnetic resonance imaging;
• structural relationships between metal-based pharmaceutical agents and receptor targets.

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Ph.D. (Chemistry): The University of Texas at Dallas 2013-2018

M.Sc.  : Sam Houston State University 2011-2013

B.Sc.  : Institue of Chemistry Ceylon, Sri Lanka 2005-2009

Research Interest

Design, synthesize and characterization of physicochemical, biological properties of novel MRI contrast agents for in-vivo imaging of pH and metal ions involves in cellular activities.

NMR guru, CEST imaging and spectroscopy, 13C NMR and metabolism in isolated perfused tissues.

Improving the effectiveness of gadolinium-based MRI contrast agents