Kiran K. Solingapuram Sai, PhD
- Professor, Radiology (Winston-Salem)

Kiran K. Solingapuram Sai, PhD
Research Interests
- Radiopharmaceuticals
- Positron-Emission Tomography
- Alzheimer's Disease
- Nuclear Medicine
- Molecular Imaging
- Cancer Imaging
- Education
- BSc, Osmania University, 2001
- MSc, Osmania University, 2003
- PhD, Northern Illinois University, 2009
- Positions
- Professor, Radiology (Winston-Salem)
- Professor, Cancer Biology (Winston-Salem)
- Professor, Biomedical Engineering (Winston-Salem)
- Professor, Translational Neuroscience (Winston-Salem)
- Departments and Affiliations
- Radiology (Winston-Salem)
- Cancer Biology (Winston-Salem)
- Biomedical Engineering (Winston-Salem)
- Translational Neuroscience (Winston-Salem)
- Sticht Center for Healthy Aging and Alzheimer’s Prevention (CHAAP)
- Center for Addiction Research
- Center for Precision Medicine (CPM)
- Comprehensive Cancer Center (CCC)
- Center for Redox Biology and Medicine (CRBM)
Research
- Industry-Academic Collaboration in Nuclear Medicine: Proceedings from the 2024 CMIIT Industry Partners Circle. Osborne D, Cutler CS, Chaple IF, Ribeiro Pereira PM, Peterson TE, Solingapuram Sai KK, Wang J, Scott PJH, Chen DL. J Nucl Med. 2026 May;
- Synthesis, Radiochemistry, and Preclinical Assessment of the First GPR39 PET Imaging Agent. Bhoopal B, Gollapelli KK, Damuka N, Krizan I, Miller M, Fitzgerald RW, Amesar N, Mumbaraddi D, Zhu D, Cervera-Juanes R, Jadiya P, Whitlow CT, Solingapuram Sai KK. J Med Chem. 2026 Mar;
- Imaging Microtubule Dynamics In Vivo in Human Brain: Optimal Quantification Based on a Test-Retest Study. Zanderigo F, Laurell GL, Doubrovin M, Molotkov A, Ali A, Arevalo RF, Solingapuram Sai KK, Mann JJ, Mintz A. J Nucl Med. 2026 Feb;
- PET imaging utility of a novel Aß-tracking PET radiotracer, [18F]FC119S in aged vervet monkeys. Bhoopal B, Frye BM, Miller M, Bansode A, Gollapelli KK, Barcus RA, Lockhart SN, Damuka N, Sutphen CL, Fitzgerald RW, Kim J, Baxter MG, Jorgensen MJ, Craft S, Register TC, Whitlow CT, Shively CA, Solingapuram Sai KK. J Transl Med. 2026 Jan;
- Evaluation of an in vivo biomarker of arteriolosclerosis (ARTS) and its associations with cognition and multimodal ATN(V) biomarkers in a cardiometabolic-risk enriched community cohort. Rudolph MD, Lockhart SN, Rundle MR, Barcus RA, Alphin KA, Bateman JR, Solingapuram Sai KK, Mielke MM, Register TC, Craft S, Risacher SL, Hughes TM. medRxiv. 2025 Dec;