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* This list represents an attempt to document my current/former students, post-docs, and collaborators. However, the list is probably incomplete. If you are aware of names that have been omitted, or incorrect information, then please contact me with this information.

 

Present

 

Graduate Students

name
contact
information
Elliott, Jesse
Research: Soft Condensed Matter Physics
Lewis, Alistair
Research: Biomedical Optics
Shahdad, Zaha
Research: Biomedical Optics
Slaughter, Charlotte
Research: Soft Condensed Matter
Tanaka, Michio
Research: Soft Condensed Matter

Post-docs

name
contact
information
Chen, Yihao
Education: PhD, Johns Hopkins University
Research: Soft Condensed Matter Physics
Ko,Tiffany
Education: PhD 2018, University of Pennsylvania
Research:
Biomedical Optics
Majeski, Joe
Education: PhD, University of Rochester
Research: Biomedical Optics
Menezes, Rodrigo Forti
Education: PhD, University of Campinas, Brazil
Research: Biomedical Optics

GRADUATE STUDENT & POST-DOC ALUMNI

name
contact
information
Alsayed, Ahmed

sinan.ahmed@gmail.com
ahmed.alsayed@syensqo.com
Syensqo, R&I center Bristol
Office +01 215 781 7886
Mobile +1 215 520 3112
350 George Patterson Blvd, Bristol, PA 19007 USA

At Penn: ~2001-2008
Degree: PhD, Penn, 2006, Post-doc, Penn, 2006-08
Research: Colloids, complex fluids, melting, statistical mechanics
Current/Recent: Senior Staff Scientist, Syensqo (Bristol, PA)
Angerer, William
At Penn: 1995-1998
Degree: PhD, Penn, 1998
Research: SHG Spectroscopy of GaN Thin Films on Sapphire with Ultrashort Pulses
Current/Recent: Director, IWSS Systems Engineering, Lockheed Martin – Rotary and Mission Systems
Baker, Wesley
Abramson Bldg Research Receiving
3401 Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104
267-425-9240
bakerw@email.chop.edu
wbb5uva@gmail.com
Degree: PhD, Penn, 2015; Post-doc, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (HUP, 2015-17)
Research: Diffuse optical imaging & spectroscopy of brain
Current/Recent: Research Assistant Professor, Division of Neurology, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP)
Ban, Han Yong
Degree: PhD, University of Pennsylvania, 2015
Research:
Biomedical Optics, Optical Breast Cancer Tomography
Current/Recent: Senior Engineer (Optical Characterization and R&D), Kernel
Basu, Anindita (Oni)

Department of Genetic Medicine
University of Chicago
920 E. 58th Street, CLSC 325A, Chicago, IL 60637
and
Center for Nanoscale Materials
Argonne National Laboratory
9700 S. Cass Avenue, Bldg 440, #A242, Lemont, IL 60439

onibasu@uchicago.edu , abasu@anl.gov

At Penn: ~2006-2012
Degree: PhD, University of Pennsylvania, 2012, Post-Doc, Harvard University, 2012-16
Research:
Soft Condensed Matter Physics, Soft networks, Rheology
Current/Recent: Assistant Professor, Genetic Medicine, University of Chicago, and Staff Scientist, Argonne National Laboratory
Benson, Emilie
Degree: PhD, Penn, 2023
Research: Biomedical Optics (Brain Metabolism Monitoring)
Current/Recent: AIP/AAAS Congressional Science Fellow, Washington DC
Bergonzi, Karla

At Penn: 2018-19
Degree: PhD 2017, Washington University Saint Louis; Post-doc at Penn 2018-19.
Research: Diffuse Optical Monitoring of Brain
Current/Recent: Imaging Scientist at L3Harris (Rochester, NY)

Boas, David

Office CILSE, Room 804
Email dboas@bu.edu
Phone (617) 358-1709
https://www.bu.edu/eng/profile/david-boas-ph-d/

At Penn: 1992-1996
Degree: PhD, Penn, 1996
Research: Diffuse photon probes of structural and dynamical properties of turbid media: theory and biomedical applications
Current/Recent: Recently, Professor of Radiology, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital; Currently, Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Founding Director of the Neurophotonics Center at Boston University.
Bryning, Mateusz
mbryning@zikon.com
www.zikon.com
mbryning -at- yahoo.com
At Penn: 2001-2007
Degree:
PhD, Penn, 2007
Research:
Carbon Nanotubes / Transport and Composites
Current/Recent: Senior Scientist, Zikon Inc.
Buckley, Erin
ebuckle2@gmail.com
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology
Suite E100, Room E102
1760 Haygood Dr NE
Atlanta, GA 30322
Office: (404) 727-4323
Fax: (404) 727-9873
At Penn: 2006-12
Degree: PhD, Penn (2011); Post-docs, Penn/Chop 2011-12; Harvard/MGH 2012-14.
Research: Biomedical Optics (Brain)
Current/Recent: Associate Professor, Emory University/Georgia Tech Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, Emory University Department of Pediatrics
Busch, David

david.busch@utsouthwestern.edu
david.r.busch@gmail.com
drbusch@sdf.org

Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Management
UT Southwestern Medical Center
5323 Harry Hines Boulevard
Dallas TX 75390-9068

Degree: PhD, Penn, 2011: Post-doc, Penn/Chop/HUP, 2012-17
Research: Biomedical Optics on problems ranging from Breast Cancer to Brain Injury.
Current: Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Pain Management, with
Secondary appointment as Assistant Professor of Neurology and Neurotherapeutics
University of Texas Southwestern Medical School

Chandra, Malavika
At Penn: 2012-14
Degree: PhD, Michigan (2009); Post-doc, Penn
Research: Biomedical Optics (Brain Injury, Photodynamic Therapy)
Current/Recent:Laboratory Manager, Department of Physics, Boston College
Chen, Daniel
Degree: PhD, Penn, 2010
Research: Soft Condensed Matter / Rheology
Current/Recent: Senior Scientist, Generate Biomedicines, Inc., Cambridge MA
Chen, Ke
At Penn: 2008-2011
Degree: Post-doc at Penn (2008-11); PhD, Penn State 2007.
Research: Soft Condensed Matter
Current/Recent: Professor, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Chen, Yu

Department of Biomedical Engineering
University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
Email: ychen8@umass.edu

At Penn: ~ 1999-2003
Degree: PhD, Penn 2003 (Chance/Yodh).
Post-doc at MIT
Research: Phased-arrays for diffuse optical imaging/detection
Current/Recent: Associate Professor Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, and Department of Radiology (Affiliate), University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA
Cheung, Cecil
At Penn: 1997-2000
Degree: Postdoc at Penn; PhD, University of Pittsburgh , 1996
Research: Optical scattering in tissues
Current/Recent: Assistant Professor
Engineering Technology
DeVry University
Cheung,Rex
At Penn: 1998 – 2002
Degree: Resident, Penn; MD, PhD Columbia University
Research: Photodynamic Therapy
Current/Recent: Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology,
UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
Choe, Regine
At Penn: ~1999-2010 (as both PhD student and post-doc)
Degree: PhD, Penn, 2005, Post-doc Penn 2006-2010
Research: Biomedical Optics (Breast, Tumor therapy monitoring, Brain, Instrumentation)
Current/Recent: Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Rochester
Chong, Sanghoon (Bryan)

Sanghoon.Chong@childrens.harvard.edu
Dx/NM Medical Physics Resident
Department of Radiology, Boston Children’s Hospital
LC-5530.3, 360 Longwood Ave, Boston, MA 02215
(617) 355-5629

Degree: PhD, Penn, 2022;
Post-doc: Penn 2022-23
Research: Biomedical Optics (Tomography, Brain Metabolism Imaging)
Current/Recent: Medical Physics Resident, Dept. of Radiology / Boston Children’s Hospital
Chung, Sophie (S.O.)
At Penn: ~2010-15
PhD: University of California, Irvine 2010; Post-doc at Penn.
Research: Biomedical Optics
Current/Recent: Member of Technical Staff, Samsung Electronics, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Cochran, Jeff

Email: Jeffrey.Cochran@otsuka-us.com
Phone: 609-535-9035
Address: 508 Carnegie Center Dr, Princeton, NJ 08540
Website: www.otsuka-us.com

PhD: PhD, Penn, 2018: Post-doc, Penn, 2018-19
Research: Biomedical Optics, Optical-MRI multi-modal imaging, Cancer therapy
Current: Clinical Data Scientist, Otsuka Pharmaceutical
Cook, David
At Penn: ~ 1996
Degree: Postdoc, Penn; PhD
Research:
Surface Science / Ultrafast Phenomena
Corlu, Alper
corlua (at) gmail.com
At Penn: 2002-2007
Degree: PhD, Penn, 2007
Research:
Diffuse Optical Imaging / Inverse Problems
Current/Recent: Analyst, Citizen’s Bank (in Boston)
Crocker, John
At Penn: 1997-2000
Degree: Postdoc, Penn; PhD University of Chicago , 1997
Research: Soft Condensed Matter
Current/Recent: Full Professor of Chemical Engineering, PENN
Culver, Joseph

Washington University School of Medicine
Department of Radiology
4515 McKinley Ave, Room 2316
St. Louis, MO 63110
314-747-1341
culverj@mir.wustl.edu

https://www.mir.wustl.edu/research/research-laboratories/optical-radiology-laboratory-orl/people/joseph-culver

At Penn: 1997-2001
Degree: PhD, Penn, 1997; Postdoc, Penn 1997-2001
Research: Vibrational response of adsorbates to femtosecond metal; Diffuse Wave Imaging
Current/Recent: Professor of Radiology, Physics and Bioengineering, Washington University School of Medicine
Danen, Robert
At Penn: ~1997-98
Degree: Post-doc, Penn/NIM; PhD, UCSB
Research: Biomedical Optical Imaging
Current/Recent: Principal Research Scientist, WIN Division
KLA-Tencor Corporation
1 Technology Drive
M/S 5-2217L
Milpitas, CA 95035
Davidson, Zoey

https://lewisgroup.seas.harvard.edu/people/zoey-davidson
NWL B148.30
52 Oxford st
Cambridge, MA 02138

Personal website zsdavidson.com
EMAIL: zoeith@GMAIL.COM

At Penn: ~2011-2017
Degree: PhD, Penn, 2017
Research: Soft Matter Physics; Liquid Crystals and Colloids
Current/Recent: Post-doc with Jennifer Lewis and David Clarke, Harvard University
de la Cotte, Alexis
alexis.delacotte@gmail.com
adelacotte@ub.edu
Departemento de Fisica della Materia Condensada
Universitat de Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain
At Penn: ~2016-19
Degree: Post-doc, Penn; PhD, Centre de Recherche Paul Pascal – CNRS, Bordeaux University 2015.
Research: Soft Condensed Matter Physics, liquid crystals, microscopy.
Current/Recent: Department of Physics, University of Barcelona (Spain), post-doc.
Dinsmore, Anthony
At Penn: 1993-1997
Degree: PhD, Penn, 1997. Post-docs, NRL and Harvard.
Research: Entropic Forces and Phase Separation in Binary Hard-sphere Colloids
Current/Recent: Professor in Physics, University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
Dogic, Zvonimir

zdogic@physics.ucsb.edu
Contact Phone: 805.893.2815
Office Location: Broida 4419
http://www.physics.ucsb.edu/people/zvonimir-dogic

At Penn: 2002-2003
Degree: Postdoc Penn; PhD, Brandeis University , 2001
Research: Soft Condensed Matter
Current/Recent: Recently, Associate Professor of Physics, Brandeis University; Currently Professor of Physics at University of California at Santa Barbara (UCSB).
Durduran, Turgut

Office: 325; Office Telephone:+34 935534151
Laboratory Telephone:+34 935534152; +34 935534184
E-Mail: turgut.durduran@icfo.eu
Research Areas: Biophotonics; Group Web Page: Medical Optics

https://www.icfo.eu/research/84-group-member-details?people_id=384&gid=29

At Penn: ~1998-2009 (also, undergraduate degree from Penn)
Degree: PhD, Penn, 2004, Post-doc Penn 2004-2006, Research Assistant Professor HUP Radiology, Penn, 2006-2009.
Research: Biomedical Optics (Brain, Breast, Muscle, Modeling, Instrumentation)
Current/Recent: Professor and Group Leader / ICREA Professor, Institute for Photonic Sciences (ICFO), Barcelona, Spain.
Ettinger, Sophie

sophie.ettinger@gmail.com
Vanguard
300 Admiral Nelson Drive
Malvern, PA 19355

Degree: PhD, Penn, 2023
Research: Soft Condensed Matter / Liquid Crystals
Current/Recent: Data Analyst, Specialist at Vanguard
Fisher, Jonathan A. N.

jonathan_fisher@nymc.edu
Department of Physiology
Basic Sciences Building
New York Medical College
Valhalla, NY 10595

https://www.nymc.edu/faculty/directory/by-name/fisher-jonathan/

At Penn: 2002-2007
Degree: PhD, Penn, 2007. Post-doc at The Rockefeller University
Research:Brain imaging with optical microscopy
Current/Recent: Associate Professor, Department of Physiology, New York Medical College (2014)
Gandour, Amani
At Penn: ~1997-98
Degree: Post-doc, Penn; PhD
Research: Diffuse Light Experiment
Current/Recent: Department of Mathematics, Physics and Computer Science (MPCS), University of the Sciences in Philadelphia
Giammarco, Joe

giammarc@eastern.edu
Eastern University
1300 Eagle Road
St. Davids, PA 19087-3696
more

At Penn: 2000-2002
Degree: Post-doc, Penn; PhD Temple University
Research: Inverse Problems and Computation
Current/Recent: Professor of Physics, Eastern University
Gonatas, Dinos
At Penn: ~1994-95
Degree: Post-doc, Penn (Leigh/Yodh); PhD, University of Chicago
Research: MRI Imaging, Biomedical Optical Imaging
Current/Recent: Principal, CPG Advisors
Gratale, Matt

1333 Lake Baldwin Ln #304
Orlando, Florida 32814
mdgratale@gmail.com

The Hartford
Lake Mary, FL

Degree: PhD, Penn 2016
Research: soft materials, colloids, glasses
Current/Recent: Data Scientist, The Hartford (Florida)
Ha, Na Young

하나영 (Ha, Na Young)
Office: 원천관 419호 (Rm419, Wonchun Hall)
Phone: +82-(0)31-219-2578
Email: nyha@ajou.ac.kr

Department of Physics/Department of Energy Systems Research, Ajou University,
206 Worldcup-ro, Yeongtong-gu, Suwon 16499, Korea
https://sites.google.com/site/ooemdlab/
https://sites.google.com/site/ooemdlab/professor

At Penn: 2005-2006
Education: PhD 2005 Ewha University, Korea, Post-doc at Penn
Research: optical properties and electro-optic applications of soft materials
Current/Recent: Professor, Department of Physics and Department of Energy Systems Research, Ajou University of Korea
Han, Yilong
At Penn: 2004-2007
Education: PhD, University of Chicago , 2003; Post-doc Penn 2004-2007
Research: Soft materials
Current/Recent: Professor, Department of Physics, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST).
He, Lian
GE Healthcare
Economic & Tech. Develop. Area, No.1 Tongji South Road,
BTP Campus
Beijing 11
100176 CN
helian920@hotmail.com
lian.he20@gmail.com
+8617801745920
At Penn: ~2016-19
Degree: Post-doc, Penn; PhD, University of Kentucky (2015).
Research: Diffuse Optics, Brain Imaging and Monitoring
Current/Recent: Lead Engineer, Image quality, GE Healthcare (Beijing)
Hill, Analisa
Degree: PhD, Penn, 2023
Research: Soft Condensed Matter Physics (Colloids)
Current/Recent: AI/ML Engineer at IQVIA
Holboke, Monica
At Penn: 1999-2000
Degree: Postdoc Penn; PhD, Dartmouth University , 1998
Research: Diffuse Optics Inversed Problem
Current/Recent: Principal Product Manager, Snowflake
Hough, Larry
At Penn: 2004-2006
Education:
PhD, Lehigh University , 2003; Post-doc, Penn
Research: Rheology of suspensions / Complex Fluids
Current/Recent: Recently, Manager, Complex Assemblies of Soft Matter Laboratory: UMI 3254, Solvay, Bristol, PA, USA; now Solvay Manager of Battery application lab in RIC Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Intes, Xavier
At Penn: 2000-2003
Degree: Postdoc Penn (Chance/Yodh); PhD University of Brest (France, 1998)
Research: Breast imaging with diffuse light
Current/Recent: Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Co-Director of BioImaging Center, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
Islam, Mohammad

mohammad@andrew.cmu.edu
https://sites.google.com/site/islamgroupcmu/

Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Carnegie Mellon University
5000 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890
Office: Wean Hall 3305
Phone: (412) 268-8999

At Penn: 2003-2006
Education:
Post-doc at Penn; PhD, Lehigh University, 2002
Research: Carbon Nanotubes / Complex Fluids
Current/Recent: Professor, Department of Materials Science & Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University.
Jahn, Louis
At Penn: ~1994
Degree: Post-doc, Penn (Yodh/Hochstrasser); PhD, University of Rochester
Research: Ultrafast Surface Science
Jeong, Joonwoo
At Penn: ~2012-15
PhD: Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Korea, 2012; Post-doc at Penn.
Research: Soft Condensed Matter
Current/Recent: Assistant professor, Department of Physics, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Ulsan, Republic of Korea
Jester, Kristin
At Penn: ~ 1995-96
Degree: MSc., Penn
Research: Light Propagation in Liquid Crystals
Kao, Ming Hsu
At Penn: 1992-1995
Degree: PhD, Penn, 1995
Research: Multiple light scattering from isotropic and anisotropic turbid media
Current/Recent: Recently, Software start-up company
Kaplan, Peter
At Penn: 1988-1993
Degree: PhD, Penn, 1993; Post-doc at The Rockefeller University
Research: Optical studies of the structure and dynamics of opaque colloids
Current/Recent: CTO, Shade.
Kavuri, Venki
vkavuri@quinstreet.com
venki.1130@gmail.com
Phone: 8144312033
Quinstreet
Foster City, CA
At Penn: 2014-16
Degree: PhD, University of Texas at Arlington, 2014; Post-doc, Penn, 2014-16
Research: Biomedical Optics, Brain monitoring, Breast Tomography.
Current/Recent: Member of Technical Staff (Machine Learning Engineer), Quinstreet.
Kim, Meeri
At Penn: 2006-13
Degree: PhD, Penn (2013)
Research: Biomedical Optics (Brain hemodynamics)
Current/Recent: Science Journalist (Freelance) for Philadelphia Inquirer, Washington Post, etc.
Koltover, Ilya
At Penn: ~ 1993
Degree: MSc., Penn; PhD UCSB
Research: Nonlinear Optics at Solid Interfaces
Current/Recent: Recently, Assistant Professor, Northwestern University
Lafontant, Alec
Degree: PhD, Drexel University (Bioengineering), 2019; post-doc CHOP/Penn 2019-
Research: Brain blood flow and intracranial pressure monitoring in preclinical and clinical models.
Current/Recent: Senior R&D Development Engineer, Medtronic
Konecky, Soren
Openwater
733 Front Street, Suite C1
San Francisco, CA 94111
www.openwater.cc
soren@openwater.cc
sorenkonecky@gmail.com
At Penn: ~2003-2008
Degree: PhD, Penn, 2008; Post-doc, Beckman Center, UC Irvine
Research: Breast Cancer Imaging/Optical Tomography
Current/Recent: Chief Technology Officer, Openwater
Lee, Kijoon
Daegu-Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST)
333 Techno Jungang-daero, Hyeonpung-myeon
Dalseong-gun, Daegu, Korea
(office) +82 53 785 6620
(email) kjlee@dgist.ac.kr
(web) http://goal.dgist.ac.kr/eng/
Degree: PhD, Brown University , 2002, Post-doc, Penn 2003-2007
Research: Diffuse Optical Imaging Inverse Problem
Current/Recent: Associate Professor and Chair, School of Undergraduate Studies, College of Transdisciplinary Studies, Daegu-Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST)
Li, Xingde
Whitaker Biomedical Engineering Institute Department of Biomedical Engineering
Johns Hopkins University
720 Rutland Avenue, Ross 731B
Baltimore, MD 21205
Tel: 410-955-0075 (Office)
xingde@jhu.edu
http://www.bme.jhu.edu/people/primary.php?id=915
At Penn: 1994-1998
Degree: PhD, Penn, 1998; Post-doc at MIT
Research: Probing Turbid Media with Diffuse Fluorescent Photons and Fast Bio-optical Imaging
Current/Recent: Professor of Bioengineering, Johns Hopkins University
Lin, Keng-Hui
At Penn: 1999-2002
Degree: PhD, Penn, 2002; Post-doc at Harvard
Research: Entropically Driven Interaction Between Colloids and Their Self Assembly
Current/Recent: Associate Research Fellow, Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica Taipei, Taiwan
Liu, Hanli
At Penn: 1992-96
Degree: Post-doc, Penn (Chance/Yodh); PhD, Wake Forest University
Research: Biomedical Optics
Current/Recent: Professor of Bioengineering
Department of Bioengineering
The University of Texas at Arlington
Liu, Jiachen

Tel: +86-15996001768
tzljch93@hotmail.com

At Penn: 2015-17
Degree: MSc, Penn, 2017
Research: Soft Matter, Colloids
Current/Recent: Consultant, Shunfeng Express, Shenzen, China
Lohr, Matthew
At Penn: 2008-14
Degree: PhD, Penn (2014)
Research: Soft Condensed Matter (Colloids, Liquid Crystals)
Current/Recent: Johnson & Johnson, Skillman NJ
Loudet, J.C.
At Penn: 2002-2003
Degree: Postdoc Penn; PhD, Bordeaux , 2001
Research: Assembly at liquid-liquid interfaces
Current/Recent: Professor, Univ. of Bordeaux, France
Lynch, Jennifer
At Penn: 2009-14
Degree: PhD, Penn (2014)
Research: Biomedical Optics (Pediatric Brain)
Current/Recent: Assistant Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP)
Ma, Xiaoguang (Max)
maxg@sustech.edu.cn
xgm_lrsm@163.com
Center for Complex Flows and Soft Matter Research
Department of Physics
Southern University of Science & Technology (SUSTech)
Shenzen, China
At Penn: ~2015-20
Degree: Post-doc, Penn; PhD, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology (HKUST), 2015.
Research: Soft Condensed Matter Physics, glasses, colloids, rheology, microscopy.
Current/Recent: Assistant Professor, Center for Complex Flows and Soft Matter Research and Department of Physics, Southern University of Science & Technology (Shenzen).
Mach, Peter
At Penn: ~ 2000-2002
Degree: Post-doc, Penn/Lucent; PhD, University of Colorado
Research: Photonic materials, liquid crystals, colloids
Current/Recent:
Martinez, Angel

At Penn: 2015-19
Degree: PhD 2014/15 University of Colorado; Post-doc at Penn 2015-19
Research: Liquid Crystals, Complex Fluids
Current/Recent: Assistant Professor, Applied Physics and Materials Science, Northern Arizona University

Mesquita, Rickson

r.coelhomesquita@bham.ac.uk

http://www.light4brain.com/

University of Birmingham
School of Computer Science
Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK
t: +44 (0)121 414 3712

At Penn: 2009-2011
Education:
Post-doc at Penn; PhD, Univ. of Sao Paulo, Brazil 2009
Research: Biomedical Optics
Current/Recent: Associate Professor, School of Computer Science, University of Birmingham, UK
Mishra, Chandan Kumar
chandan.mishra@iitgn.ac.in
mishrachandan23@gmail.com
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Gandhinagar
Gujarat, India – 382355
Phone: +91-792395-2572
https://iitgn.ac.in/faculty/phy/fac-chandan
https://chandanmishra.people.iitgn.ac.in/
At Penn: ~2018-21
Degree: Post-doc, Penn; PhD, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), Bangalore (2017).
Research: Soft Condensed Matter Physics, colloidal liquids and glasses, liquid crystals, soft films.
Current/Recent: Assistant Professor of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Gandhinagar.
Ntziachristos, Vasilis
At Penn: 1999-2001
Degree: PhD, Penn, 2001 (Chance/Yodh); Post-doc at Harvard/MGH
Research: Simultaneous MRI & Diffuse Optical Tomography of Breast Tumors
Current/Recent: Professor and Chair of Biological Imaging Technical University of Munich, Germany
O’Leary, Maureen
At Penn: 1992-1996
Degree: PhD, Penn, 1996
Research: Imaging with diffuse photon density waves
Current/Recent: Director, Technology Transfer, Monell Center, Philadelphia
Ong, Yi Hong
At Penn: 2016-2021
Degree: PhD, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 2015; post-doc Penn 2016-2021.
Research: Photodynamic Therapy and brain monitoring with light microscopy (oxygen metabolism) in both clinical and preclinical contexts.
Current/Recent: Senior Algorithm Engineer, Masimo
Owen, Rachel
At Penn: ~ 1999
Degree: MSc., Penn; PhD Bristol University, UK
Research: Member of Technical Staff, JPK Instruments
Owrutsky, Jeff
At Penn: ~1991-93
Degree: Post-doc, Penn (Yodh/Hochstrasser); PhD, University of California , Berkeley
Research: Ultrafast Vibrational Surface Dynamics
Current/Recentt: Member of Technical Staff, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC
Parthasarathy, Ashwin

Electrical Engineering Department
University of South Florida
4202 East Fowler Avenue
ENB118
Tampa, FL 33620
ashwinbp@usf.edu , ashwinbharadwaj@gmail.com

At Penn: 2013-16
Degree: PhD, University of Texas, Austin, 2010; Post-doc at Penn 2013-16
Research: Biomedical Optics, Optical hemodynamic monitoring of brain.
Current/Recent: Associate Professor, Electrical Engineering Department, University of South Florida
Pathak, Saurav
At Penn: 2009-2014 (in Yodh Biomedical Optics Group)
Degree: PhD, Penn (2005); Post-doc, Penn
Research: Biomedical Optics (Image Reconstruction, Breast Cancer)
Current/Recent: Data Scientists, Tata Consultancy Services
Pelc, Matthew
At Penn: 2004-2007
Degree: MSc, Penn, 2007
Research: Carbon Nanotubes / Soft Matter
Current/Recent: Staff physicist at Quantason LLC
Qi, Jining
At Penn: 1992-1995
Degree: PhD, Penn, 1995
Research: Nonlinear optical spectroscopy of gallium arsenide interfaces
Current/Recent: Recently an Independent consultant at J. P. Morgan/Bank One, DE
Sanyal, Subrata
At Penn: 1999-2001
Degree: Postdoc Penn; PhD, Indian Institute of Science, 1996
Research: Colloidal suspensions and self assembly
Current/Recent: Senior Research Scientist @ Luna Innovations, Inc.
Slemp, Alison
At Penn: ~ 2001
Degree: Resident, Penn (Fraker/Yodh); MD
Research: Breast Imaging
Current/Recent: Recently, Department of Surgery, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Solonenko, Michael
m.solonenko@saphotonics.com
SA Photonics, 120 Knowles Dr, Los Gatos, CA 95032
(408)560-3500 x179
858-705-1617 (mobile)
At Penn: 1999-2000
Degree: Postdoc Penn; PhD, Temple University , 1998
Research: Photodynamic therapy; Diffuse optical properties
Current/Recent: Principle System Architect, SA Photonics
Still, Tim
At Penn: 2011-15
Degree: Post-doc, Penn; PhD, Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz, Germany, 2010
Research: Soft condensed matter physics, colloids, phonons in glasses, coffee rings
Current/Recent: Lidl Stiftung & Co. KG Neckarsulm, Germany
Sun, Zhijiang
At Penn: ~1995
Degree: Post-doc, Penn (Yodh/Hochstrasser); PhD, University of Texas
Research: Surface Science
Sunar, Ulas

ulas.sunar@stonybrook.edu

Department of Biomedical Engineering ( https://www.stonybrook.edu/bme/ )
Stony Brook University
G15 Bioengineering Bldg.
Stony Brook, NY 11794-5281
Tel: (631)632-1727 (BME)
Lab: Optical Bio-Imaging Lab: https://biomil.org

At Penn: (2000-06)
Education:
PhD, Penn 2006
Research:
Blood Flow & Oxygenation in Tumors
Current Postion:
SUNY Empire Innovation Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Stony Brook University
Ti ,Yalin
At Penn: 2009-2011
Degree:
Post-doc at Penn; PhD, Florida International University, 2009
Research: Biomedical Optics (PDT)
Current/Recent: APAC Director of Clinical & Medical Affairs, Varian Medical Systems, Shanghai
Verma, Ritu
At Penn: 1995-1999
Degree: PhD, Penn, 1999
Research: Entropic Attractions in Colloid Polymer Studies
Current/Recent: Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Ankur Capital, Mumbai, India
Vulcan, Teodor
At Penn: 1997-1999
Degree: Postdoc Penn; PhD , Russia
Research: Clinical photodynamic therapy
Current/Recent: Recently, University of Florida , Graduate school in medical physics
Wang, Hsing-Wen
At Penn: 2000-2005
Education:
Post-doc at Penn; PhD, Case Western Reserve, 1999.
Research:
Photodynamic therapy
Current/Recent: Recently, Institute of Biophotonics (Asst. Prof.), National Yang Ming University, Taiwan and Bioengineering, University of Maryland; now working in Abu Dhabi, UAE.
Wang, Lin

linwangpu@gmail.com
115 Jadestone, Irvine, CA 92603

At Penn: 2017-2022
Education: PhD, Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China, 2013
Post-Doc: At Penn until 2022
Research: Biomedical Optics (Placenta Monitoring)
Current/Recent: Member of Technical Staff (Senior Engineer, Algorithm), Massimo Inc.
Weeks, Eric
At Penn: 1998-1999
Degree: Post-doc, Penn; PhD, University of Texas , Austin, 1997
Research: Complex Fluids, Microrheology, Microscopy
Current/Recent: Professor, Physics Department, Emory University
Wei, Wei-shao
School of Physics & Materials Research Science and Engineering Center
Brandeis University
Waltham, MA
wswei@brandeis.edu
weiwe@sas.upenn.edu
At Penn: ~2014-20
Degree: PhD, Penn (completed, 2020).
Research: Soft Condensed Matter Physics, liquid crystals, colloids, microscopy.
<Current/Recent: School of Physics & Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC) Brandeis University, Post-doc.
Wen, Qi
At Penn: 2006-2011
Degree:Post-doc at Penn; PhD, Brown, 2005/6
Research: Soft Condensed Matter (Joint with Paul Janmey)
Current/Recent: Associate Professor, Department of Physics, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
White, Brian

Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Pediatric Cardiology – 8NW
3401 Civic Center Blvd.
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 267-283-7835
Lab: 215-590-3548
Email: WhiteB1@chop.edu
brian.white@post.harvard.edu

At Penn: 2017-2020
Degree: MD, PhD from Washington University, Saint Louis (2016); post-doc at CHOP/Penn 2017-20.
Research: Brain monitoring with diffuse light and with light microscopy (resting-state networks) in both clinical and preclinical contexts.
Current/Recent: Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP).
Xing, Xiaoman

Medical Imaging Department
Suzhou Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Technology,
Chinese Academy of Sciences
No 88 Keling Road,
Suzhou New District, 215163

At Penn: ~2004-2009
Degree: MSc, Penn, 2009
Research: Biomedical Optics (PDT, Muscle)
Current/Recent: Member of Technical Staff, Suzhou Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Xu, Ye

Beihang University
School of Mechanical Engineering and Automation
International Research Institute for Multidisciplinary Science
37 Xueyuan Road, West Administration Building 311
Haidian District, Beijing 100191, China
E-mail: ye.xu@buaa.edu.cn

https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=zh-CN&u=http://www.me.buaa.edu.cn/yjspy/bssdsjs/93629.htm&prev=search

At Penn: ~2012-15
PhD: Yale University, 2011; Post-doc at Penn.
Research: Soft Condensed Matter
Current/Recent: Member of Technical Staff, Exxon-Mobil; Currently, Professor, Beihang University, School of Mechanical Engineering and Automation.
Yang, Ningping
At Penn: 1999-2001
Degree: PhD, Penn, 2001
Research: Suspensions and Second Harmonic Particle Microscopy
Current/Recent: Recently, Network Engineer, CC&C Co.
Yeganeh, Moshen
At Penn: 1988-1992
Degree: PhD, Penn, 1992; Post-doc at Exxon.
Research: Nonlinear optical spectroscopy of solid/solid interfaces
Current/Recent: Member of Technical Staff, Exxon-Mobil
Yu, Guoqiang

Department of Biomedical Engineering
514C, Robotics & Manufacturing Building
University of Kentucky Lexington, KY 40506-0070
Tel: 859-257-9110
guoqiang.yu@uky.edu

https://www.engr.uky.edu/research/researchers/guoqiang-yu/

At Penn: 2001-2007
Education: PhD, Tianjin University, China , 1989. Post-doc and then Research Assistant Professor in Physics & Astronomy at Penn, 2001-2007.
Research: Brain, muscle, tumor imaging and metabolism studies
Current/Recent: Professor, Department of Bioengineering, University of Kentucky
Yunker, Peter
peter.yunker@gmail.com
Georgia Institute of Technology
School of Physicss
Gilbert Hillhouse Boggs Building
770 State Street Northwest, Atlanta, GA 30313
http://yunkerlab.gatech.edu
At Penn: 2007-12
Degree:PhD, Penn (2012); Post-docs, Penn 2012 and Harvard 2012-14
Research: Soft Condensed Matter (Colloids, Droplets, Glasses)
Current/Recent: Associate Professor, School of Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology
Zhang, Jian
At Penn: 1999-2003
Degree: PhD, Penn, 2003
Research: Colloidal Self Assembly and Photonics
Current/Recent: Senior Quant, Bloomberg
Zhang, Zexin
zhangzx.suda@gmail.com
http://www.polymer.cn/ss/zhangzexin/en/index.html
Professor
Center for Soft Condensed Matter Physics and Interdisciplinary Research
Soochow University
1 Shizi Street
Suzhou 215006, China
At Penn: ~2007-2010
Degree: PhD, University of Bristol, UK, 2007; Post-doc, Penn, 2007-10
Research: Soft Matter: colloids, complex fluids, glasses, statistical mechanics
Current/Recent: Professor, Center for Soft Condensed Matter Physics and Interdisciplinary Research, Suzhou University, China
Zhou, Chao

Campus Box 1097
One Brookings Drive
St. Louis, MO 63130-4899
Tel: 314-935-1296
E-mail: chaozhou@wustl.edu
Website: https://sites.wustl.edu/zlab/

At Penn: 2002-2007
Degree: PhD, Penn, 2007; Post-doc, MIT
Research:
Diffuse optical imaging & spectroscopy of brain
Current/Recent: Associate Professor Department of Biomedical Engineering Washington University in St. Louis
Zubkov, Leonid
At Penn: 1999-2002
Degree: Postdoc Penn; PhD Russia
Research: Breast and brain imaging with diffuse light
Current/Recent: Research Professor, Drexel, School of Biomedical Engineering, and electronics consultant.

VISITING SCHOLARS (PAST & PRESENT)

name
contact
information
Kevin Aptowicz
Associate Professor, West Chester University, Department of Physics
Remi Dreyfus
CNRS researcher Office at UPENN: Room 409, Laboratory for the Research on Structure of Matter Philadelphia, PA 19104-6202 USA
Turgut Durduran

Turgut.Durduran@icfo.es

ICFO – The Institute of Photonic Sciences Mediterranean Technology
Park Av. del Canal Olímpic s/n 08860 Castelldefels (Barcelona), Spain
[ link ]

Associate Professor, ICFO, Institute for Photonic Sciences, Barcelona, Spain.
Piotr Habdas
Associate Professor, St. Joseph’s University, Department of Physics
Woon-Sik Baek
Department of Optoelectronics
Kyung-Hee University Korea
Larry Campbell
Department of Physics
Hobart and William Smith Colleges
Peter Collings
Professor of Physics, Department of Physics & Astronomy
Swarthmore College
Rodrigo Forti
University of Campinas (PhD candidate in Campinas) / Research on Dynamic cerebral autoregulation assessment in ischemic stroke patients.
Dave Kurz
Zentrails, Inc.

Zhe Li

Address: Room 729, Building Kexue, Beijing University of Technology, No. 100, Pingleyuan, Chaoyang District, Beijing, China.
Cell phone: +86-18614053223
lizhe1023@bjut.edu.cn

Visiting Scholar from Beijing University of Technology, China (2013-15, 2017).

Yuangang Lu
Professor, Department of Applied Physics, College of Science / Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics / Nanjing, China
(2018-19)
Igor Meglinksi
Biomedical Engineering and Biophotonics
Aston University
Birmingham, B4 7ET, UK
+44 (0)7930634420
i.meglinski@cranfield.ac.ukUniversity of Oulu
Finland
+ 358 29 4488888
igor.meglinski@oulu.fi
Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Biophotonics, Aston University and Professor of Opto-Electronics and Measurement Techniques, University of Oulu
Rickson Mesquita
Assistant Professor, Institute of Physics, University of Campinas, Brazil
Frank Moscatelli
Professor of Physics, Department of Physics, Swarthmore University
Goro Nishimura
Molecule & Life Nonlinear Sciences
Research Institute for Electronic Science
Hokkaido University, Sapporo 001-0020, Japan
Maurizio Nobili
Groupe de Dynamique des Phases Condensées
Université Montpellier II
France
Rajesh Patel
Department of Physics, Bhavnagar University, India
Deva Pattanayak
Vishay Intertechnology
Inc., Malvern , PA
V. Tuchin
Department of Optics
Saratov State University
Russia
Detian Wang

Assistant Professor
Institute of Fluid Physics, China Academy of Engineering Physics
Mianshan Road 64, Mianyang, Sichuan, China, 621900
Email: wdt_abcd@163.com
Phone:(086)0816-2497217, (086)13547139764
Chinese weblink: http://ilpb.caep.ac.cn/

Visiting Scholar from Institute of Fluid Physics, China Academy of Engineering Physics, China (2013-15)
George Watson
Department of Physics & Astronomy
University of Delaware
D.A. Zimnyakov
Department of Physics, Saratov State University
Russia

Collaborating Undergraduates, Visiting PhDs, Post-Bacs, K-12 School students/teachers:

Abrahmson, Ken, Post-Bach from Penn (2012-15)
Aggarwal, Manoj, PENN (1996)
Aguirre, Juan, Unidad de Medicina y Cirugia Experimental (Spring 2011)
Alam, Ishtiaq, PENN (1997-98)
Allen, Todd, Undergraduate at University of Pennsylvania, Oct. 2016 – August 2017
Arpaci, Sevde, Undergraduate, Bogazici University, Turkey (June-August 2011)
Atkins, Carl, University of Sussex (visiting undergraduate physics major); Summer 2016
Banerjee, Soumendra, Cornell University (Summer 2001)
Barabé, Blandine, Undergraduate from Grenoble INP – Phelma, France, (Summer 2014)
Barron, Seth (Lower Moreland High School Teacher, NSF RET Summer 2007)
Bartel, John, PENN (2008)
Benjamin –Fernandez, Gabriel, Swarthmore College (NSF REU Student, 1995)
Bergey, Daniel, PENN (Summer 2002)
Begum, Sumaiya, High School Student (Sun Valley High School, PA), 07/2017-08/2017
Boehm, Joshua, Case Western Reserve University (Summer 2001)
Brown, Zachery, undergraduate at Saint Joseph’s University, supervised with Piotr Habdas. (2015-16)
Bruce, Yaa, Harvard (Summer, 2002)
Burns, Roseann, Upper Darby High School (High School Teacher); Summer 2016
Burwasser, Lee, PENN undergrad, (Summer 2009)
Chaby, Lauren, Clarkson University (Summer 2008)
Chung, Chuck, PENN (1992-93)
Churgin, Matt, Research Rotation (Summer 2011)
Colagreco, Matt, West Chester University Physics Undergraduate (Summer 2010 & 2011)
Combs, Rachel,  High School Teacher, Crefeld High School, Summer 2017
Cope, Brian J., UPENN (Summer 2000/Spring 2001)
Courtland, Rachel, PENN (Spring/Summer 2000)
D’Souza, Angela, Graduate Student at Stonybrook University (2011-2015)
Dedeaga, Cem, PENN (2007-08 academic year)
DeSouza, Steven (High School), (NASA SHARP+/QEM Minority Summer Prog., 1996)
Devany, John Mike, Undergraduate, St. Joseph’s University (Summer 2011)
Devarajan, Mahima, Case Western University, Summer 2017
Dirnbach, Boris (Creative and Performing Arts High School Teacher) NSF RET, 1999
Dong, Connie, undergraduate from University of Minnesota. (Summer 2015, REU)
Durduran, Turgut, PENN, (1996-97)
Fazeli, Pouneh, Harvard, (Summer 1995)
Fletcher, Sarah, PENN (2007)
Flynn, Daniel, Undergraduate, St. Joselph’s University (Summer 2011)
Foster, Ellen, Vassar College, Clinical Research Coordinator (2008-2011)
Freifelder, David, Penn Undergraduate (2015)
Friedman, Daniel, PENN undergraduate (Spring/Summer, 2014)
Ganti, Raman, Undergraduate, PENN, (2012-13 )
Georgiades, Nikos, PENN, (1990-91) (Senior Thesis)
Gladney, Vanjessica, Penn undergraduate (2012-13)
Gorce, Lauriane, Masters student, Mines ParisTech University in France,  Summer 2018
Gossin, Sean, West Chester University (Summer, 2008 & 2009)
Green, Audrey, Undergraduate from Rutgers University (Summer 2013)
Griffiths, Kaitlin, undergraduate from Temple University, supervised with Dan Licht. (2015-16)
Grimshaw, Bob, PENN (1999)
Gross, Adam, PENN undergraduate (2014 – 2016)
Gruber, Josh, PENN Vagelos Scholar, (Spring/Summer 2000 – 2001)
Grundy, Sarah, Clinical Research Coordinator (2014)
Guha, Anubhav, High School Student at Horace Greely HS, Chappaqua, NY (2011-12)
Gunderson, Ross, (K-12 Teacher at Delaware County Christian School in Newtown Square, PA) Summer (2015)
Ha, Quoc Trung Nigel Van, Swarthmore College, (NSF REU Student Summer 2018)
Hance, Daltan, Clinical Research Coordinator, (2007-2010)
Hanson, Kasey, NSF-REU student from Alfred University (Summer 2013)
Haugh, Michael, PENN (2004-05)
Hong, Chan, University of Pennsylvania, Summer 2018
Hu, Zhensong, Undergraduate at University of Pennsylvania, Sept. 2016 – May 2017
Hudson, Emily R., undergraduate from Swarthmore University (Summer 2015)
Hughes, Earl, undergraduate at Temple University. (Summer 2015)
Imaizumi, Daniel, New College , U.S. Florida , 1997
Iwanicki, Martin, Undergraduate, St. Joseph’s University (Summer 2011-13)
Jahnavi, Jharna, Haverford University, Summer 2018
Janowski, Richard, undergraduate from West Chester University, supervised with Kevin Aptowicz. (Summer 2015)
Jeong, Min Young, Penn Undergraduate, (Summer 2014)
Jiang, Jane, Queen’s College, City University of New York (undergraduate); Summer 2016
Jones, Robert, PENN (1993-94)
Jowdy, Jessica M., Swarthmore College, REU program (NSF), (Summer 2013)
Kallop, Jahred, PENN (Spring 2001)
Kamara, Alpha, Community College of Philadelphia (Summer 2010)
Kanatous, Jonathan, West Chester University (Summers 2007, 2008)
Kandel, Ben, PENN Bioengineering Graduate student rotation (Summer 2011)
Kane, Steve, Haverford College (1989-90)
Karastury, Clara, Northeastern University, Summer 2018
Katransik, Jaka, Warsaw, Poland, Breast Shape Profilometry, (2011-2012)
Kim, Helen, Undergraduate in Anthropology from Penn, (2012-14)
Kocaoglu, Timur, PENN, (Fall 2001)
Kolger, Angela, Grad. Student at Stonybrook University who collaborated with group (2013-16)
Kopinsky, Michael, PENN (Second Semester 2007-08 academic year)
Kosty, Jennifer, Medical Student at Penn (2011-12)
Kruger, Samuel, High School student, Friends Central School, Wynnewood, PA, (Summer 2014)
Kulkarni, Nimay, undergraduates at the University of Pennsylvania (February – Spring 2016)
Kulkarni, Akshay, Germantown Friends School (High School Student); January & Summer 2017
Laderman, Laura, Swarthmore College, w/P. Collings, June, 2012 – August, 2013
Lake, Sean, PENN (2003 – 2004)
Latka, Andrzej, Saint Joseph’s University (2007-2008)
Laurans, Charles, Yale University, 1998
Ledwith, Patrick, Germantown Academy in Fort Washington, Pa, (2013)
Ledbetter, Jared (High School), (NASA SHARP+/QEM Minority Summer Prog., 1996)
Leipold, Hannes, Undergraduate from Penn (Summer and Fall 2013)
Lemire, Dillon, student form Upper Dublin High School, (Summer 2015)
Levitt, Andrew, Univ. of Toronto (Summer 2000)
Leyman,Michael, Undergraduate from Drexel University (2011-13)
Li, Zhe, Visiting Scholar from Tianjin University, China (2013-15)
Lin,Li, Masters Student in Bioengineering at Penn (2011-2012 school year)
Liu, Jiachen, University of Pennsylvania (Master’s Student), Department of Materials Science & Engineering; 2016-17; Thesis Project: Universal scaling law of diffusions in colloidal liquids: the role of attractions
Liu, Shih-Ki, PENN (2007 – 2008) (Senior/Masters thesis)
Lobel, Sam, PENN, NSF-REU student (Summer 2013)
Lorimer, Tara, undergraduates at the University of Pennsylvania (January – May, 2015)
Luedtke, Scott, Undergraduate NSF-REU student, University of Illinois (Summer 2012)
Machielse, Bart, Penn Undergraduate, Senior Honors Thesis (2014 – 2016)
Mansbach, Rachael, Swarthmore College Phys/Computer-Sci undergrad (Summer 2010)
Margolis, Ryan, West Chester University Physics Undergraduate (Summer 2010)
Mariani, Lisa, Undergraduate, St. Joselph’s University (Summer 2011)
Martlin, Catherine, Freshman Physics/Astronomy, Swarthmore (Summer 2012)
Matteo, Joe, Lehigh University, (1997-98)
Matyas, Caitlin, (K-12 Teacher, Benjamin Rush Academy, Philadelphia PA) Summer 2015
Mawhinney, Matthew, Saint Joseph’s University undergraduate (Summer 2010)
Mayer, Julia, Undergraduate at West Chester University, (Summer 2013)
Mazumbdar, Zigurt, PENN (1998-1999)
Mazzio, Miranda Undergraduate at Saint Joseph’s University, supervised with Piotr Habdas, 2017-2018
Mburu, Sarah, Undergraduate at Cornell University, NSF-REU student (Summer 2012)
McCarthy, Kelly, Philadelphia Middle School teacher / Drexel RET program (Summer 2009)
Menga, Matthew, Temple, (NSF REU Summer Student, 2004)
Menko, Julien, Haverford College, Clinical Research Coordinator (2012-2014)
Michelman, Ariel, PENN (Spring 2000)
Minkoff, David, PENN, Optical/MRI research projects, (2007-2010)
Morano, Vincent, undergraduate at the University of Pennsylvania (September, 2015 – 2018)
Mubvuma, Tinashe (Harry), Swarthmore College Undergraduate (Summer 2012)
Muriuki, Kevin, undergraduate at the University of Pennsylvania. (October 2015 – Spring 2016)
Nag, Amrita, PENN (2009-2010)
Nashed, Samer, undergraduate from Swarthmore College, supervised with Peter Collings (March-May 2015)
Napp, John, Undergraduate, Caltech (June-September 2011)
Nieh, Edward, PENN (Summer 2008)
Nieser, Kenneth, Swarthmore College, w/P. Collings, June, 2012 – April 2013
Ogalla, Timothy, Swarthmore College, supervised with Peter Collings, Spring/Summer 2018
Olef, Per, Swarthmore College (1990-91)
O’Neill, Patrick, UC Santa Barbara, 2003
Ordonez, Nicholas Undergraduate at Stephens Institute of Technology, NSF REU Student, Summer 2017
Ortiz, Gabriel A. Calderon, Undergraduate from University of Puerto Rico, (Summer, 2014)
Ortiz, Luis R. Rodriguez, Undergraduate, University of Puerto Rico (Summer 2011)
Osborn, Matthew, University of Pennsylvania, Undergrad. in Biochemistry Department (2016)
Otte, Michelle, undergraduate from Lockhaven University. (Summer 2015)
Padawer, Jonah,  Visiting Scholar (Substitute Teacher for Philadelphia school district), 2018-19
Palmer, Daniel M., Undergraduate from Swarthmore College (Summer 2014)
Parakh, Priyanka (PENN/SEAS, Fall 2009)
Parenzan, Tyler, K-12 Teacher, Foundation Collegiate Academy, Summer 2018
Parra, Sebastian Hurtado, Undergraduate at Saint Joseph’s University, (2014)
Peng, Anthony, Cornell (NSF Summer REU Student, 2002)
Pinter, Eric, PENN Electrical Engineering Undergraduate (Spring/Summer 2010)
Puranmalka, Raghav, PENN (2008-2009)
Rajput, Avinash, PENN (2008-2009)
Regan, Margaret, Swarthmore College, w/P. Collings, June, 2012 – August 2013
Rochlis, Jennifer, Mt. Holyoke College 1993 (NSF MRL Summer student)
Rojas, Enrique, PENN (Summer 2002)
Rouff, Andrew, Undergraduate from Union College, (May-August 2013)
Rouke, Jennifer, PENN, (1992-93) (Senior Thesis)
Rucker, Dakara, PENN (1997-99)
Ryan, Michael, Undergraduate at West Chester University, (Summer 2013, 2014)
Sayler, Elaine, PENN (May 2008-Jan. 2009)
Schenkel, Steve, PENN Physics Undergrad (2009-14)
Schroeder, Lee, PENN, 1995-96 (Senior Thesis)
Schwab, Peter, PENN undergrad (March 2010-2014)
Shah, Khushali, High School Student from Detroit, MI (Summer 2011)
Simi, Andrea, undergraduates at the University of Pennsylvania (February – Spring 2016)
Sinton, Seelig, PENN (1998)
Smith, Anthony (High School), Philadelphia (1992)
Sorenson, Eric, Friend’s Central, High School (Spring/Summer 2009)
Su, Chang, undergraduates at the University of Pennsylvania (January – May, 2015)
Sue-Wah-Sing, Christopher Rajiv, Rowan University, Summer 2018
Szabo, Thad, PENN (1992-93)
Tan, Zuojun, Visiting Scholar from Huazhong Agricultural University, China (2013-14)
Taylor, Jesse (Calvin College) NSF REU student, Summer 2006
Thakker, David, PENN, 1998
Thames, Alex, Lower Merion High School (Summer 2010); Penn State (Summer 2013)
Thorne, Nathaniel, Undergrad. from University of the Sciences (Summer 2011)
Toussant, Kimani, PENN, (Summer, 1993)
Tu, Ran, Juniata College, NSF REU student, (Summer, 2005)
Tzeng, Shih-Yu, National Cheng Kung University (NCKU), Taiwan, (2014-15)
Vemuri, Anand (Cherry Hill High School, Summer 2007)
Vianna Barbosa, Rodrigo de Castro, Toulouse (France) undergraduate (Summer 2010)
Vishwasrao, Harsh, PENN, (1996-97)
Voet, Doug, PENN, 1995-96 (Senior Thesis)
Vora, Patrick, Penn PhD student, Blood Flow Monitoring (Fall 2011)
Wagenborg, Bill, J. Newlin Fell School in South Philadelphia (Summer 2008, MS Integrated Sci.)
Wang, Detian, Visiting Scholar from Institute of Fluid Physics, Sichuan, China (2013-15)
Warren, Michael (Vagelos Scholar, PENN) 2005-2007
Wayne, Elizabeth (McNair Scholar Penn) 2007-09)
Weaver, Janet, William & Mary (Summer, 1993)
Winters, Maddie, Guilford College, Clinical Research Coordinator (2011-2013)
Wong, Derek, Haverford College, (1996-97)
Woods, Serena, Norfolk State University (Summer 2008)
Wu, Amy, PENN (NSF REU Students, June-Aug, 2001)
Xie, Long (Darren), Biomedical Engineering Masters student from Penn (2012-13)
Xu, Boping, University of Pennsylvania (Master’s Student), Department of Bioengineering; 2015-17; Thesis Project: Effects of different anesthetics on cerebral blood flow response to functional activation probed by laser speckle contrast imaging
Yesypenko, Anna, High School, Philadelphia, (Summer 2013)
Yevick, Hannah, PENN (2007-08, Senior Thesis Project)
Yu, Jiajia (2016), Undergraduate at College of Power Engineering, Chongqing University, China. Soft Matter Project: New colloidosomes stabilized by liquid droplets
Zaremba, Jeff, PENN, Vagelos Scholar (2004 – 2005)
Zemany, Laura, Harvard, Harvard, 1995 (NSF MRL Summer Student, and paper co-authorship)
Zhai, Xingda, Undergraduate at Swarthmore (mostly Summer 2011)
Zhang, Neil, Lower Merion High School (Summer 2009)
Zhang, Xingyu (Alex), Undergraduate from Swarthmore (Summer and Fall Semester, 2011)
Zhang, Yikang, Undergraduate from Peking University (PKU), China, (Summer 2017). Summer Thesis: Dynamic heterogeneity, in colloidal liquids with attractive interactions.
Zhang, Yukuan, Lower Merion High School student (Summer 2010)
Zhou, Bo, PENN (2004)
Maria Zuckerman (High School), Philadelphia (1992)

Senior Collaborators (PAST & PRESENT)

Ahmed Alsayed, Solvay, Bristol PA
Kevin Aptowicz, Dept. of Physics, West Chester University
Paulo Arratia, MEAM, University of Pennsylvania
Simon Arridge, University College London, UK
Fred Azar, Siemens Corporate Research
Ramani Balu, Department of Neurology, University of Pennsylvania
David Boas, Department of Bioengineering, Boston University
Alexei Borodin, Department of Mathematics, MIT
Kenneth M. Brady, Department of Anesthesiology, Baylor College of Medicine
Don Buerk, Hospital at the University of Pennsylvania
Mark Burnett, Hospital at the University of Pennsylvania
Theresa Busch, Hospital at the University of Pennsylvania
Larry Campbell, Hobart Williams College
Nils Carlson, OCG Ventures, LLC
Britton Chance, Dept. Biochemistry and Biophysics, Penn
Steve Chu, Stanford University
Regine Choe, University of Rochester
Peter Collings, Swarthmore College
Diego Contreras, Hospital at the University of Pennsylvania
John Crocker, Dept. of Chemical & Biochemical Engineering, University of Pennsylvania
Brian Czerniecki, Hospital at the University of Pennsylvania
Kris Dahl, Depts. of Chemical/Biomedical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University
Olivier Dauchout, ESPCI, France
Angela DeMichele, Hospital at the University of Pennsylvania
John Detre, Hospital at the University of Pennsylvania
Dennis Discher, Dept. of Chemical & Biochemical Engineering, University of Pennsylvania
Chaitanya R. Divgi, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Remi Dreyfus, CNRS/Solvay, Bristol PA
Turgut Durduran, ICFO, Spain
Doug Durian, Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania
Wouter G. Ellenbroek, Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands
Sid Evans, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Chris Favilla, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Michael Feldman, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Leif Finkel, Dept. of Bioengineering, Penn
Jared Finlay, Hospital at the University of Pennsylvania (HUP)
John (Jack) Fischer, Dept. of Materials Science & Engineering, Penn
Tom Floyd, Stony Brook University (and Hospital)
Mark A. Fogel, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP)
Doug Fraker, Hospital at the University of Pennsylvania
Joe Friedberg, Hospital at the University of Pennsylvania
Kimberly P Gannon, Department of Neurology, University of Pennsylvania
Eli Glatstein, Hospital at the University of Pennsylvania
Jerry Gollub, Haverford College
Mark Goulian, Depts. of Biology and Physics & Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania
Joel Greenberg, Hospital at the University of Pennsylvania
Wenshen Guo, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Piotr Habdas, Saint Joseph’s University
Steve Hahn, Hospital at the University of Pennsylvania
Yilong Han, HKUST, Hong Kong
B. Hammouda (NIST)
Paul Heiney, Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania
Elizabeth Hillman, Columbia University
Nola Hilton, Department of Radiology, University of California, San Francisco
Robin Hochstrasser, Dept. of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania
Larry Hough, Solvay, Bristol PA
Hallam Hurt, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP)
Paul Janmey, IME and Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Charlie Johnson, Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, Penn
M. A. (Asif) Kahn, APA Optics
Randy Kamien, Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania
Charlie Kane, Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania
Joel S. Karp, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Scott Kasner, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Chen Ke, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Jay Kikkawa, Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania
Cameron Koch, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Andy Lau, Florida Atlantic University
Daeyeon Lee, CBE, University of Pennsylvania
William M. Lee, Hospital at the University of Pennsylvania
Anais Leproux, Beckman Laser Institute, University of California at Irvine
Daniel Licht, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP)
Andrea Liu, Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania
J.C. Loudet, Univ. of Bordeaux, France
Tom Lubensky, Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania
Anthony C. Maggs, ESPCI, France
Andrew Maidment, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Amit Maity, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Bruce Malkowicz, Hospital at the University of Pennsylvania (HUP)
David Mankoff, Department of Radiology, University of Pennsylvania
Lisa Manning, Syracuse University
Susan S. Margulies, Dept. Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania
Vadim Markel, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Carole L. Markus, The Sleep Center, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Chandrakala (Kala) Menon, Hospital at the University of Pennsylvania
Rickson Mesquita, UNICAMP, Brazil
J. Metz, Hospital at the University of Pennsylvania (HUP)
R. Mick, Hospital at the University of Pennsylvania (HUP)
Allen Mills, University of California at Riverside
Emile Mohler III, Hospital at the University of Pennsylvania
Frank Moscatelli, Swarthmore College
Tom Mossberg, University of Oregon
Mike Mullen, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Chris Murray, Chemistry and MSE, Penn
Ken Nagamine, KEK/University of Tokyo, Japan
Sid Nagel, University of Chicago
Phil Nelson, Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania
M. Nieto-Vesperinas, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Spain
Shoko Nioka, Johnson Foundation, Penn/HUP
Goro Nishimura, Hokkaido University, Japan
Maurizio Nobili, Montpellier University, France
Deva Pattanayak, Vishay Intertechnology, Inc.
Keith Paulson, Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College
Dave Pine, New York University
Brian Pogue, Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College
Wilson Poon, University of Edinburgh, UK
Gabriel Popescu, Beckman Institute, University of Illinois
B. Pouligny, CNRS, Ctr Rech Paul Pascal, F-33600 Pessac, France
Mary Putt, Hospital at the University of Pennsylvania
Harry Quon, Johns Hopkins University (and Hospital)
Nimi Ramanujam, Duke University
J. Ripoll, Institute of Electronic Structure and Lasers, FORTH, Crete
Robert (Bob) Rogers, University of Delaware
Darren Roblyer, Department of Bioengineering, Boston University
Mark Rosen, Hospital at the University of Pennsylvania
Lewis Rothberg, University of Rochester
Brian Salzberg, Hospital at the University of Pennsylvania
Michael Schindler, ESPCI, France
Mitch Schnall, Hospital at the University of Pennsylvania
John Schotland, University of Michigan
Martin Schwieger, University College London, UK
Chandra (Sandy) Sehgal, Hospital at the University of Pennsylvania
Yair Shokef, Tel-Aviv University, Israel
M. C. Simon, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Holger Stark, Technische Universität Berlin, Germany
Kathleen Stebe, CBE, University of Pennsylvania
Maria Tamargo, CCNY
Egnacio Tapia, The Sleep Center, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Julia Tchou, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Glenn Tellis, Misericordia University, PA
Bill Theis, Naval Research Laboratory, China Lake, CA
Mike Therien, Currently, Department of Chemistry, Duke University
John Thomas, North Carolina State University
Harry W.K. Tom, University of California at Riverside
Salvatore Torquato, Department of Chemistry, Princeton University
Bruce Tromberg, University of California at Irvine
Valery Tuchin, Saratov State University, Russia
Sergei Vinogradov, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Patrick Vora, Department of Physics & Astronomy, Penn
Patrick Warren, Unilever
Felix Wehrli, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Dave Weitz, Harvard University
Diederik Wiersma, University of Florence, Italy
Pierre Wiltzius, University of California, Santa Barbara
Karen Winey, Dept. of Materials Science & Engineering, University of Pennsylvania
Shu Yang, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Pennsylvania
Peter Yunker, Georgia Institute of Technology
Zexin Zhang, Suzhou University, Suzhou, China
Gang Zheng, Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto
Qing Zhu, University of Connecticut
Tim Zhu, Hospital at the University of Pennsylvania
D. Zimnikov, Saratov State University, Russia