The EXPLORER consortium involves numerous researchers, engineers, and clinical imaging personnel, from several institutions including UC Davis, U Penn, and our industry partners.

Project Leaders

Ramsey Badawi, Ph.D.

  • Professor | University of California, Davis
  • Co-director, EXPLORER Molecular Imaging Center, UC Davis Health

Lorenzo Nardo, M.D., Ph.D.

  • Professor I University of California, Davis
  • Co-director | EXPLORER Molecular Imaging Center, UC Davis Health

Benjamin Spencer, Ph.D.

  • Assistant Professor | University of California Davis
  • Technical Director | EXPLORER Molecular Imaging Center (EMIC)

Guobao Wang, Ph.D.

  • Professor
  • Director of Kinetic Modeling Services, EXPLORER Molecular Imaging Center
  • University of California, Davis

UC Davis Biomedical Engineering and Radiology Team Members

UC Davis Clinical and Research Imaging Team

UC Davis Radiology Research Support

UC Davis CT Physics Team

University of Pennsylvania Team Members

Pre-clinical Imaging and Mini-EXPLORER Imaging Teams

Abhijit Chaudhari

  • Leader of Pre-clinical and Mini-EXPLORER I
  • (Primate Center) imaging team

Alice Tarantal

  • (California National Primate Imaging Center) Primate Imaging

Erik Wisner

  • (UC Davis Veterinary Medicine) Companion Animal Imaging

Allison Zwingenberger

  • Leader of Pre-clinical and Mini-EXPLORER II
  • (UC Davis Veterinary Medicine) imaging team

Former Members