Jiyoung Mun, PhD
Title: Senior Research Associate
Division: Radiopharmaceutical Discovery
Focus Area: Development of novel methodologies for C-11 and F-18 radiochemistry
Other Focus: Radiotracer developments for positron emission tomography
Doctorate: University of Connecticut, Organic Chemistry
Other: Coursework Master in Biochemistry from Korea University, Seoul, South Korea
BS in Chemistry, Korea University, Seoul, South Korea
Current Organization: American Chemical Society
Society of Nuclear Medicine
Career Sketch: Prior to her promotion to Senior Research Associate, Dr. Mun was a Postdoctoral Fellow for the Department of Radiology at Emory University under the supervision of Dr. Mark M. Goodman. For several years, Dr. Mun was a teaching assistant for various organic chemistry labs and general chemistry labs at the University of Connecticut. She was also a teaching assistant for general chemistry at Korea University before coming to the United States. Throughout her research career, Dr. Mun has had numerous symposium contributions and published work that was accepted as research articles in refereed journals. Her most recent collaboration publication details "Synthesis, Radiosynthesis, and Biological Evaluation of Carbon-11 and Fluorine-18 Labeled Reboxetine Analogues: Potential Positron Emission Tomography Radioligands for in Vivo Imaging of the Norepinephrine Transporter".