Investigator, Carol Skornicka Chair in Biomedical Imaging
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Research websiteMy lab develops biomedical optical imaging technologies for cancer research, cell therapy, and immunology. Current projects focus on tumor immunology and immunotherapy, cell-level metabolic heterogeneity, and cell-cell interactions. Collaborative projects leverage these unique photonics-based tools for clinical problems, including quality control in T cell and stem cell therapies, designing personalized treatment plans for cancer patients, monitoring diseases in the eye, discovering new therapies for a range of diseases, and many others. Projects are highly diverse and range from translational research to hypothesis-driven questions to algorithm / instrumentation development.
Areas of Expertise
- Optical imaging
- Tissue engineering
- Cancer
- Metabolism
- Immunology and cancer immunotherapy
- Machine Learning
- High-throughput tool development
- Cell-cell interactions
- Cellular heterogeneity
- Translational research
Selected Honors & Awards
- 2022 Carol Skornicka Chair of Biomedical Imaging, Morgridge Institute for Research
- 2021 Retina Research Foundation Daniel M. Albert Chair
- 2019 Fellow, OSA (Optical Society of America)
- 2019 Fellow, SPIE (International society advancing light-based research)
- 2019 Fellow, AIMBE (American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering)
- 2019 UW Carbone Cancer Center Ride Scholar
- 2018 Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) – Innovation Award
- 2017 Stand Up To Cancer – Sharp Collaboration Award
- 2017 Chartered member, NIH study section: Emerging Imaging Technologies and Applications (EITA)
- 2016 NSF CAREER Award
- 2010 NIH/NCI Pathway to Independence Award (K99 / R00)
Selected Publications
Education
Ph. D. Biomedical Engineering, 2007, Duke University
M.S. Biomedical Engineering, 2004, University of Wisconsin–Madison
B.S. Physics, 2002, Washington State University