Jacob Hooker

Jacob Hooker
Alma materNorth Carolina State University (BS)
University of California, Berkeley (PhD)
Known forDeveloped PET radiotracers for measuring biochemistry in the human brain
AwardsPresidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (2010)
Scientific career
FieldsChemistry, neuroscience and drug development[1]
InstitutionsHarvard Medical School
Massachusetts General Hospital
Doctoral advisorMatthew Francis (Doctoral Advisor)[2]
Joanna Fowler (Postdoctoral Advisor) [3]

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.[4] 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. [5]

  1. ^ Zielgler, Carly (4 October 2021). "ACS Chemical Neuroscience Announces Professor Jacob Hooker as Editor-in-Chief". ACS Publications Chemistry Blog.
  2. ^ "Matthew B. Francis Inventions, Patents and Patent Applications - Justia Patents Search". patents.justia.com.
  3. ^ "Sensorium Jacob Hooker". www.sensorium.bio.
  4. ^ Goldsmith, Paul (25 June 2024). "Autism and Old Age: Closing the Care Gap". Massachusetts General Hospital Giving.
  5. ^ Bohonak, Jennifer Nejman (2021-11-08). "New Scientific Director Aims to Broaden Autism Research". Massachusetts General Hospital Giving. Retrieved 2024-07-29.