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Youngho Seo, PhD

Youngho Seo, PhD

Professor in Residence

Youngho Seo, PhD, is a Professor, Director of Nuclear Imaging Physics, and Program Director of the Master of Science in Biomedical Imaging (MSBI) graduate program in the Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, Faculty at the Bakar Computational Health Sciences Institute, Program Member of the Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), Professor in the Department of Nuclear Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley, Faculty of the UC Berkeley - UCSF Bioengineering Graduate Program, and Physicist Faculty Scientist

Current Academic Members of the UCSF PRL (as of August 2025)
  • Uttam Shrestha, PhD (2012-)
  • Shixian Du, MS (2023-)
  • Biswajit Das, PhD (2024-)
  • Naryman Lounici, BS (2025-)
  • Jimmy Xu, BS (2025-)
  • Sangho Lee, MS (2025-)
  • Jenny Szu, BS (2024-)
  • Kailey Choi (2025-)
  • Hannah Kim (2025-)
  • Omar Pena (2023-)
  • Wenjo Lai (2025-)
  • Maria Zaragoza, BS (2025-)
  • Makaha Morishita (2025-)
Previous Members of the Lab
  • Yirang Wang, PhD (postdoctoral scholar, 2024-25)
  • Baharak Mehrdel, PhD (postdoctoral scholar, 2023-25)
  • Robin Peter, PhD (UCB PhD student, 2020-25)
  • Javier Caravaca, PhD (professional researcher, 2020-24)
  • Rebecca Shuere, BA (SRA, 2022-24)
  • Ryan Tang, BA (SRA, 2020-24)
  • Yifan Zheng, PhD (UCB PhD student, 2018-23)
  • Olexiy Dvornikov, PhD (postdoctoral scholar, 2023)
  • Jaewon Yang, PhD (specialist, 2014-22)
  • Mahsa Torkaman, PhD (associate specialist, 2020-21)
  • Bishal Upadhyaya, MS (USCF MSBI student and SRA, 2020)
  • Yoonsuk Huh, PhD (postdoctoral scholar, 2018-21)
  • Sally Ji Who Kim, PhD (associate specialist, 2019-20)
  • Yingxin Kang (UCB undergraduate student, 2018-19)
  • Yixin Chen, BS (UCB undergraduate student, 2018-19)
  • Boyu Pang, BS (UCB undergraduate student, 2017-19)
  • Yiming Ding (UCB undergraduate student, 2017-18)
  • Tony Huynh, BS (SRA, 2016-20)
  • Gengbo Liu, PhD (FIT PhD student, 2016-19)
  • Arpita Singhal (UCB undergraduate student, 2016-19)
  • Matthew Zhao, BS (UCB undergraduate student, 2016-19)
  • Shih-Ying "Clare" Huang, PhD (associate specialist, 2011-18)
  • Nathaniel Jenkins, MS (UCSF MSBI graduate, 2014-16)
  • Joon-Young Choi, MD, PhD (visiting scholar, 2015-16)
  • Srijeeta Bagchi, PhD (associate specialist, 2013-16)
  • Sang-Keun Woo, PhD (visiting scholar, 2014-15)
  • Justin Ellin, BS (junior specialist, 2013-15)
  • Melanie Regan, BS (SRA, 2013-15)
  • Liza Polyudova (UCB undergraduate student, 2014)
  • Nicholas Tran, BS (UCSF MSBI student, 2014)
  • Bess-Carolina Dolmo, PhD (postdoctoral scholar, 2014)
  • Niraj Amalkanti (UCB undergraduate student, 2013-14)
  • Shaoji Li (UCB undergraduate student, 2013)
  • Duy Le (UCB undergraduate student, 2013)
  • Rupinder Chandi, MS (UCSF MSBI student, 2013)
  • Madhav Agrawal, BS (UCSF MSBI student, 2013)
  • Caleb Tam, BS (UCSF MSBI student, 2013)
  • Jennifer Chunchen Lin, PhD (associate specialist, 2013)
  • Tzu-Cheng "Efren" Lee, MS (UCSF MSBI student, 2012-13)
  • Phoebe Lin (UCB undergraduate student, 2012-13 )
  • Fares Alhassen, PhD (associate specialist, 2009-13)
  • Jason Bowen, PhD (associate specialist, 2008-12)
  • Andrew Hernandez, BS (UCB undergraduate student, 2011-12)
  • Gad Harry (Tuskegee University undergraduate student, 2012)
  • Henry Hailei Wang (UCB undegraduate student, 2011-12)
  • Sangtaek Kim, PhD (associate specialist, 2008-11)
  • George Sayre, PhD (postdoctoral scholar, 2008-11)
  • Celeste Winant, PhD (associate specialist, 2007-10)
  • Scott Wilson (UCB undergraduate student, 2011)
  • Stephanie Taylor, BA (SRA, 2010-13)
  • Yizhe Yang (UCB undergraduate student, 2010)
  • Bo Zheng (UCB/UCSF Bioengineering graduate student, 2010)
  • Hilla Wahnishe, BS (SRA, 2009-10)
  • Shi Hang Lee (UCB undergraduate student, 2008)
  • Bret van den Akker (UCB Nuclear Engineering graduate student, 2007-08)
  • Kestutis Sinkunas (UCB Nuclear Engineering graduate student, 2006-07)
Primary Collaborating Institutions and Industry Partners
  • Brookhaven National Laboratory
  • Florida Institute of Technology
  • HealthCare
  • KAIST
  • Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
  • Massachusetts General Hospital
  • Siemens Healthineers
  • TF Instruments
  • University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
  • Voximetry
Recent Vistors

We welcome visitors to our laboratory. Please contact faculty PIs for the opportunity. The list of recent visitors who performed research at our laboratory includes:

  • Sangho Lee, MS from KAIST (2024-25)
  • Seo Yun Jang, BS from KAIST (2024)
  • Gyohyeok Song, MS from KAIST (2024)
  • Weijie Tao, BS from Shangi Jiao Tong University (2019-20)
  • Xinwei Li from Shanghai Jiao Tong University (2017)
  • Joon-Young Choi, MD, PhD from Samsung Medical Center and Sungkyunkwan University (2015-2016)
  • Sang-Keun Woo, PhD from Korea Institute of Radiological & Medical Sciences (2014-2015)
  • Sihao Zhang from Tsinghua University (2014)
  • Chang-Lae Lee, BS from Yonsei University in South Korea (2009-2010)
  • Hyo-Min Cho, MS from Yonsei University in South Korea (2009-2010)
  • Hee-Joung Kim, PhD from Yonsei University in South Korea (2009-2010)
  • Juan José Vaquero López, PhD from Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón and Unidad de Medicina y Cirugía Experimental, Madrid, Spain (2009)

 

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