Robert Lenkinski

Biography

Robert E. Lenkinski, Ph.D., is Professor of Radiology and Vice Chair of Radiology Research at UT Southwestern. He holds the Charles A. and Elizabeth Ann Sanders Chair in Translational Research, and the Jan and Bob Pickens Distinguished Professorship in Medical Science, in Memory of Jerry Knight Rymer and Annette Brannon Rymer and Mr. and Mrs. W.L. Pickens. Born in a refugee camp in Germany in 1947, Dr. Lenkinski emigrated with his parents to Toronto, Canada, in 1950. He holds a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from the University of Toronto, and earned his doctorate in chemistry from the University of Houston. He then received advanced training at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel through a postdoctoral fellowship program in isotope research. Before joining the faculty at UT Southwestern in 2011, Dr. Lenkinski served as Professor of Radiology at Harvard Medical School. Earlier academic appointments include Visiting Assistant Professor of Chemistry at the University of Houston, Research Assistant Professor of Psychology and Biophysics at the University of Illinois College of Medicine in Chicago, Assistant Professor of Biochemistry at the University of Alabama in Birmingham, Visiting Assistant Professor of Chemistry at the Weizmann Institute of Science, Associate Professor of Chemistry at the University of Guelph in Canada, and Associate Professor of Radiological Science at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, where he received his first appointment as Professor.

Research Interest

Clinical applications of in vivo magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy In vivo multinuclear MR imaging methods, primarily Na-23 Novel MR and optical based imaging contrast agents in molecular imaging