Jacob Hooker
Jacob Hooker | |
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| Alma mater | North Carolina State University (BS) University of California, Berkeley (PhD) |
| Known for | Developed PET radiotracers for measuring biochemistry in the human brain |
| Awards | Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (2010) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Chemistry, neuroscience and drug development |
| Institutions | Harvard Medical School Massachusetts General Hospital |
| Doctoral advisor | Matthew Francis (Doctoral Advisor) Joanna Fowler (Postdoctoral Advisor) |
Jacob M. Hooker is an American chemist and expert in molecular imaging, specifically in the development and application of combined MRI and PET. He is the Lurie FamilyProfessor of Radiology specializing in Autism Research at Harvard Medical School. He also serves as a Phyllis and Jerome Lyle Rappaport MGH Research Scholar, director of radiochemistry at the Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging and scientific director at the Lurie Center for Autism at Massachusetts General Hospital.