Research Expertise and Interest

• Development of custom instrumentation for biomedical research with expertise in:
  • Optics
  • Lasers
  • Spectroscopy
  • Fluorescence
  • Microscopy
  • Interaction of light with tissue

• Current areas of interest include:
  • Application of upconverting nanocrystals
  • Integrated infrared and visible spectroscopy for bacteriorhodopsin structural studies
  • Use of polarized light for tissue evaluation
  • Development of optical probes for assessing tissue characteristics