Thomas J. Meade

Professor Meade is the Eileen M. Foell Professor of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Molecular and Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Physiology and Radiology at Northwestern University and is a world leader in molecular imaging research. He is an expert coordination chemist, with his primary biotech contribution in the area of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) probe development. Professor Meade’s research focuses on the design, synthesis and physical properties of transition metal and lanthanide coordination complexes, specifically in the areas of biological molecular imaging, electron transfer mechanisms and metal complexes enzyme inhibitors. Professor Meade has founded four successful start-up companies based on his research at the California Institute of Technology and Northwestern University including Clinical Micro Sensors (CMS) which is developing electrochemical sensors for the detection of nucleic acids and was acquired by Motorola in 2000 for $300 million, Metaprobe and PreDx both focused on imaging technologies, and Ohmx, a biosensor detection company. Professor Meade is currently the inventor on more than 70 patents and patent applications and many academic research publications.