
Michael van Dam
Department Vice Chair, Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, University of California Los Angeles
Professor, Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, University of California Los Angeles
Laboratory Address:
4310 CNSI
570 Westwood Plaza
Los Angeles, CA 90095 CNSI 2211
570 Westwood Plaza
Los Angeles, CA 90095
Lab Number:
310-794-1731
Office Address:
4323 CNSI, 570 Westwood Plaza, Building 114
Los Angeles, CA 90095
Office Phone Number:
310-206-6507
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Research Interests
Biography
Michael received his bachelor’s degree in Engineering Physics from Queen’s University (Kingston, ON, Canada), and then received his master’s degree in Computer Engineering from the University of Toronto (Toronto, ON, Canada), where he worked under the direction of Prof. Zvonko G. Vranesic (Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering) on communication networks in multiprocessor systems (NUMAchine Multiprocessor Project). Michael obtained his doctoral degree in Applied Physics from the California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, CA, USA), where he worked under the direction of Prof. Stephen R. Quake (Department of Applied Physics; now at Department of Bioengineering, Stanford University) on developing chemically-resistant microfluidic devices for chemical synthesis applications. After graduate school, he worked under the direction of Prof. James R. Heath (Department of Chemistry, California Institute of Technology) on microfluidic devices for the synthesis of positron-emission tomography (PET) probes, and transitioned to a Senior Scientist role at Siemens Molecular Imaging Biomarker Research to commercialize this work. He joined the UCLA Department of Molecular & Medical Pharmacology in 2007. He is currently a Professor in the Crump Institute for Molecular Imaging, Department of Molecular & Medical Pharmacology, Department of Bioengineering, and the Physics and Biology in Medicine Graduate Program, as well as Co-Associate Director of the Crump Institute for Molecular Imaging. In addition, he is Director of the Crump Cyclotron and Radiochemistry Technology Center.
Publications
- Wang J, Chao PH, Slavik R, van Dam RM. Multi-GBq production of the radiotracer [18F]fallypride in a droplet microreactor.. RSC advances, 2020.
- Rios A, Wang J, Chao PH, van Dam RM. A novel multi-reaction microdroplet platform for rapid radiochemistry optimization.. RSC advances, 2019.
- Wang J, Chao PH, van Dam RM. Ultra-compact, automated microdroplet radiosynthesizer.. Lab on a chip, 2019.
- Wang J, Chao PH, Hanet S, van Dam RM. Performing multi-step chemical reactions in microliter-sized droplets by leveraging a simple passive transport mechanism.. Lab on a chip, 2017.
- Chao PH, Collins J, Argus JP, Tseng WY, Lee JT, Michael van Dam R. Automatic concentration and reformulation of PET tracers via microfluidic membrane distillation.. Lab on a chip, 2017.
- Tseng WY, van Dam RM. Compact microfluidic device for rapid concentration of PET tracers.. Lab on a chip, 2014.
- Ma X, Tseng WY, Eddings M, Keng PY, van Dam RM. A microreactor with phase-change microvalves for batch chemical synthesis at high temperatures and pressures.. Lab on a chip, 2013.
- Dooraghi AA, Keng PY, Chen S, Javed MR, Kim CJ, Chatziioannou AF, van Dam RM. Optimization of microfluidic PET tracer synthesis with Cerenkov imaging.. The Analyst, 2013.
- Claggett SB, Quinn KM, Lazari M, Moore MD, van Dam RM. Simplified programming and control of automated radiosynthesizers through unit operations.. EJNMMI research, 2013.
- Lazari M, Quinn KM, Claggett SB, Collins J, Shah GJ, Herman HE, Maraglia B, Phelps ME, Moore MD, van Dam RM. ELIXYS - a fully automated, three-reactor high-pressure radiosynthesizer for development and routine production of diverse PET tracers.. EJNMMI research, 2013.