Lapi Research Group at the University of Alabama at Birmingham

Current Group Members

Suzanne Lapi, PhD

Director, Cyclotron Facility and Radiochemistry Laboratory

Director, Division of Advanced Medical Imaging Research

Associate Professor, Department of Radiology and Chemistry

Jennifer Burkemper, PhD

Research Associate 2015-Present

Ph.D. Washington University

Hailey Houson, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow 2018-Present

Ph.D. University of Oklahoma

Samuel Ferran

Chemistry Graduate Student 2016-Present

University of Alabama at Birmingham

Candace Parker

Chemistry GraduateStudent 2017- Present

University of Alabama at Birmingham

Sheila Bright

Researcher V

BS Biology, Miles College

Jose Blanco

Undergraduate Research Assistant

Chemistry, UAB

Jason Rider

Cyclotron Operator


Aaron Alford, PhD

Cyclotron Operator

Adriana Massicano, PhD

Research Associate 2016-Present

Ph.D. University of Sao Paulo

Christopher "Shaun" Loveless

Chemistry GraduateStudent 2015-Present

Washington University St. Louis

Maxwell Ducharme

Graduate Biomedical Sciences 2017- Present

University of Alabama at Birmingham

Jean-Pierre "JP" Appiah

Cyclotron Engineer Manager

Amber Judd

Program Administrator

Brian Brooks

Cyclotron Operator

Brian Wright, PhD

Research Associate 2015-Present

Ph.D. University of Akron

Jennifer Pyles

Chemistry Graduate Student 2018-Present

University of Alabama at Birmingham

Ivis Chaple

Graduate Biomedical Sciences 2016 - Present

University of Alabama at Birmingham

Solana Fernandez

Researcher III

BS Biological Engineering, Mississippi State

Dhruval Gadhia

Undergraduate Research Assistant

 UAB

                Charlotte Denise Jeffers , RPh, ANP

Director of Radiopharmaceutical Quality Assurance

Auburn University

Tyler Croft, PharmD, RPh

Nuclear Pharmacist

UAB Cyclotron Facility, UAB Nuclear Pharmacy