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
- Comparing brain absorption and lung deposition of nicotine salts and free-base e-cigarettes: insights from [11C]nicotine PET imaging. Solingapuram Sai KK, Brasky TM, Beckerich HJ, Hinton A, Bansode A, Miller M, Krizan I, Gollapelli K, Bhoopal B, Damuka N, Mehta T, Kusiak E, Donny EC, Cho YJ, Brinkman MC, Wagener TL. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2026 Sep;
- Sex-Specific Relationships Between Nociceptin/Orphanin FQ Peptide (NOP) Receptors and Alcohol Drinking: Longitudinal PET Studies in Cynomolgus Monkeys. Czoty PW, Solingapuram Sai KK, Miller MD, Moore MD, Myburgh PJ, Grace LR, Prete JN, Epperly PM. Basic Clin Pharmacol Toxicol. 2026 Sep; 139(3):e70282.
- 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;