# Chester Mathis

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{{short description|American chemist}}
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'''Chester Mathis''' is an American chemist who is currently the Distinguished Professor of [Radiology](/source/Radiology) at [University of Pittsburgh](/source/University_of_Pittsburgh) and holds the [UPMC](/source/University_of_Pittsburgh_Medical_Center) Endowed Chair of PET Research.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.chronicle.pitt.edu/story/university-names-radiology%E2%80%99s-mathis-distinguished-professor |title=Distinguished Professor |publisher=pitt.edu |accessdate=May 4, 2017}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |url=https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=TQUbTSIAAAAJ&hl=en |title=Chester Mathis |accessdate=May 4, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.pharmacology.us/Faculty/ChesterMathis |title=Chester Mathis |publisher=pharmacology.us |accessdate=May 4, 2017}}</ref>

He is known for is work with [William E. Klunk](/source/William_E._Klunk) on a PET radiotracer for imaging [amyloid](/source/amyloid), a protein linked to neurodegenerative diseases including Alzheimer’s. His efforts led to the creation of a novel category of high-efficacy radiopharmaceutical agents, for example Pittsburgh Compound-B (PiB), which can be used to assess beta-amyloid in the living human brain using [PET scanning](/source/Pet_scan), and which is a fluorescent analog of thioflavin T.<ref name=":0" /> For his work on [Alzheimer's disease](/source/Alzheimer's_disease) he has received the [Metlife Foundation Award](/source/Metlife_Foundation_Award) (2004)<ref name="Metlife">{{cite web| url=http://mlfawards.afar.org/docs/2016Edition_MetLifeFoundationAwards_PastWinners.pdf| publisher=Metlife Foundation| title=2016 Metlife Foundation Awards for Medical Research in Alzheimer's Disease| access-date=18 October 2018| archive-date=13 October 2018| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181013093256/http://mlfawards.afar.org/docs/2016Edition_MetLifeFoundationAwards_PastWinners.pdf| url-status=dead}}</ref> and the [Potamkin Prize](/source/Potamkin_Prize) (2008).<ref name="Potamkin">{{cite web | title=Awards History | website=American Academy of Neurology | date=23 September 2017 | url=https://www.aan.com/research-and-awards/awards-history/#anchorlink23 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170923145233/https://www.aan.com/research-and-awards/awards-history/#anchorlink23 | archive-date=23 September 2017 | url-status=dead | access-date=31 October 2018}}</ref>

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