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Justin W. Hicks

Medicine · Purdue University West Lafayette

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Established · publishing since 1998
Medical Imaging Techniques and ApplicationsAdvanced MRI Techniques and ApplicationsRadiopharmaceutical Chemistry and ApplicationsAtomic and Subatomic Physics ResearchCrystallization and Solubility Studies

Publications

72

Citations

662

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

29

Publishing since 1998

Research summary
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Justin W. Hicks develops and applies imaging technologies—particularly positron emission tomography (PET), which tracks radioactive tracer molecules in the body, and its combination with MRI—to study disease processes ranging from cancer cell therapies to brain oxygen use and neuroinflammation. His work spans radiochemistry (making and refining imaging tracers), cyclotron-based production methods, and applying these tools in preclinical animal models and translational human studies. Students would likely gain experience with radiopharmaceutical chemistry, PET/MRI methods development, and imaging-based biomarker research.

PET and PET/MRI imaging methodsRadiopharmaceutical/radiotracer chemistryCell therapy tracking (CAR-T, CAR-NK, stem cells)Cerebral oxygen metabolism and neuroinflammation imagingCyclotron-based radioisotope production

Publication output has grown markedly over the last decade, rising from near zero in the late 2010s to a sustained higher pace (roughly 6 papers/year on average over the last 5 years, peaking at 10 in 2024).

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 6.0/year recently
172018: 1 publication18192020: 5 publications202021: 7 publications212022: 7 publications222023: 4 publications232024: 10 publications10242025: 7 publications252026: 2 publications26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Journal of Nuclear Medicine×3
  • Research Square×3
  • Alzheimer s & Dementia×3
  • Proceedings on CD-ROM - International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. Scientific Meeting and Exhibition/Proceedings of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Scientific Meeting and Exhibition×3
  • Composites Part B Engineering×2
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Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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