Office 
(631) 444-5400

Email 
Jacob.Houghton@stonybrookmedicine.edu

Stony Brook Medicine
Department of Radiology
HSC Level 4, Room 092 
Stony Brook, NY 11794-8460

Houghton Research Lab

Jacob Houghton, PhD

Associate Professor of Radiology
Program Co-Leader for Imaging, Biomarker Discovery, & Engineering Sciences
Director of PET Oncology Research
Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University

Research Program

Imaging, Biomarker Discovery and Engineering Sciences

Department

Department of Radiology
Department of Chemistry (Affiliate Member)

Research Interest

• Radiochemistry
• Molecular imaging with a focus on novel PET tracers for cancer
• Medicinal Chemistry
• Nuclear medicine approaches for pancreatic and colorectal cancer
• Utilizing molecular imaging for personalized medicine
• Image guided drug development
• Targeted radioisotope therapy (Radioimmunothearpy)
• Development of novel platforms for drug delivery and molecular imaging
• Antibody-based PET imaging (ImmunoPET)

Education

 Ph.D. Medicinal Chemistry, Certificate in Cellular Biotechnology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 
 B.A. AS Certified Chemistry, Carleton College, Northfield MN

Publications

A complete list of publications can be found HERE.