Biomedical Engineering

Profile Summary

Development of optical techniques and instruments enable quantitative measurement of cells and tissue at length scales ranging from nanometers to centimeters. For many applications, optical methods provide unique advantages for minimizing cost and complexity of sample preparation, making these methods suitable for clinical and in vivo use.

Applications include cancer risk screening by detecting field carcinogenesis using Enhanced Backscattering Spectroscopy, quantification of nanoscale ultrastructural changes within cells using spectral microscopy, and investigation of eye disease using endogenous fluorescence spectroscopy.

Profile Summary

Development of optical techniques and instruments enable quantitative measurement of cells and tissue at length scales ranging from nanometers to centimeters. For many applications, optical methods provide unique advantages for minimizing cost and complexity of sample preparation, making these methods suitable for clinical and in vivo use.

Applications include cancer risk screening by detecting field carcinogenesis using Enhanced Backscattering Spectroscopy, quantification of nanoscale ultrastructural changes within cells using spectral microscopy, and investigation of eye disease using endogenous fluorescence spectroscopy.

Research Interests

• Biophotonics
• Microscopy
• Spectroscopy
• Optical design and instrumentation
• Computational simulation and Monte Carlo ray tracing
• Theoretical models of light scattering in tissue

Education

• PhD, Optical Sciences, University of Arizona, 2006
• MS, Optical Sciences, University of Arizona, 2003
• BS, Physics, Michigan Technological University, 1999

Courses

Spring 2013-2014

• BME 990 - Research and Thesis

Secondary Contact

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1550 Engineering Dr
Madison, WI 53706

Profile Summary

Development of optical techniques and instruments enable quantitative measurement of cells and tissue at length scales ranging from nanometers to centimeters. For many applications, optical methods provide unique advantages for minimizing cost and complexity of sample preparation, making these methods suitable for clinical and in vivo use.

Applications include cancer risk screening by detecting field carcinogenesis using Enhanced Backscattering Spectroscopy, quantification of nanoscale ultrastructural changes within cells using spectral microscopy, and investigation of eye disease using endogenous fluorescence spectroscopy.