Primary Appointment: Biomedical EngineeringFaculty in the Center for Bioengineering Innovation & DesignSecondary appointments: Electrical and Computer Engineering and Ophthalmologyhttps://durr.jhu.edu/

The mission of EIH is to develop innovative and accessible solutions to challenges in human health. EIH trains the next generation of health innovators and creates and empowers multidisciplinary teams. The EIH advisory board promotes the growth, stability, and inclusivity of EIH by expanding opportunities and creating unique interdisciplinary, collaborative environments for EIH students, partners, and the broader health community.

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PlenOptika is commercializing technologies to improve eye care accessibility worldwide. Served as CEO 2013-2015.https://plenoptika.com/

• Lead international project using advanced optical colonoscopy for improved colorectal cancer screening, from project conception to clinical trials.• Created a low-cost device for automatic measurement of eye prescriptions.

• Developed macro-optical systems for image-guided surgery.

• Built laser scanning nonlinear microscopes and endoscopes for imaging tissue biopsies. • Investigated the use of plasmonic nanoparticles as novel nonlinear contrast agents for cancer cell imaging.• Built femtosecond laser nanosurgery system for simultaneous imaging and manipulation of tissue at the cellular level.• Teaching assistant, head teaching assistant, and course developer for graduate courses on optics, lasers, and biomedical instrumentation.

• Performed nonlinear spectral imaging experiments in a mouse model.

• Conducted feasibility studies for novel diagnostic system, including: instrument design, computational simulations, development of chemometric software algorithms, animal testing, business presentations, and intellectual property work.

• Investigated the use of a distributed fiber sensor for detecting gravitational waves.