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Meredith Kupinski's research is inclusive of every aspect of the imaging chain, from the physics and statistics of the data acquisition to the analysis and display of the resulting image data. Dr. Kupinski has worked in many applications of scientific imaging, including: the detection and characterization of abnormalities in medical imaging, estimating parameters to model the Earth’s atmosphere in remote sensing, and defect detection or material classification in polarimetry. When the ability of an imaging system to perform these tasks is mathematically specified, the entire imaging chain can be subject to characterization and optimization with respect to task performance. At first inspection this optimization problem is extremely high-dimensional, the forward modeling can be daunting, and the inverse problem is ill-posed. Dr. Kupinski’s current and prior work has focused on formulating tractable task-performance optimizations to design imaging systems, perform post-processing detection/classification tasks, and maximize parameter estimation accuracy.Dr. Kupinski’s educational projects include an NSF-funded Research Experience for Teachers (RET) project which offers science teachers from Native American communities a summer sabbatical at UA. Identifying opportunities to leverage academic resources and support underrepresented students are among her career goals. She earned a BS with Highest Honors in Imaging Technologies from the Rochester Institute of Technology and both an MS and PhD in Optical Sciences from UA. She began her undergraduate education in the fine arts. Thanks to the unexpected turns in her academic and career path she values multi-disciplinary experiences and exposure to diverse perspectives.