JIM R. ROPCHAN, PHD Research Scientist Yale University Hamden, CT marquismillennium.com/4thEd/342/ How have you navigated disruptions in your industry to remain a top professional? Being able to schedule things accordingly is key. You deal with the most pressing issues first that require your attention and, at the same time, try to keep up with what is going on in the field. You need to use the tools that are available to you. How do you feel your industry has changed/evolved? When we first started our kind of work, there were only a couple of radiopharmaceuticals that were being used. Now, there are many more, which lend a lot of information. We have worked on over 200 radiopharmaceuticals at Yale University. What innovations or technologies do you feel will shape the future of your industry? We will be testing a new PET scanner, which will be effective at looking at the biochemical processes in the body or brain. What excites you the most about your industry? What’s most exciting is seeing the work we have done translated to diagnose patients and detect early cases of cancer. By our methodology, we can determine cancer locations and how involved the cancer is long before patients see any outward signs. It is really beneficial, as it keeps us thinking about what else we can do with this technology. 16 Seventh Edition Marquis Who’s Who INSIGHT DR. MICHAEL V. NAMORATO JR. Professor Emeritus University of Mississippi Oxford, MS http://www.drmichaelvnamaratojr.com/ What are two key behaviors/personality traits that allow you to be effective in your role? I think one behavior I have is that I listen. The other behavior I have is that I pursue a project until it's done; no matter how many obstacles there are, I’ll keep pursuing it until it’s done. How do you feel your industry has changed/evolved? What the teachers are doing has changed a lot. Also, I don't think the students are as committed as they used to be. When I first started teaching, students used to come to class with a shirt and a tie, and the girls were all dressed up. They were very serious about everything. For example, they said they wanted a job or wanted to get married. However, now there’s this attitude that the students expect everything to happen to them and that they’re entitled to it. But they're not – they have to work hard for it, and I don't think they want to. What innovations or technologies do you feel will shape the future of your industry? It’s everything we have now, such as computers. I think computers and artificial intelligence are just the beginning.
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