Ken Tichauer, PhD

Biography: Ken Tichauer is Professor of Medical Biophysics at Western University and the Dr. Frank Prato Career Research Chair in Molecular Imaging at Lawson Research Institute. His research focuses on developing quantitative molecular imaging methods to better characterize cancer biology and improve the detection and treatment of disease. A major focus of his laboratory is paired-agent imaging, which uses the simultaneous behaviour of targeted and untargeted imaging agents to quantify molecular binding in tissue. His group applies these principles across optical, nuclear and multimodality imaging, with particular interests in fluorescence-guided surgery, detection of microscopic cancer in lymph nodes, and quantitative assessment of drug-target engagement. His research also includes tracer kinetic modelling, retinal blood-flow and vascular-permeability imaging, and the development of novel biomedical optical imaging technologies.

Research Areas: Quantitative molecular imaging; cancer imaging; paired-agent imaging; fluorescence-guided surgery; lymph-node imaging; tracer kinetic modelling; molecular-target and drug-binding quantification; biomedical optics; blood-flow and vascular-permeability imaging.