Young Academics Inventor's Award Recipients
2018
Amirhossein Goldan, Ph.D.,
(Ph.D. 2011, Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Waterloo, Canada;
Postdoctoral Research, Natural Sciences and Eng. Research Council of Canada, 2014-2016).
For his innovative development and fabrication of medical imaging detectors for positron
emission tomography (PET) and digital mammography.
Dr. Amirhossein Goldanis currently a Research Assistant Professor of Radiology at
Stony Brook University School of Medicine. Dr. Goldan is working on the development
and fabrication of medical imaging detectors for positron emission tomography (PET)
and digital mammography. He received his. B.A.S.(2005) and M.A.S.(2007) degree in
electrical engineering from Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, BC, Canada, Ph.D.
(2011) in electrical and computer engineering from the University of Waterloo, Canada.
Dr. Goldan has extensive experience in amorphous selenium (a-Se) devices and has co-invented,
developed and fabricated a number of different direct and indirect detector technologies.
He has successfully built the first a-Se UTD detector using the patented field-shaping
multi-well technology and demonstrated more than two orders-of-magnitude improvement
in temporal performance.
Ming-Yu Ngai, Ph.D., (Ph.D. 2008, Chemistry, Univ. of Texas, Austin; Postdoctoral Research, Stanford Univ. 2009-2011; Harvard Univ. 2011-2013) For his inventions of highly efficient synthetic methods for pharmaceuticals and agrochemicals, as well as radiopharmaceuticals for PET imaging . Dr. Ngai is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry. Dr. Ngai’s research focuses on developing novel and practical synthetic methodologies to address unmet challenges in organic synthesis and medicinal chemistry, and (ii) identifying and developing new radiotracers for Positron Emission Tomography (PET) imaging to elucidate disease mechanisms, identify drug targets, assess treatment efficacy, and accelerate drug discovery and development. Dr. Ngai’s research interests are multidisciplinary, covering organic and organometallic chemistry, photochemistry, radiochemistry, and biomedical imaging. Dr. Ngai received his Ph.D. (2008) in Chemistry from University of Texas, Austin. He was awarded a Croucher Foundation Postdoctoral Research Fellowship at Stanford University and worked in the laboratory of Professor Barry M. Trost (2009-2011). He also performed postdoctoral research at Harvard University in the laboratory of Professor Tobias Ritter (2011-2013). Dr. Ngai has an exceptionally strong background in chemical synthesis and applies it to molecular imaging for diagnosis and therapy.
Dmytro Gudkov, Ph.D.,
(Ph.D. 2013, Electrical Engineering, Stony Brook University.)
For his innovative design and development of ultra-sensitive single and multi-channel
fluorescent detectors for application in the field of life sciences.
Dr. Dmytro Gudkov is a Research Scientist in the Department of Electrical Engineering
at Stony Brook University. He received his B.S. (2004) in electrical engineering
from the Kharkov National University of Radio Electronics in Kharkov, Ukraine, M.S.
(2011) and Ph.D. (2013) in electrical engineering from Stony Brook University. Dr.
Gudkov developed a novel circuit for detecting single photons with high efficiency.
His innovative design and development concerns with the development of ultra-sensitive
single and multi-channel fluorescent detectors for application in the field of life
sciences.
2017
Dr. Luisa Escobar-Hoyos,
(Ph.D. 2015, Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, Stony Brook Univ.; Postdoctoral
Research, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center)
For her discovery and Inventions on “Keratin 17 as a prognostic and
predictive marker of cancer and cancer Treatment”.
Dr. Escobar-Hoyos is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pathology, Stony
Brook School of Medicine. She received her B.Sc. (2007) in biology from Pontifica
Universidad Javeriana, Bogota, Colombia and M.Sc. (2010) in biomedical sciences from
Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia and Ph.D. (2015), in Molecular and Cellular
Pharmacology from Stony Brook University. She performed postdoctoral research at Memorial
Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. Dr. Escobar-Hoyos received the Stony Brook University
President’s Award for Distinguished Doctoral Student. She was named the 2017 recipient
of the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network AACR Pathway to Leadership Award.
Dr. Martin Kaczocha,
(Ph.D. 2009 Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Stony Brook Univ.; Postdoctoral Research,
Stony Brook University).
For his discovery and inventions on “Fatty acid binding proteins as drug
targets for pain control through modulation of endocannabinoid
metabolism”.
Dr. Martin Kaczocha is an Assistant Professor in the Departments of Anesthesiology;
Biochemistry and Cell Biology at Stony Brook University School of Medicine. He received
his B.Sc. (2004) in pharmacology (with honors) and Ph.D. (2009) in biochemistry and
molecular biology from Stony Brook University. He performed postdoctoral research
in Biochemistry at Stony Brook University. He is currently the recipient of two principal
investigator awards from The National Institute of Drug Abuse. (2013-2018 and 2014-2018).
Dr. Joseph Marino,
(Ph.D. 2012, Department of Computer Science, Stony Brook University).
For his inventions on “System and method for improving diagnostics in
medical imaging applications through the use of novel and enhanced
visualization techniques”.
Dr. Joseph Marino is a Postdoctoral Research Associate under the mentorship of Dr.
Arie Kaufman in the Department of Computer Science at Stony Brook University. He
is also the Chief Technology Officer of Zortag, Inc. in Great Neck, New York. He received
his B.Sc. (2006) in computer sciences and applied mathematics and statistics (with
honors) and Ph.D. (2012) in computer sciences from Stony Brook University. Dr. Marino
is the Long Island Technology Hall of Fame Patent Award Winner of 2016.
