Lab Members

Meet the Principal Investigator

Ralph P. Mason, Ph.D.

Ralph P. Mason, Ph.D.

Professor of Radiology
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Research Interests
Tumor Pathophysiology (Hypoxia; Blood Flow; pO2; pH, BOLD MRI); Multimodality Imaging: optical (BLI, FLI, CLI), PET, MRI; Reporter Molecules (pH, pO2, enzyme activity); 19F NMR; Novel Therapeutics; Vascular Disrupting Agents; Prostate, Lung, and Breast Cancers.

Faculty

Li Liu, Ph.D.

Li Liu, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Radiology
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Research Interests
Tumor pathophysiology, development and evaluation of novel therapeutics (vascular disrupting agents and heme targeting agents), breast, kidney, lung cancer

Postdoctoral Fellows

Bushra Afzal, Ph.D.

Bushra Afzal, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow
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Research Interests
Multimodality Imaging: optical (BLI, FLI, CLI), PET, MRI, Multispectral Optoacoustic Tomography; Nanoparticles

Tianyuan Wang, Ph.D.

Tianyuan Wang, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow
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Research Interests
Optimizing Therapeutic Strategies Against Lung Cancer using Multimodality Imaging.

Hashini Wanniarachchi, Ph.D.

Hashini Wanniarachchi, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow
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Research Interests
Near Infrared Spectroscopy of Human Brain Activity; Multispectral Optoacoustic Tomography and Bioluminescence.

Staff

Lorena Arango, B.S.

Lorena Arango, B.S.

Lab Manager
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Priya Periyanan, M.S.

Priya Periyanan, M.S.

Research Associate
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Ricardo Rayas, B.S.

Research Assistant II
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Melody Reeves

Melody Reeves

Sr. Administrative Assistant
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