Thomas F. Budinger Professor in the Graduate School, Department of Bioengineering Professor Emeritus, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, UCB and Radiology, UCSF Senior Faculty Scientist, Department of Functional Imaging, LBL 481 Evans Hall mailcode: MC 1762 (510) 486 5435 fax: (510) 486 4768 This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it http://bioeng.berkeley.edu/budinger/

Joined the UC Berkeley Faculty in 1976

Research Interests

Medical imaging instrumentation and data analysis methods development are the main focus of research from the standpoints of innovations and new techniques.Human physiology investigations using tools of imaging and wireless biomonitoring is a secondary focus..

Education

1954      B.S., Regis College, Chemistry

1957      M.S.  Univ. of Washington, Oceanography

1964      M.D. Univ. of Colorado, Medicine

1966      M.D. Internship, Peter Bent Brigham, Harvard

1971      Ph.D. Univ. of California, Berkeley, Medical Physics

1965      M.D. House Officer, Peter Bent Brigham, Harvard

1971      Ph.D. Univ. of California, Berkeley, Med. Physics

Major Awards

1990  NIH Merit Award - Alzheimer’s Research
1990  Elected, Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences
1991  Distinguished Scientist Award, Society of Nuclear Medicine   
1993  Fellow,American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering
1993  New Horizons Lecture, Radiological Society of North America
1993  Fellow, Society of Magnetic Resonance 1996  Elected, National Academy of Engineering
1996  Georg Charles de Hevesy Nuclear Medicine Pioneer Award
1997  Fellow, American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineers
1998  Best Doctors in America     
2004  The Berkeley Citation, University of California at Berkeley
2006  Best Paper Award for 2005 with J.S.Maltz. J. Physiologic Measurements
2006  President, Society for Molecular Imaging

Professional Experience

1958-1960     Science Officer (USCG) International Ice Patrol
1960-1964    Senior Oceanographer, University of Washington
1964-1965    Medical Intern, Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston
1966-1968    Physicist, Lawrence Livermore Laboratory
1968-1976    Medical Director, Medical Services, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
1976-1988    Head, Research Medicine Group, Donner Laboratory
1976-1998    Professor in Residence, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, University of California, Berkeley
1976-pres    Henry Miller Professor of Medical Research
1976-pres    Faculty Senior Scientist, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
1984-pres    Professor in Residence, Dept. of Radiology, University of California, San Francisco Medical Center
1988-1992    Director, Division of Research Medicine and Radiation Biophysics, LBL
1992-2006    Head, Department of Functional Imaging, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
1993-1997    Director, Magnetic Resonance Science Center and Research PET, University of California, San Francisco
1998-pres    Professor, Dept. Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
1998-2004    Chair, Department of Bioengineering, University of California, Berkeley
1998-pres    Professor, Department of Bioengineering, University of California, Berkeley

Selected Publications

Budinger TF. Biomonitoring with wireless communications. Annu Rev Biomed Eng, 5:383-412, 2003.

Maltz JS and Budinger TF. Evaluation of arterial endothelial function using transit times of artificially induced pulses. Physiol Meas 26(3):293-307, 2005.

Qi J, Huber JS, Huesman RH, Moses WW, Derenzo SE and Budinger TF. Septa design for a prostate specific PET camera. IEEE Trans Nucl Sci 52(1):107-113, February 2005. 

Huber JS, Choong WS, Moses WW, Qi J, Hu J, Wang GC, Wilson D, Oh S, Huesman RH, Derenzo SE and Budinger TF. Initial results of a postiron tomograph for prostate imaging. IEEE Trans Nuc Sci. 2006

Nikanjam M, Blakely EA, Bjornstad KA, Shu, X, Budinger TF, Forte TM. Synthetic nano-lowdensity lipoprotein as targeted drug delivery vehicle for glioblastoma multiforma. International J. Pharmaceutics. 328: 86-94, 2007.

Ethics in Emerging Technologies: Scientific Facts and Moral Challenges. Budinger TF. And Budinger MD  John Wiley & sons 496 pp., 2006.