Tanpreet Kaur

Tanpreet Kaur, PhD, is a Research Investigator in the Department of Radiology at the University of Michigan. Her work focuses on advancing radiochemistry for therapeutic and diagnostic applications, particularly in PET imaging and neurodegenerative disease research.

• Education
  • PhD in Chemistry, National Chemical Laboratory (NCL), Pune, India (2013)
  • MS in Chemistry, Gold Medalist, Lucknow University, India (2003)
  • BS in Chemistry, Y. D. College, Lakhimpur Kheri, India (2001)

Dr. Kaur’s research emphasizes the development of novel bioactive molecules and carbon-11 in-loop carbonylation techniques for drug-like scaffold creation. Key contributions include the synthesis and testing of radiotracers like ¹¹C-MeNTI, ¹¹C-LY2795050, and ¹⁸F-labelled compounds targeting neurological disorders such as Huntington’s disease. Her work supports critical IND filings for MAO-B PET studies.

Scientific Awards

• Post-Doctoral Fellowship at Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee (2014–2016)
• DST-DFG Fellowship for Lindau’s Nobel Laureates Meetings (2009)
• National Junior Research Fellowship (JRF)
• Gold Medals from Lucknow University (2003)
• First Place Young Investigator Award, SNMMI Conference (2023)

Dr. Kaur has co-authored 34 peer-reviewed publications, 12 conference abstracts, and a patent, reflecting her expertise in radiotracer design and molecular imaging. She is affiliated with the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) and the American Chemical Society.