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San Mateo, California, Us

Redmond, Washington, Us

Developed strategies for improving image quality in next gen optical architecture for AR/VR/XR through nonsequential modeling and stray light analysis in Zemax. Worked within a global team to evaluate new display concepts.

New York, Ny, Us

Initiated and led the development of a 3D imaging technique, SCAPE microscopy, for real-time, label-free surgical guidance. Custom-built a benchtop optical system to show proof-of-concept in fresh biopsy tissue and designed a miniaturized prototype suitable for OR use. Optimized the user-friendliness and efficiency of data acquisition, visualization and processing software in Matlab and ImageJ. Successfully pitched the project for a Coulter Translational Research award and secured $100k in funding to realize the commercial potential of the system. Helped standardize the optical system design, alignment protocol and software to develop SCAPE as an open-access system available to labs around the world. Served as a technical consultant to labs in both academia and industry looking to build custom microscopes.Expanded the capabilities of SCAPE for imaging large-scale fixed, cleared and expanded samples by incorporating motorized stages and developing a processing pipeline to stage-scan and stitch large planar samples in Matlab and ImageJ. Collaborated with research labs across biomedical and electrical engineering, neuroscience, biology and the earth sciences to study a wide variety of biological tissues and dynamic systems with SCAPE microscopy.

New York, Ny, Us

Taught medical imaging concepts to 40+ undergrads through weekly office hours, exam and homework grading and hands-on lab modules.

Boston, Ma, Us

Helped demonstrate the first-ever use of confocal Brilluoin Microscopy for high resolution, three-dimensional mechanical imaging of cells at the Yun Lab at the Wellman Center for Photomedicine.Developed and optimized custom programs in Labview and Matlab to image and analyze Brillouin signals from samples at a point, in 2D areas and 3D voxels.Assessed changes in cell stiffness under various conditions in 2D and 3D environments using Brillouin and confocal microscopy.

Successfully developed a system to assess cancer cell morphology using elastically scattered light within a 3-person team. Designed, aligned and calibrated a novel stationary optical system to assess the size and micromorphology of cells using a confocal setup and an axicon to collect Mie-scattered light from a sample. Wrote and optimized portions of the custom Matlab code used for collecting and analyzing image data and comparing the sample scattering patterns to Mie theory predictions. Also maintained and prepared cell culture lines for final testing of the system.

Meyrin, Genève, Ch

Worked in an international medical physics lab at CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, supervised by physicist Fabio Sauli.Wrote, tested and improved the Labview data collection and analysis software for GEM detectors used in proton range radiography and RPC detectors used in Time-of-Flight PET. Used GATE, a GEANT4 platform designed for use in radiology-related simulations, to simulate different designs for both imaging systems. Using these simulations, the group was able to reassess the feasibility of the Time-of-Flight PET project and revise future research.Secured UROP funding through Boston University to continue the project as a full-time intern over the summer.

Won UROP funding for a project focusing on the deregulation of certain microRNAs in the growth of human leukemia cells during the spring semester of 2011.Handled cell cultures, DNA and protein gel electrophoresis, PCR, restriction enzyme digestion, Western blotting, DNA cloning (including cell transformation and transfection), cell counting, large and small-scale plasmid preparation and fluorescence microscopy.Published a first-author peer-reviewed journal article about the downregulation of microRNA let-7 in pancreatic cancers.

Tested newly formulated opthalmic solutions and other medical formulations for pH, osmolality, microbial content, and purity by HPLC analysis and spectrophotometry following cGMP regulations.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Phd), Biomedical/Medical Engineering

Master'S Degree, Biomedical/Medical Engineering

B.S, B.A., Biomedical Engineering, Physics

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