Cathy Cutler
Chair, Isotope Research and Production Department, Isotope Research & Production
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Isotope Research & Production
Bldg. 801
P.O. Box 5000
Upton, NY 11973-5000
(631) 344-3873
ccutler@bnl.gov
Cathy Sue Cutler leads Brookhaven Lab's Isotope Research and Production (IP) Department. The department brings the components of MIRP—the Brookhaven Linac Isotope Producer (BLIP) and the Radioisotope Research and Production Laboratory (RRPL)—out of the Collider-Accelerator Department (C-AD) to align with DOE’s current classification of facilities. Under Cutler’s leadership, the department expands and improves the Lab’s isotope research and production to help meet the nation’s growing need for critical isotopes for medical, industrial, and national security uses. In this role, Cutler oversees an annual budget of ~$20 million and 20 employees.
Expertise | Education | Appointments | Awards
Expertise
Cutler has broad interests in nuclear medicine, radiopharmaceutical sciences, radiopharmacology, and cancer research chemistry. She joined Brookhaven Lab in 2015 from the University of Missouri, where she was a professor at the Research Reactor Center and a faculty member at the university’s Nuclear Sciences and Engineering Institute.
Education
Cutler holds a B.S. in biochemistry and a Ph.D. in inorganic chemistry from the University of Cincinnati, where she also held a post-doctoral position in analytical chemistry.
Professional Appointments
In June 2023, Cutler was named president-elect for the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI).
Awards & Recognition
In 2022, Cutler received a Brookhaven Science & Technology Pinnacle award for her distinguished contributions to Brookhaven National Laboratory’s science and technology mission. In 2019, she received the Town of Brookhaven’s 33rd Annual Women’s Recognition Award for Achievements in Science, and in 2014, she received the Mizzou Advantage Entrepreneurial Award. She holds 12 patents and has published 95 peer-reviewed journal articles and eight book chapters.
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Isotope Research & Production
Bldg. 801
P.O. Box 5000
Upton, NY 11973-5000
(631) 344-3873
ccutler@bnl.gov
