Carlotta Taddei, PhD
Dr. Carlotta Taddei completed her BSc (2011) in industrial chemistry at Università di Bologna (Bologna, Italy). In 2011 she joined the Advanced Spectroscopy in Chemistry master course and gained her MSc (2013) jointly from Université Lille 1 (Lille, France) and Universität Leipzig (Leipzig, Germany). She completed her PhD at King’s College London (London, United Kingdom) under the supervision of Prof. Antony D. Gee. Her doctoral research focused on the development of novel conversion methodologies of [
11C]carbon dioxide to [
11C]carbon monoxide mediated by fluoride-activated silanes in order to enhance the use of [
11C]carbon monoxide chemistry within the radiochemistry field. In addition, Dr. Taddei attended various hands-on radiochemistry workshops (e.g. fluorine-18 and zirconium-89 labeling) under the umbrella of the Marie Curie initial training network she was part of as an early stage researcher.
Fabrice Simeon, PhD
Dr. Fabrice Simeon, PhD is a Staff Scientist who joined the PET Radiopharmaceutical Sciences Section, Molecular Imaging Branch, National Institute of Mental Health as a Visiting Fellow in March 2003. He received his BSc (Organic Chemistry, 1993) and PhD (Synthetic Organic Chemistry, 1998) from the University of Caen, France. Dr. Simeon’s early research focused on the fast methods for the synthesis of organic molecules using either microwave irradiation or organometallic catalytic systems. Before joining the MIB in Bethesda, MD, he spent two years at the department of Life Sciences of the French Energy Atomic Commission (Cyceron, Caen) as a postdoctoral Chemist Engineer. During this period he was introduced to PET radiochemistry for imaging brain receptors. One of his first targets was the preparation and labeling with [11C]KCN of a high affinity ligand to the trypsine plasminogen activator (tPA) which is involved in the processes leading to cerebral ischemia.
Shuiyu Lu, PhD
Dr. Shuiyu Lu is a Staff Scientist (since June 2002) in the PET Radiopharmaceutical Sciences Section, Molecular Imaging Branch, National Institute of Mental Health. He received his BSc (Organic Chemistry, 1983) from Nanjing University, China and PhD (Synthetic Organic Polymer Chemistry, 1991) from the University of Manchester, England. He spent two-years at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland as a postdoctoral fellow. Dr. Lu’s early research focused on the formation and transformation of macromolecules. He became a Research Fellow at the Department of Chemistry, University of Surrey, England (1994-2002) where he was at the forefront to develop novel methodologies for the preparation and application of isotopically labeled compounds, both stable and radioactive. Notably he was leading the efforts to develop microwave-enhanced dueteriation/tritiation procedures, where microwave dielectric heating that transforms electromagnetic energy to heat provides direct access