Office
(631) 632-8572
Email
eszter.boros@stonybrook.edu
Stony Brook University
Department of Chemistry
100 Nicolls Road
Stony Brook, NY 11794
Eszter Boros, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry,
Stony Brook University
Research Program
Imaging, Biomarker Discovery and Engineering SciencesDepartment
Department of ChemistryResearch Interest
We harness the rich structural diversity of metal complexes paired with their versatile luminescent and radioactive properties for the development and application of new metal-based molecular imaging probes and therapeutics for personalized medicine. Increasing availability of high energy, biomedical cyclotrons provides access to radiometals with properties suitable for PET imaging and radiotherapy. We are interested in exploring the the aqueous, radioactive coordination chemistry of early transition metals/pseudolanthanides, specifically Ti-44/45, Sc44/47, Lu-177 and Y-86/80, and applying this chemistry to the imaging and treatment of cancer. We have recently developed technology to utilize Sc and Lu isotopes for imaging and treatment of prostate cancer in a preclinical mouse model. Our compounds perform better than the state of the art phase III clinical trial agents for this purpose. We are currently working on translating this technology to the clinic in collaboration with Stony Brook Medicine.
Education
M.S. University of Zurich, 2007Ph.D. University of British Columbia, 2011
Postdoctoral Fellow at Harvard Medical School/ MGH, 2011-2015