Philip H. Elsinga
Invited speaker “PET is Wonderful” 2025

Prof. Dr. Philip H. Elsinga is an organic chemist by training and and obtained his PhD in 1995 at the University of Groningen. He is involved in PET-related radiopharmaceutical research and translation of radiopharmaceuticals to the clinic. Main focus was firstly directed to PET-labelled amino acids, receptor ligands for the beta-adrenergic receptor and substrates for P-glycoprotein. Later on, his interest broadened to other PET-radiopharmaceuticals, such as 18F-labelled peptides, receptor antagonists, bacterial infection tracers and artificial amino acids for neuroendocrine tumors. In 2011 Philip Elsinga was appointed as full professor PET-radiochemistry.