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Phone: (631) 344-3715
Fax: (631) 344-2358
Mail address: Bldg. 490

David Schlyer

Senior Scientist


Telephone:  (631) 344-4587
Fax:    (631) 344-5815
e-mail: schlyer@bnl.gov

See Also:
Radiotracer Chemistry and Neuroimaging

Research Interests

  • Cyclotron targetry development; nuclear cross-section measurement; Biomedical imaging technology

 Education & Concurrent Positions

  • B.S. University of California, Riverside, 1971
  • Ph.D. University of California, San Diego, 1976
  • Research Associate, Brookhaven National Laboratory, 1976-1978
  • Assistant Chemist, BNL, 1979-1981
  • Associate Chemist, BNL, 1981
  • Research Chemist, The Cyclotron Corporation, Berkeley, CA, 1981-1982
  • Department Head, King Faisal Specialist Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 1983-1985
  • Chemist, Brookhaven National Laboratory, 1985-2003
  • Adjunct Professor, Biomedical Engineering Department, SUNY, Stony Brook,2000-present
  • Chemist with tenure, Chemistry and Medical Departments, Brookhaven National Laboratory, 2003-present
  • Senior Chemist with tenure, Medical Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory 2007-present

Selected Publications

  • Biegon A., Kim S.W., Alexoff D.L., Jayne M., Carter P., Hubbard B., King P., Logan J., Muench L., Pareto D., Schlyer D., Shea C., Telang F., Wang G.J., Xu Y., and Fowler J.S.
    Unique distribution of aromatase in the human brain: in vivo studies with PET and [N-methyl-11C]vorozole.
    Synapse, 64(11):801-807 (2010).  PubMed
  • Woody C., Schlyer D., Vaska P., Tomasi D., Solis-Najera S., Rooney W., Pratte J.F., Junnarkar S., Stoll S., Master Z., Purschke M., Park S.J., Southekal S., Kriplani A., Krishnamoorthy S., Maramraju S., O'Connor P. and Radeka V.
    Preliminary studies of a simultaneous PET/MRI scanner based on the RatCAP small animal tomograph.
    Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, 571(1-2):102-105 (2007).
  • Woody C., Vaska P. Schlyer D., Pratte J.F., Junnarkar S., Park S.J., Stoll S., Purschke M., Southekal S., Kriplani A., Krishnamoorthy S., Maramraju S., Lee D., Schiffer W., Dewey S., Neill J., Kandasamy A., O'Connor P., Radeka V., Fontaine R. and Lecomte R.
    Initial studies using the RatCAP conscious animal PET tomograph.
    Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, 571(1-2):14-17 (2007).
  • Shokouhi S., Vaska P., Schlyer D.J., Stoll S.P., Villanueva A. Jr., Kriplani A. and Woody C.L.
    System performance Simulations of the RatCAP awake rat brain scanner.
    IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, Vol. 52 Issue 5 Part 1 :1305-1310 (2005).
  • Woody C.L., Stoll S.P., Schlyer D.J., Shokouhi S., Gerasimov M.
    An Intracerebral Beta Microprobe for Studying Radiotracer Kinetics in Freely Moving Animals.
    IEEE Conference Proceedings, (2000).
  • Firouzbakht M.L., Schlyer D.J., Ferrieri R.A., Wolf A.P. and Fowler J.S.
    Mechanism of Nitrogen-13 Labeled Ammonia Formation in a Cryogenic Water Target.
    Nuclear Medicine and Biology, 26(4):437-441 (1999).  PubMed
  • Firouzbakht M.L. , Schlyer D.J., Gatley S.J. and Wolf A.P.
    A Cryogenic Solid Target for the Production of [ 18 F]Fluoride from Enriched [ 18 O]Carbon Dioxide.
    Int. J. Appl. Radiat. Isot., 44:1081-1084 (1993).

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