Author: Weibo Cai

Dr. Weibo Cai is an Assistant Professor of Radiology, Medical Physics, and Biomedical Engineering at the University of Wisconsin – Madison. After receiving a Ph D degree in Chemistry from UCSD in 2004, Dr. Cai did his post-doctoral research at the Molecular Imaging Program at Stanford University. In February 2008, Dr. Cai joined the University of Wisconsin – Madison as a Biomedical Engineering Cluster Hire, and his research is focused on molecular imaging and nanotechnology (http://mi.wisc.edu/). Dr. Cai has authored >120 peer-reviewed articles (total citation: >6, 000; H-index: 39), >10 book chapters, and guest-edited many special topic issues for peer-reviewed journals. Dr. Cai has served on the Editorial Board of >20 journals, performed peer-review for >100 journals, participated in many grant review panels, chaired many sessions of international conferences, among others. Dr. Cai is currently the Executive Editor of the American Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (http://www.ajnmmi.us). Dr. Cai has received many prestigious awards, including the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) Young Professionals Committee Best Basic Science Award (2007), European Association of Nuclear Medicine Springer Prize (2011), American Cancer Society Research Scholar (2013-2017), among many others. Trainees in the Cai group at UW – Madison have received >20 Awards, including a 2012 SNMMI Berson-Yalow Award, 2012 SNMMI Radiopharmaceutical Sciences Council Young Investigator Award, 2013 SNMMI Cardiovascular Council Young Investigator Award, DOD BCRP Post-doctoral Fellowship (2011-2014), and ~10 travel awards to international scientific conferences.