Reaching our initial goal of $500,000 is a meaningful milestone for the SRS Hot Atom Fund and a clear reflection of the community’s belief in this effort. What began as a way to honor the legacy of leaders like Dr. Michael J. Welch has grown into a shared commitment to support the next generation of radiopharmaceutical scientists. As the field continues to evolve and expand, so does the need to invest in early career researchers who will shape its future and translate new ideas into real impact for patients.
This next phase is about building on that momentum. Our focus now turns to growing the endowment so it can support more awards, reach more young investigators, and extend opportunities across a broader global community. Because the fund is permanently endowed, every gift strengthens its long term stability and increases what it can provide year after year. Continued support will help ensure that promising scientists have the resources, connections, and encouragement they need to move the field forward.
SRS Hot Atom Fund Honor Roll of Donors
Early campaign donors who contributed $10,000 or more are recognized as Founders (*) of this campaign. We are deeply grateful for these lead gifts, given from the campaign’s inception through March 25, 2026.
Hot Atom Circle ($100,000 +)
The Dr. Michael J. Welch Foundation*
Marc Berridge*
Alpha Beta Gamma Circle ($50,000 to $99,999)
The Society of Radiopharmaceutical Sciences*
Colin & Susan Welch*
Radiotracer Circle ($10,000 to $49,999)
Carolyn Anderson & W. Barry Edwards*
Xiaoyuan (Shawn) Chen*
Cathy Cutler*
Gregory Ehret*
Michael Haka*
John Katzenellenbogen*
Suzanne Lapi & Jon McConathy*
Jason Lewis*
Karen Linder*
Robert Mach*
Jeffrey Reimers*
Sally Schwarz*
Julie Sutcliffe*
Lesley Tomlin*
Henry VanBrocklin*
Neil Vasdev & Smita Jacob*
Wynn Volkert*
Halogen Circle ($5,000 to $9,999)
Dustin Demoin & Alex Dopp
Mark & Else Goodman
Klaus Kopka
Serge Lyashchenko
Victor Pike
Roger Schibli
Jörg Steinbach
Albert D. Windhorst
Positron Circle ($1,000 to $4,999)
Anonymous
Thomas Bonasera
Yearn Seong Choe
Dae Yoon Chi
Peter Conti
Yasuhisa Fujibayashi
Shozo Furumoto
Jae Min Jeong
Silvia Jurisson
Kenneth Krohn
Yuji Kuge
Charles Manning
Charles Metzger
Michael Nickels
Alan Packard
Theresa Pinkham
Buck Rogers
Thomas Ruth
Peter Scott
Peggy Squires
Xiankai Sun
Fan Wang
Pamela Woodard
Meta Circle ($500 to $999)
Timothy DeGrado
Heather Hennkens
John Lister-James
Bernadette Marquez-Nostra
NagaVaraKishore Pillarsetty
Monica Shokeen
Danielle Vugts
Wolfgang Wadsak
Ava Welch
Colin Welch, Jr.
Payton Welch
Young Investigator’s Circle ($100 to $499)
Anu Airaksinen
Samuel Achilefu
Shaima Anam
Rezwan Ashique
Patrick Bokolo
Greg Bowden
Anthony DeGraffenreid
Melissa Deri
Paul Donnelly
Paul Ellison
Jonathan Engle
Robert Flavell
Cristiana Gameiro
Rebecca Hoerres
Robin Ippisch
Orit Jacobson
Ritin Kamboj
Sharon Lee
Songye Li
David Maddux
Fabio Luiz Navarro Marques
Linda Metz Johnson
Henry Mok
Linjing Mu
Nabeel Nabulsi
Kiel Neumann
Bernt Nordin
Giancarlo Pascali
Verena Pichler
Caterina Ramogida
Andrew Rose
Adam Rosenberg
Raffaella Rossin
Hideo Saji
Madhushan Serasinghe
Sean Tanzey
Ruta Urbanaviciute
Jean-Luc Vanderheyden
Amy Vavere
Chrysoula Vraka
Betty Wiens
Hua Zhang
Friends of Radiopharmaceutical Sciences (Up to $100)
Adam Dix
Yulia Rozen
This fund is permanently endowed. Endowed gifts provide security over the long term by expanding the Foundation’s permanent financial base and creating a predictable source of future income for the awards provided. The base amount provided by you will be invested in perpetuity and those investment earnings will be utilized to fund awards. Learn more about SRS and The Hot Atom Fund.