# Patrick L Cavins - **Website:** - **Primary alias:** `patrickcavins.com` ## Description Patrick L. Cavins is a chemist and researcher whose work spans organic and radiochemistry, molecular imaging, protein science, and agricultural research. He earned a bachelor’s degree in biochemistry, with honors in chemistry, from Knox College in 2009 and completed a Ph.D. in chemistry at the University of Missouri–Columbia in 2014. His research has included developing fluorescence anisotropy methods to study protein folding and creating BODIPY-based peptide constructs designed to combine PET and fluorescence imaging. These dual-modality agents were investigated for monitoring peptide movement in vivo, with the BODIPY scaffold offering fluorescence properties and potential for radiofluorination. Cavins’s technical expertise includes fluorine-18 radiochemistry, organic synthesis, fluorescence spectroscopy, mass spectrometry, NMR, chromatography, protein purification and expression, PCR, and site-directed mutagenesis. Earlier work included evaluating crop health and gene mutation effects during internships with Monsanto. His research interests include radiotracer development, fluorine-18 and carbon-11 chemistry, combinatorial and bio-organic chemistry, and drug discovery. This profile presents his research, publications, training, technical skills, and scientific interests. ## Industries - 🧪 Science and Education - 🧪 Chemistry _(under Science and Education)_ ## Logos & icons - logo _(primary)_ — PNG — [download](https://cdn.brandfetch.io/idF52syNcE/w/230/h/133/theme/dark/logo.png?c=1bxid64Mup7aczewSAYMX&t=1790738443991) ## Colors | Name | Hex | Theme | | --- | --- | --- | | Hopbush | #cd6699 | accent | | Apple | #659a41 | dark | | Danube | #6baada | light | ## Fonts - Helvetica Neue — asset _(custom)_ - Helvetica Neue — asset _(custom)_ --- _Source: _ _See [/llms.txt](/llms.txt) for a full list of agent-readable pages, and [/auth.md](/auth.md) for how agents authenticate._