Samarth Aggarwal
Graduate Research Assistant
Research Centers:
Precision Radiotheranostics Translation CenterLab:
Tai LabSamarth Aggarwal is a doctoral candidate in the Imaging Science Pathway at Washington University in St. Louis, developing a low-cost, portable PET/ultrasound system in the lab of Yuan-Chuan Tai, PhD, at WashU Medicine Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology (MIR). His industry experience spans Google, Volvo Cars R&D and Solvvy Inc. (acquired by Zoom Video).
Previously, Aggarwal conducted research in the labs of Li Ye, PhD, at Scripps Research; Yao Chen, PhD, at WashU; and Samuel Barnes, PhD, at University of California San Diego School of Medicine, as well as the Design Lab at UC San Diego.
Research Interests
Nuclear medicine instrumentation, portable PET and hybrid PET/ultrasound imaging, molecular image-guided interventions, isotope-resolved proton therapy verification, radiotheranostics imaging
Link to Publications
Education History
Graduate
Washington University in St. Louis
Undergraduate
University of California, San Diego
Awards
2026 2nd Place Lightning Pitch Winner, Oncologic Imaging Program Symposium, Siteman Cancer Center
2025–2027 NIH T32 Predoctoral Fellowship, Imaging Sciences Pathway, Washington University in St. Louis
2025 2nd Place (Radiation Therapy Track), Oncologic Imaging Program Symposium, Siteman Cancer Center
2025, 2024 Poster Session Winner, Imaging Science Pathway Retreat, Washington University in St. Louis
2024 Poster Session Winner, Oncologic Imaging Program Symposium, Siteman Cancer Center
2023 Proof-of-Concept Funding, Skandalaris Venture Competition, Washington University in St. Louis
2023 Dean’s Select Fellowship, McKelvey School of Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis
2019 MicroMasters Advanced Program Award, Halicuglo Data Science Institute, University of California San Diego
2019 3rd Place, Student Research Competition, Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction
2019 Lead Student Innovation Ambassador, Innovation Labs, University of California San Diego
2018 Provost Honors, University of California San Diego