Weibo Cai received his BS degree from Nanjing University in 1995 and a PhD degree in Chemistry from the University of California at San Diego in 2004. After three years of post-doctoral training at the Molecular Imaging Program at Stanford University, he joined the University of Wisconsin - Madison as a Biomedical Engineering Cluster Hire in February 2008. Dr. Cai is currently a Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor with joint appointment in the Departments of Radiology and Medical Physics, as well as affiliation with Materials Science & Engineering, and Pharmaceutical Sciences.
Prof. Cai has authored > 440 peer-reviewed articles, > 20 book chapters, > 300 conference abstracts, edited 3 books, given > 400 talks, and guest-edited many special topic issues for various peer-reviewed journals. His work has been cited > 49,000 times (h-index: 114).
Prof. Cai has served on the Editorial Board of > 30 scientific journals (Theranostics, Journal of Nuclear Medicine, European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, Molecular Pharmaceutics, Bioconjugate Chemistry, Chemical & Biomedical Imaging, Exploration, American Journal of Cancer Research, American Journal of Translational Research, etc.), performed peer-review for ~ 150 journals, participated in many grant review panels, and chaired many sessions of international conferences, among others.
Prof. Cai was the Founding Executive Editor of American Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (Impact Factor 1.8) . He is currently the Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Nanobiotechnology (Impact Factor 12.6) and Associate Editor of The EANM Journal .
- AIMBE Professional Impact Award for Mentoring (2025)
- Fellow, Royal Society of Biology (2025)
- Fellow, AAAS (2024)