Sean L. Kitson PhD, MSc, PGMedPhys

Sean Kitson, PhD in Organic Chemistry and Molecular Toxicology from the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK. Thesis title: Mechanism of Carcinogenesis by Urethane. Received a Postgraduate Diploma in Medical Physics and MSc in Science from the Open University, UK. Investigator of Radiochemistry in the Department of Biocatalysis and Isotope Chemistry at Almac, Northern Ireland, UK. Before then Senior Radiochemist in the Custom Labelling Special Synthesis Team at GE Healthcare (formally Amersham plc). My contribution to radiochemistry was acknowledged by winning the 2006 Wiley - Journal of Labelled Compounds and Radiopharmaceuticals - Young Scientists Award for the elaborate radiosynthesis of the Parkinson’s drug apomorphine. Member of the Scientific Committee for the International Isotopes Society (IIS) UK group. Editor-in-Chief of Current Radiopharmaceuticals and editorial board member on several journals. The author of 40+ papers including reviews, editorials and commercial articles. My research interests include radiolabelling of biomolecules including isotopic labelling of small molecules which can be utilised in A(D)ME studies. Other interests include neurology, diagnostic Imaging, medical physics, mathematics, hydroponics and aeroponics.