Narottam Lamichhane
520 West Franklin Street Apt 1905, Richmond, VA 23220, (484) -904-3099, lamichhanen@vcu.edu
Education
▪ Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) School of Medicine, Richmond, VA
Ph. D. Medical Physics
Expected: 2014
▪ Arcadia University, Glenside, PA
B.S. Applied Physics, Chemistry
May 2009
Research Experience
▪ Center for Molecular Imaging, Virginia Commonwealth University,
Richmond, VA
Graduate Research Assistant
Aug 2009-Present
▪ Multimodality Image Guided Nanoparticle Delivery of Radiolabeled
Anticancer Drugs
Jamal Zweit, PhD, DSc, Principal Investigator
▪ Department of Pharmacology/Toxicology, Medical College of Wisconsin,
Milwaukee, WI
Summer Research Assistant
May 2008-Aug 2008
▪ Performed rigorous research on cardiovascular pharmacology.
▪Developed protocols for the different experiment processes.
▪Learned biological techniques such as Gel - Electrophoresis,
HPLC, Western Blot, and Vessel Twitching.
▪Shadowed a physician in neuroradiology department at Froedtert
Memorial Lutheran Hospital
Kathryn M. Gauthier, PhD, Principal Investigator
Research Presentations
In vivo evaluation of [ 141 Ce]-nanoparticles in nude mice
▪ The 2011 Society of Nuclear Medicine Annual Conference
San Antonio, TX, USA
June 2011
Development of Radio-Nanoparticles as Drug Delivery System for AntiCancer Therapy
▪ The 2010 American Association of Physicists in Medicine Mid
Atlantic Chapter Annual Conference
Charlottesville, VA, USA
October 2010
Skills
▪ Experience operating NMR, GC-MS, fluorescence microscope,
flow cytometer, gamma counter, HPLC system, UV -Vis Spectroscopy, Western
Blot, organic chemistry/biology lab equipment, Gel -Electrophoresis,
PET/SPECT/CT
▪ Experience with animal handling
▪ Experience in radiation safety
Professional Organizations
▪ Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Im aging (member 2012, pending)
▪ Medical Physics Scholastic Society VCU chapter (member since 2010)
Narottam Lamichhane
520 West Franklin Street Apt 1905, Richmond, VA 23220, (484) -904-3099, lamichhanen@vcu.edu
Professional Organizations contd
▪ American Association of Physicists in Medicine (member since 2009)
Languages
▪ Nepali- fluent reading, writing, speaking
▪ Hindi- fluent reading, writing, speaking
List of Publications
▪ Dewkar GK , Sundaresan G, Lamichhane N, , Hirsch J, Thadigiri C, Collier T,
Hartman M, Vaidyanthan G, Zweit J. “Microfluidic radiosynthesis and in vivo evaluation
of [18F] 2-(5-fluoro-pentyl)-2-methyl malonic acid” J. Labelled. Compd. Radiopharm.
(Submitted)
▪ Sun M, Hoffman D, Sundaresan G, Yang L, Lamichhane N, Zweit J: “Synthesis
and characterization of intrinsically radio -labeled quantum dots for bimodal detection”
Am J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 2012; 2(2): 122 -135
▪ Hoffman D, Sundaresan G, Sun M, Lamichhane N, Chiao D, and Zweit J.
Biodistribution studies of radio-quantum dots in tumor bearing mice. Journal of Nuclear
Medicine. 52: pp235, 2011.
▪ Dewkar G, Sundaresan G, Hirsch J, Thadigiri C, Lamichhane N, Youniss F, Hartman
M, and Zweit J. Improved radiosynthesis and in vivo evaluation of [18F] 2-(5-fluoropentyl)-2-methyl malonic acid for apoptosis imaging. Journal of Nuclear Medicine. 52:
pp1499. 2011
▪ Yang L, Sun M, Lamichhane N, Schutte J, Chiao D, Sundaresan G, Asati A, Perez JM,
and Zweit J. Synthesis of different functionalized 141Ce nanoparticles and their
application in biological imaging. Journal of Nuclear Medicine. 52: pp1500. 2011
▪ Lamichhane N, Sundaresan G, Yang L, Hoffman D, Chiao D, Perez JM, and Zweit J. In
vivo evaluation of [141Ce]-nanoparticles in nude mice. Journal of Nuclear Medicine. 52:
pp1582. 2011