Nashaat Turkman, Ph.D.
•Assistant Professor of Radiology
•Assistant Professor, Stony Brook Cancer Center
•Assistant Professor, (joint faculty), Department of Pharmacology
Education:
Post Doc. The University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Ph.D. Organic Chemistry, the University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX
Awards and Recognitions:
Dr. Nashaat Turkman is Assistant Professor of Radiology, Assistant Professor at Stony Brook Cancer Center and Assistant Professor, (joint faculty), Department of Pharmacology at Stony Brook Hospital.
2002-2008: Texas Public Education Grant (TPEG)
Research:
Professor Nashaat Turkman research interests include:
- Molecular PET imaging of cancer and the central nervous system
- Early detection and profiling of Pancreatic, Breast and Brain cancers by PET imaging
- PET radiotracer development and validation in cell cultures and animal models
- PET radiotracer translation, “bench-to-clinic”
- Personalized medicine
- Drug discovery
- Radiochemistry
- Synthetic organic chemistry
Publications:
Some of Dr. Turkman’s publications include:
- Positron Emission Tomography Imaging of Staphylococcus aureus Infection Using a Nitro-Prodrug Analogue of 2-[18F]F-p-Amino benzoic Acid. Li Y, Daryaee F, Yoon GE, Noh D, Smith-Jones PM, Si Y, Walker SG, Turkman N, Meimetis L, Tonge PJ. ACS Infect Dis. 2020 Aug 14; 6(8):2249-2259. Doi: 10.1021/acsinfecdis.0c00374. Epub 2020 Jul 31. PMID: 32672928
- Novel late-stage radio synthesis of 5-[18F]-trifluoromethyl-1, 2, 4-oxadiazole (TFMO) containing molecules for PET imaging. Turkman N, Liu D, Pirola I. Sci Rep. 2021 May 21;11(1):10668. Doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-90069-x. PMID: 34021207
- Design, synthesis, biochemical evaluation, radiolabeling and in vivo imaging with high affinity class-IIa histone deacetylase inhibitor for molecular imaging and targeted therapy. Turkman N, Liu D, Pirola I. Eur J Med Chem. 2022 Jan 15; 228:114011. Doi: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2021.114011. Epub 2021 Dec 2. PMID: 34875522
You may access Dr. Turkman's publications here on PubMed.
