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Nikola Otic<\/strong>
\nGraduate Student<\/p>\n

notic@bu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

EDUCATION
\nUniversity of South Florida, Electrical Engineering, BS<\/p>\n

BIOGRAPHY
\nNikola Otic is a PhD in Biomedical Engineering. He received his BS on Electrical Engineering from USF in May 2019. In undergraduate, he worked with Dr. Ashwin Parthasarathy on Diffuse Correlation Spectroscopy (DCS) and Diffuse Optical Spectroscopy. In the BOAS laboratory he will continue to work on DCS and functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (fNIRS) systems.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

RESEARCH INTERESTS
\nDiffuse Correlation Spectroscopy, fNIRS, Biomedical Instrumentation.<\/p>\n

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De’Ja Rogers<\/strong>
\nGraduate Student<\/p>\n

dejar14@bu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

EDUCATION
\nNorfolk State University, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, BS\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

BIOGRAPHY
\nDe’Ja Rogers is a PhD student in Biomedical\u00a0Engineering. She received her BS in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Norfolk State University (NSU) in May 2019. As an undergraduate student, she worked with Dr. Hargsoon Yoon on developing brain computer interface (BCI) technology for amputee and social disorder treatment, as well as optimizing the technology for recreational applications. Now, she is advised by Dr. David Boas and will be working on functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy systems.\u00a0<\/span>
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RESEARCH INTERESTS
\nNeurophotonics, Brain-Machine Interfaces (BCI), Noninvasive Imaging, Instrumentation, Neurodegenerative Diseases and Brain Injuries<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"\"Maahira<\/span> <\/span>Jain<\/span><\/strong>
\nGraduate Research Assistant<\/span><\/p>\n

mjjj13@bu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

EDUCATION
\nMaster of Science in Media Science at Boston University College of Communication.<\/span><\/p>\n

BIOGRAPHY
\nMaahira<\/span> <\/span>Jain<\/span> is a Graduate Research Assistant at the Bio Optical & Acoustic Spectroscopy (BOAS) Lab, focusing on administrative coordination, student training compliance, and academic documentation. With a background in branding and advertising and a postgraduate specialization in digital and content marketing, she is pursuing a Master of Science in Media Science at Boston University College of Communication.<\/span><\/p>\n

At the BOAS Lab, she supports mentoring programs such as T32 and NRT by managing training records, coordinating with faculty, and maintaining up-to-date coursework documentation. She also contributes to the development of the Neurophotonics Lab website and creates content for lab seminars, helping enhance both internal communication and the lab\u2019s public-facing initiatives.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Ayman Abdelhakeem
\n<\/strong>Graduate Student<\/p>\n

elhakeem@bu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

EDUCATION
\nBenha University in Cairo, Egypt, Electrical and Computer Engineering, BS<\/span><\/p>\n

BIOGRAPHY
\nAyman Abdelhakeem was a PhD student in the Electrical and Computer Engineering department at Boston University, hailing from Benha University in Cairo, Egypt, where he earned his bachelor’s degree in 2019. During his undergraduate years, Ayman’s passion for optical systems and design was ignited.He was under the guidance of Professors David Boas and Hui at Massachusetts General Hospital, he was pioneering the development of advanced optical microscopy systems, particularly the PS_OCT system. His groundbreaking work includes the design and construction of a revolutionary 3D PS_OCT system at MGH’s Martinos Center, promising to transform our understanding of brain tissues by enabling 3D visualization. Ayman’s dedication to innovative research spans the fields of optical engineering,\u00a0 and signal processing, positioning him as a rising star in academia and research.<\/span><\/p>\n

RESEARCH INTERESTS
\nOptical Microscopy system, Signal processing, Image processing<\/span><\/p>\n

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Byungchan Kim (Kenny)<\/strong>
\nGraduate Student<\/p>\n

kennykim@bu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

EDUCATION
\nWashington <\/span>University, Biomedical Engineering, BS<\/p>\n

BIOGRAPHY
\nKenny Kim is a MD\/PhD student studying Biomedical Engineering at Boston University. He earned his BS in Biomedical Engineering from Washington University in\u00a02017. Kenny has investigated different modes of brain-computer interfaces. He developed with Dr. Eric Leuthardt visual attention based invasive brain-computer interface incorporating ECoG arrays, and has found several neurological correlates measurable in several non-invasive methods such as EEG. Kenny has also delved into the possibilities of optical methods while working with Dr. Adam Bauer to create a generalizable software package for mouse optical intrinsic signal imaging (fcOIS). Now, he is working on a fNIRS project in the BOAS lab to improve usability and capabilities of the system. Kenny is interested in expanding its use case for medical applications including point-of-care testing and brain-computer interface.<\/span><\/p>\n

RESEARCH INTERESTS
\n<\/span> Brain-computer interface, neurophotonics, signal processing, biomedical instrumentation<\/span><\/p>\n

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Bingxue Liu<\/strong>
\nGraduate Student<\/p>\n

bliu97@bu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

EDUCATION
\nBeihang University, Technology and Apparatus of Measuring and Control, BS<\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/span>BIOGRAPHY
\n<\/span>Bin<\/span>gxue Liu was a PhD student in Electrical and Computer Engineering at Boston University. She received her BS in Technology and Apparatus of Measuring and Control from Beihang University in June 2019. In undergraduate, she worked with Professor Jianguo Ma in Beihang University designing a fiber-tip Fabry-Perot interferometry for ultrasound sensing and with Professor Sridhar Krishnaswamy in Northwestern University implementing a polymer waveguide for ultrasound detecting. she was working on multispectral photoacoustic tomography (mPAT) project in BOAS\u2019s lab and will integrate mPAT with functional ultrasound imaging technologies to study oxygen delivery and consumption of mice brain.<\/span><\/p>\n

RESEARCH INTERESTS
\nPhotoacoustic tomography, functional ultrasound imaging, image reconstruction, neuroscience<\/span><\/p>\n

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\nDanyal Bhutto
\n<\/strong>Graduate Student<\/p>\n

bhutto@bu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

EDUCATION
\nEducation:\u00a0University of Louisville, Bioengineering, BS<\/p>\n

BIOGRAPHY
\nDanyal Bhutto was a PhD student in Biomedical Engineering. He received his BS in Bioengineering from the University of Louisville in 2018. In undergraduate, he worked with Dr. Ayman El-Baz developing computer-aided diagnostic tools for various diseases such as age-related macular degeneration. He also worked with Dr. Jonathan Kopechek to create double emulsion droplets to study drug delivery in Human cardiac cells. After graduating, he joined Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory and worked as an algorithm developer for a year. His area of research was the application of deep learning to improve neuroimaging reconstruction techniques. He was co-advised by Dr. David Boas and Dr. Matthew Rosen at the Martinos Imaging Center at Massachusetts General Hospital.<\/p>\n

RESEARCH INTERESTS
\nDeep Learning, MRI imaging, human cognition and intelligence.<\/p>\n

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\"\"Joe O’Brian<\/strong>
\n<\/strong>Graduate Student<\/p>\n

wjobrien@bu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

EDUCATION
\nThe University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and North Carolina State University, Biomedical Engineering, BS
\n<\/span>Boston University, Biomedical Engineering, MS<\/span><\/p>\n

BIOGRAPHY
\nJoe O\u2019Brien was a PhD candidate in Electrical and Computing Engineering. He received a BS in Biomedical Engineering from UNC Chapel Hill and NC State University through dual enrolment. He also received an MS in Biomedical Engineering from Boston University working for Dr. Lee Goldstein researching the effects of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy and its development in a mouse model.\u00a0 Joe was helping to develop wearable, functional near infrared spectroscopy systems.<\/span><\/p>\n

RESEARCH INTERESTS
\n<\/span><\/span>Near Infrared Spectroscopy, Neurotrauma.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/strong>G\u00fclce K\u00fcreli, M.D., Ph.D<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Postdoctoral Fellow<\/p>\n

gkureli@bu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

EDUCATION<\/p>\n

Hacettepe University, Turkey, Medicine, MD<\/p>\n

Hacettepe University, Turkey, Neuroscience, PhD<\/p>\n

BIOGRAPHY<\/p>\n

G\u00fclce K\u00fcreli graduated from the MD-PhD dual degree program of Hacettepe University in 2020. Her PhD study focused on the contractile mechanism of retinal pericytes. She was a postdoctoral fellow working on long-term follow-up and management of microcirculatory disturbance in stroke models at BOAS lab.<\/p>\n

PUBLICATIONS<\/p>\n

Google Scholar list of publications<\/a><\/p>\n

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\nSamuel Montero, Ph.D<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Postdoctoral Fellow<\/p>\n

smontero@bu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

EDUCATION<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

Instituto Nacional de Astrofisica, Optica y Electronica, Mexico, Ph.D. in Computer Science<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

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BIOGRAPHY<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

Samuel Montero was a Postdoctoral Fellow <\/span>working on the development of algorithms and methods for the analysis of brain connectivity and signal quality in fNIRS. During his first postdoctoral training, Samuel designed techniques for examining functional brain activity in specific conditions using functional near-infrared spectroscopy. Samuel also has expertise in developing algorithms for causal discovery and machine learning (including neural networks and evolutionary algorithms for optimization). \u00a0in the Bio Optical and Acoustic Spectroscopy Lab (BOAS), he was working on extracting connectivity networks from resting-state and attention-shifting fNIRS data.<\/o:p><\/p>\n

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RESEARCH INTERESTS<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

Functional and effective connectivity, fNIRS signal quality, causal algorithms<\/o:p><\/p>\n

Google Scholar list of publications<\/a><\/p>\n

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\n<\/strong>\"JayJay Dubb<\/strong>
\nSoftware Engineer<\/p>\n

jdubb@bu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

EDUCATION
\nBoston University, Computer Science, BS<\/p>\n

BIOGRAPHY
\nAfter completing a Bachelor’s degree in computer science at Boston University, Jay Dubb worked in various tech and software companies, debugging software for network routers at Bay Networks (now defunct) and Xerox, developing software for high-end printers, before moving to research at MGH. At MGH, he worked for 10 years developing software for various investigative tools to study brain mapping\/function using optics and NIRS. Currently Jay was continuing this work at Boston University since summer 2017 to 2024.<\/p>\n

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\"\"Yuanyuan Gao, Ph.D.<\/strong>
\nPostdoctoral Fellow<\/p>\n

gaoyy@bu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

EDUCATION<\/p>\n

Beihang University, China, Aircraft Environment and Life Security Engineering, BS
\n<\/span><\/o:p><\/span>Beihang University, China, Mechanical Engineering, MS
\nRensselaer Polytechnic Institute, New York, \u00a0Mechanical Engineering, PhD<\/span><\/p>\n

BIOGRAPHY<\/p>\n

Yuanyuan Gao studied the effects of neuromodulation on human motor behaviors using functional near-infrared spectroscopy for her PhD research. She was a postdoctoral fellow working in Boston University Neurophotonic center. Her research interest is functional near-infrared spectroscopy, multimodeled with EEG, eye-tracker, physiology measurements, neuromodulation and machine learning models. <\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

PUBLICATIONS
\nGoogle Scholar list of publications<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"AndersonAnderson Chen, Ph.D.<\/strong>
\nLecturer<\/p>\n

chena11@bu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

EDUCATION
\nStevens Institute of Technology, Physics, B.Eng (2003)
\nStevens Institute of Technology, Physics, MS (2005)
\nStevens Institute of Technology, Physics, PhD (2011)<\/p>\n

BIOGRAPHY
Dr. Anderson Chen was a research scientist in the Neurophotonics Center and the B.O.A.S. group. His primary function was to manage and develop new microscopy instruments through multi-disciplinary collaborations among the BU community. Some ongoing microscopy projects includes a three photon microscope, a two photon epi-Bessel beam microscope, serial sectioning OCT, and wearable fluorescent miniscope. In addition, Dr. Chen was the laboratory manager for the Bio-Medical Engineering department’s Micro and Nano Imaging Core Facility<\/a>. The facility features three widefield microscopes, one TIRF microscope, and a laser scanning confocal microscope. His prior work experience includes a position at Janelia Research Campus- HHMI where he worked with Dr. Na Ji on adaptive optics for microscopy; Newport Corporation where he was a senior electro-optical engineer designing spectroscopic instrumentation and light sources; and a NRC scholar at North Carolina State University where he worked on developing novel thermal imaging sensors.<\/p>\n

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\u015eefik Evren Erdener, M.D., Ph.D.<\/strong>
\nPostdoctoral Fellow<\/p>\n

serdener@bu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

EDUCATION
\nHacettepe University, Turkey, School of Medicine, MD (2009)
\nHacettepe University, Institute of Neurological Sciences and Psychiatry, Neuroscience, PhD (2012)
\nHacettepe University, School of Medicine, Neurologist (2014)<\/p>\n

BIOGRAPHY
\n\u015eefik Evren Erdener was a medical doctor of neurology. He received his PhD on neuroscience under mentorship of Professor Turgay Dalkara, with his work on the interactions between cortical spreading depression and headache pathways. He was a postdoctoral researcher interested in application of advanced optical imaging techniques to evaluate the hemodynamic and oxygenation mechanisms in cerebral microcirculation and the neurovascular interactions related to neuronal survival. He was utilizing animal models neurological diseases, like stroke and migraine to address clinically relevant problems for understanding pathophysiological mechanisms and developing treatment approaches.<\/p>\n

PUBLICATIONS
\nResearchGate list of publication<\/a><\/p>\n

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Jiarui Yang<\/strong>\"Jairui
\nGraduate Student<\/p>\n

jryang@bu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

EDUCATION
\nB.S. in Control Science and Engineering, Chu Kochen Honor College, Zhejiang University, China
\nMS\/PhD in Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, USA<\/p>\n

BIOGRAPHY
\n<\/span>Jiarui Yang was a PhD student in the Biomedical Engineering Department at Boston University. He received his BS in Control Science and Engineering at Zhejiang University in June 2016. During his undergrad he worked with Dr. Chunyue Song and Dr. Quanzheng Li at Massachusetts General Hospital on evaluating the effectiveness of partial volume correction (PVC) on quantification of positron emission tomography images. He also applied PVC on AV-45 PET dataset of Alzheimer\u2019s Disease patients and studied the pathological revolution using population based brain network analysis. He is currently a PhD student in Dr. Boas\u2019 lab, where he will be developing an incorporated system with large-scale polarization sensitive optical coherence tomography (PS-OCT) and two-photon microscopy. The system is designed for serial sectioning human brain and the goal of this project is to build a cytoarchitectural atlas for whole human brain.<\/p>\n

RESEARCH INTERESTS
\n<\/span><\/span>Optical coherence tomography (OCT), Alzheimer\u2019s Disease, computational neuroscience, artificial intelligence in medical imaging.<\/p>\n

PUBLICATIONS
\nGoogle Scholar list of publications<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"KivilcimK\u0131v\u0131lc\u0131m K\u0131l\u0131\u00e7, M.D., Ph.D.<\/strong>
\nResearch Scientist<\/p>\n

kkilic@bu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

EDUCATION
\nHacettepe University, Turkey, MD
\nHacettepe University, Turkey, Neuroscience, PhD<\/p>\n

BIOGRAPHY
\nK\u0131v\u0131lc\u0131m K\u0131l\u0131\u00e7 was the lab manager for the Neurophotonics Center. She was interfacing with BU faculty, students and fellows helping them utilize the facilities of the Center. She comes from the University of California San Diego (UCSD) where she was a postdoctoral fellow working with Anna Devor on studies of neurovascular coupling using two photon microscopy, optogenetics, electrophysiology and awake animal models. Prior to that she received her medical degree and neuroscience PhD from Hacettepe University, Turkey. While at UCSD she established several robust procedures for head fixed microscopy in mice and for multi-modal integration of several devices for investigation of neural networks and neurovascular coupling. She is an excellent communicator and has mentored numerous trainees in the adoption of these complex procedures.<\/p>\n

PUBLICATIONS<\/p>\n

Google Scholar list of publications<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"Chang<\/strong>Chang Liu<\/strong>
\nMaster Student<\/p>\n

lcirene@bu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

EDUCATION
\nSouthern Medical University, Biomedical Engineering,\u00a0China, BS<\/p>\n

BIOGRAPHY
\n<\/span>Chang Liu was a Master student in the Biomedical Engineering Department at Boston University. She received her BS in Biomedical Engineering and Economics at Southern Medical University in China in May 2017. During her undergrad she worked with Dr. Hua Zhang on Four-Dimensional cone beam CT reconstruction algorithm. She was working in Dr. Boas\u2019 lab for her master project about Laser Speckle Contrast Image on cerebral blood flow measurement.<\/p>\n

RESEARCH INTERESTS
\n<\/span><\/span>Optical Imaging, Neuroimaging, neuroscience, computational modeling.<\/p>\n

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\"\"Alexander Von L\u00fchmann, Ph.D.<\/strong>
\nPostdoctoral Fellow<\/p>\n

avolu@bu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

EDUCATION
\nKarlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany, Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, BS + MS
\nBerlin Institute of Technology (TU Berlin), Germany, Electrical Engineering + Machine Learning, PhD<\/p>\n

BIOGRAPHY
\nAlexander von L\u00fchmann was a postdoctoral researcher at the Boston University Neurophotonics Center and Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, MGH Harvard Medical School. He received his PhD with distinction from Berlin Institute of Technology, where he designed hybrid wearable functional Near Infrared Spectroscopy (fNIRS) and Electroencephalography (EEG) instrumentation and machine learning based analysis approaches. His research focuses on multimodal diffuse optical instruments and multimodal signal processing towards neurotechnology applications outside of the lab.<\/p>\n

RESEARCH INTERESTS
\nNIRS, fNIRS, TD-DCS, EEG, Brain Computer Interfaces (BCI)<\/p>\n

PUBLICATIONS
\nGoogle Scholar list of publications<\/a><\/p>\n

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Antonio Ortega<\/strong>
\n<\/strong>Graduate Student<\/p>\n

aortegam@bu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

EDUCATION
\nUniversidad of Guadalajara (Mexico)<\/span>, Electrical Engineering, BS
\nCentro de Investigaciones en Optica\u00a0<\/span>(Mexico), MS<\/span><\/p>\n

BIOGRAPHY
\nAntonio Ortega was a Biomedical Engineering PhD student. He <\/span>was an Electrical Engineer from the Universidad of Guadalajara (Mexico) <\/span>and has a Masters in Optics from the Centro de Investigaciones en Optica\u00a0<\/span>(Mexico). While in Mexico, he worked for several years in industrial\u00a0<\/span>applications of light and infrared technology, mainly in quality control\u00a0<\/span>through photometry, spectrometry and artificial vision, as well as\u00a0<\/span>characterization of thermal materials and phenomena. Later, he\u00a0<\/span>immigrated to the United States to work as a Research Engineer at the\u00a0<\/span>Wellman Center for Photomedicine (in the Massachusetts General\u00a0<\/span>Hospital), where he used his previous experience to devise experimental\u00a0<\/span>setups to study diverse problems as differential diagnosis of skin\u00a0<\/span>conditions or muscle oxygenation of free diving seals. At this position\u00a0<\/span>is where he discovered his interest for biomedical engineering, which\u00a0<\/span>led him to start a PhD and eventually join the Boas lab, where he is\u00a0<\/span>working in a wearable low cost fNIRS system. Among his current interests\u00a0<\/span>are the problem of extracting biologically relevant information of in\u00a0<\/span>vivo tissue using light spectroscopy, and the data analysis techniques\u00a0<\/span>to extract useful information from the experimental data.<\/span><\/p>\n

RESEARCH INTERESTS
\n<\/span><\/span>Near Infrared Spectroscopy, Brain-machine interfaces, neurophotonics, instrumentation, data analysis<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"DmitryDmitry Postnov, Ph.D.<\/strong>
\nPostdoctoral Fellow<\/p>\n

dpostnov@bu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

EDUCATION
\nSaratov State University, Russia, Physics, BS + MS
\nSaratov State Technical University, Computer Sciences, BS
\nCopenhagen University, Denmark, Medical sciences, PhD<\/p>\n

BIOGRAPHY
\nDmitry Postnov was a postdoctoral fellow at the Boston University Neurophotonics Center and at the Copenhagen University Biomedical Sciences Institute. He received his MS in Physics at Saratov State University in Russia and PhD in cardiovascular research at the Copenhagen University in Denmark. Dmitry was awarded Edmunds Optic Educational Award in 2015 for his research in laser speckle imaging. His research project was funded by Novo Nordisk Foundation and is focused on vascular imaging and early diagnostics of diabetes and hypertension.<\/p>\n

RESEARCH INTERESTS
\nLaser speckle, OCT, vascular and blood flow imaging, hypertension, diabetes<\/p>\n

PUBLICATIONS
\nGoogle Scholar list of publications<\/a><\/p>\n

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<\/a>\"Shen<\/strong>Shen Ning<\/strong><\/p>\n

Graduate Student<\/p>\n

sning@bu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

EDUCATION
\nCornell University, Biology and Society, BA
\nBoston University School of Medicine, Graduate Program for Neuroscience, MD\/PhD candidate<\/p>\n

BIOGRAPHY
\nShen Ning was PhD candidate in the Graduate Program for Neuroscience. She graduated from Cornell University in 2015 with a B.A. in Biology and Society and a minor in Cognitive Science. Her previous research with Dr. Jan Lammerding at the Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology\u00a0involved elucidating\u00a0vascular smooth muscle defects in Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome. She spent her junior year abroad at Oxford University, where she worked on research projects aimed at understanding the basis of working memory under the supervision of Dr.\u00a0<\/span>Anna Christina<\/span>\u00a0Nobre and Dr. Masud Husain. She joined the Boas lab as a first-year PhD student and was working to apply optical imaging tools to characterize neurovascular changes in animal models of neurodegeneration, such as Alzheimer\u2019s Disease.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

RESEARCH INTERESTS
\nAlzheimer\u2019s disease, neurodegeneration, OCT, LSI, TPM, memory and cognition.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

INTERESTS
\nAside from research and medicine, Shen enjoys traveling and is an amateur competitive ballroom dancer.<\/p>\n

PUBLICATIONS
\nGoogle Scholar list of publications<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"JianboJianbo Tang, Ph.D.<\/strong>
\nPostdoctoral Fellow<\/p>\n

jianbo@bu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

EDUCATION
\nHarbin Institute of Technology, China, Instrumentation Science and Engineering, BS and MS
\nUniversity of Florida, USA, Biomedical Engineering, PhD (2016)
\nBIOGRAPHY
\nJianbo Tang received his PhD in Biomedical Engineering from University of Florida in 2016. Currently, he was a postdoctoral research fellow working with Dr. David Boas in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at BU and the Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging at MGH-Harvard Medical School. His research focuses on developing novel functional imaging technologies for biomedical applications, with particular interest in photoacoustic imaging, functional ultrasound imaging, and optical coherence tomography.<\/p>\n

RESEARCH INTERESTS
\nOptical coherence tomography, dynamic light scattering-optical coherence tomography, photoacoustic tomography, photoacoustic microscopy, functional ultrasound imaging.<\/p>\n

PUBLICATIONS
\nGoogle Scholar list of publications<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"\"Seong-Wook\u00a0(Sparky)\u00a0Park, Ph.D.<\/strong>
\nResearch Scientist<\/p>\n

sparky@bu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

EDUCATION
\nChangwon National University (South Korea) BS(1998)
\nChangwon National University (South Korea) MS (2000)
\nStevens Institute of Technology, Physics, Ph.D. (2013)<\/p>\n

BIOGRAPHY
\nDr. Seong-Wook Park joined the Neurophotonics Center and the B.O.A.S. group as a research scientist. Previously he was a senior research engineer at U2MedTek – a start-up company that specializes in building medical devices to diagnose sinusitis. His novel design helped advance the instrument from a research prototype to a commercially available diagnostic tool. Before the start-up, he was a post-doctorial scholar at the Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) where his work helped develop a stand-off landmine detection system using spectroscopic techniques. He holds two patents in Korea for the unique design of the diagnostic mouth-piece and the laser scanning system in landmine detection.<\/p>\n

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\"L. Nathan Perkins, Ph.D.
\n<\/strong>Postdoctoral Fellow<\/span><\/p>\n

lnp@bu.edu<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

EDUCATION
\nUniversity of Southern California<\/span>,\u00a0neuroscience<\/span>, BS
\nMIT, Technology and Policy,\u00a0 MS<\/span>
\nBoston University, Biomedical Engineering, PhD<\/span><\/p>\n

BIOGRAPHY
\nL. Nathan Perkins was developing, modeling and validating a novel technique to use bundles of optical microfibers to interface with deep brain region, building on his dissertation work in the Lab of Neural Circuit Formation with Professor Tim Gardner. He previously completed a Master\u2019s degree in Technology and Policy at MIT, where he researched network models of emergent behavior in complex organizations. Prior to graduate school, he attended the University of Southern California, finishing in 2007 with a degree in neuroscience, and spent two years as a Peace Corps volunteer working in South Africa.<\/span><\/p>\n

Website:<\/span>
\nhttps:\/\/www.nathanntg.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n

PUBLICATIONS
\nGoogle Scholar list of publications<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"JulietteJuliette Selb, Ph.D.<\/strong>
\nSenior Research Scientist<\/p>\n

jjselb@bu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

EDUCATION
\n\u00c9cole Sup\u00e9rieure d’Optique, France, Optical Engineering, MSc
\nUniversit\u00e9 Paris-Sud \/ ESPCI, France, Optics & Photonics, PhD (2002)<\/p>\n

BIOGRAPHY
\nJuliette Selb’s research interests revolve around the development of novel diffuse optical imaging techniques, and their applications to physiological and medical questions. She was an Instructor at the Optics at Martinos<\/a>, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, until 2017. She worked on instrumentation and algorithms development related to near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) and diffuse correlation spectroscopy (DCS), and on the clinical translation of these technologies, notably to brain monitoring in neurocritical care and during cardiovascular surgery. Her work at BU focused on establishing functional NIRS as a solid, flexible brain imaging modality for a broad range of collaborative studies.<\/p>\n

RESEARCH INTERESTS
\nBiomedical optics, diffuse optical imaging, functional near infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS), diffuse correlation spectroscopy (DCS), clinical neuromonitoring.<\/p>\n

PUBLICATIONS
\nGoogle Scholar list of publications<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"CamronCameron Snow
\n<\/strong>Master Student<\/p>\n

csnow3@bu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

EDUCATION
\nWestern University, Mechatronic Systems Engineering, BS<\/p>\n

BIOGRAPHY
\n<\/span>Cameron Snow was a Master\u2019s of Science candidate in the Biomedical Engineering Department at Boston University. He received his BS in Mechatronic Systems Engineering from Western University in London, Ontario, Canada in May of 2017. During the summer times he has worked as a data analyst and programmer for an intraoperative neuromonitoring company, SafeOp Surgical. Throughout his time there, he designed now patented software to filter non-physiological signals from somatosensory evoked potentials. he was completing his Master\u2019s degree with Dr. Boas where he was helping to produce an open source fNIRS system.<\/p>\n

RESEARCH INTERESTS
\n<\/span><\/span>Medical device design, neuroengineering, neurophysiology, algorithm production, software design.<\/p>\n

INTERESTS
\nApart from research, Cameron enjoys playing music with friends as well as playing ice hockey.<\/p>\n

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\"SmrithiSmrithi Sunil<\/strong>
\nGraduate Student<\/p>\n

ssunil@bu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

EDUCATION
\nCase Western Reserve University, Biomedical Engineering, BS<\/p>\n

BIOGRAPHY
\nSmrithi Sunil was a PhD candidate in the Biomedical Engineering Department at Boston University. She received her BS in Biomedical Engineering with a minor in Electrical Engineering from Case Western Reserve University in May 2015. She was a PhD candidate in the BOAS Lab, where she was applying various optical techniques to characterize changes in cerebral vascular structure, hemodynamics, and neurovascular coupling after stroke. The goal of her project was to study functional recovery after stroke. Prior to her PhD, during her undergrad, she worked with Dr. Jeffrey Capadona on characterizing and improving electrode performance and inflammatory response that result from intracortical microelectrode implants.<\/p>\n

RESEARCH INTERESTS
\nNeuroengineering, neurovascular coupling, hemodynamics, stroke recovery, neurophotonics, optogenetics.<\/p>\n

PUBLICATIONS
\nGoogle Scholar list of publications<\/a><\/p>\n

\n

\"\"Maria Lennaco<\/strong>
\nMS Student<\/p>\n

mmi@bu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

EDUCATION
\nBoston University, Biomedical Engineering, BS
\nBoston University, Neuroscience, BA<\/p>\n

BIOGRAPHY
\nMaria Iennaco was a MS candidate in Biomedical Engineering.\u00a0 <\/span>She received her BS in Biomedical Engineering and BA in Neuroscience from Boston University in 2019.\u00a0 <\/span>As an undergraduate she worked with Dr. Col\u00f3<\/span>n-Semenza in the BU Center for Neurorehabilitation researching therapies for individuals with Parkinson\u2019s Disease. In collaboration with researchers at Johnson & Johnson Maria contributed to the development of a device to deliver therapeutic Near Infrared Light to the orbitofrontal cortex of patients with neurodegenerative diseases.\u00a0 <\/span>In the BOAS lab she will continue studying photobiomodulation and investigate its potential as a therapeutic technique for stroke recovery.<\/p>\n

RESEARCH INTERESTS
\n<\/span>Neuroengineering, Neurodegenerative Diseases, Brain-Machine Interfaces<\/p>\n

\n

\"\"Kuan Cheng Wu (Tony)<\/strong>
\nGraduate Student<\/p>\n

kuan1031@bu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

EDUCATION
\nNational Cheng Kung University, BS and MS<\/span><\/p>\n

BIOGRAPHY
\nKuan Cheng Wu was a PhD candidate working on diffuse correlation spectroscopy in BOAS lab. Prior to joining Boston University, he received his B.S and M.S. from National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan in 2015 and 2017. His undergraduate research mainly focused on the engineering aspect of near-infrared spectroscopy. During the period of the master program, he joined the optics division of Martinos Center, Massachusetts General Hospital where he got involved in the research of diffuse correlation spectroscopy to investigate hemodynamics and non-invasive intracranial pressure under Professor Maria Angela Franceschini.<\/span><\/p>\n

RESEARCH INTERESTS
\nNear-infrared spectroscopy, diffuse correlation spectroscopy<\/p>\n

\n

\"\"Stephan (Shuaibin)\u00a0Chang
\n<\/strong>Graduate Student<\/p>\n

shuaibin@bu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

EDUCATION
\nUniversity of Science and Technology of China, BS<\/p>\n

BIOGRAPHY
\nStephan Chang is a Phd student in Electrical and Computer Engineering department at Boston University. He received his BS in Physics from USTC. In undergraduate, he worked with Professor Jixin Cheng in BU with a Stimulated Raman Spectroscopy Endoscope project and with Professor Bi in USTC with a STORM and light-sheet microscopy project. Now he’s working on a swept source OCT project in the Boas lab. With SS-OCT and other imaging technologies, the team are aiming at whole human brain imaging. Apart from research, he’s also interested in tennis, running, photography and trying to learn rowing, swimming and skiing.<\/p>\n

RESEARCH INTERESTS
\nMicroscope design and development, microscope control system, machine learning algorithms in image processing.<\/p>\n

\n

\"\"EDUCATION
\nIndian Institute of Science Education and Research, BS-MS\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

BIOGRAPHY
\nSharvari<\/span> Zilpelwar is a Ph.D. candidate in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department. She received her Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Physics, from\u00a0the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Pune in 2018. For\u00a0her\u00a0masters’ thesis, she studied the spatio-temporal\u00a0properties of multiply scattered ultra-broadband light under the supervision of Sushil Mujumdar at Tata Insititute of Fundamental Research. In BOAS lab, she is developing\u00a0a\u00a0system based on full-field optical coherence tomography\u00a0to\u00a0increase\u00a0the\u00a0penetration depth\u00a0of the multiphoton microscope.\u00a0Additionally,\u00a0she\u00a0is involved in building\u00a0a\u00a0system for depth-resolved laser speckle imaging.<\/span><\/p>\n

RESEARCH INTERESTS
\nMicroscope Design and Development, Full Field OCT, Laser Speckle<\/span><\/p>\n

\n

\"\"Stephan (Shuaibin)\u00a0Chang
\n<\/strong>Graduate Student<\/p>\n

shuaibin@bu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

EDUCATION
\nUniversity of Science and Technology of China, BS<\/p>\n

BIOGRAPHY
\nStephan Chang was a Phd student in Electrical and Computer Engineering department at Boston University. He received his BS in Physics from USTC. In undergraduate, he worked with Professor Jixin Cheng in BU with a Stimulated Raman Spectroscopy Endoscope project and with Professor Bi in USTC with a STORM and light-sheet microscopy project. he was working on a swept source OCT project in the Boas lab. With SS-OCT and other imaging technologies, the team were aiming at whole human brain imaging. Apart from research, he’s also interested in tennis, running, photography and trying to learn rowing, swimming and skiing.<\/p>\n

RESEARCH INTERESTS
\nMicroscope design and development, microscope control system, machine learning algorithms in image processing.<\/p>\n

\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

Jessie Anderson
\n<\/strong>Graduate Student<\/p>\n

andersonj@bu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

EDUCATION
\nWestern Kentucky University, Mechanical Engineering, BS<\/span><\/p>\n

BIOGRAPHY
\n<\/span>Jessie Anderson is a PhD student in Biomedical Engineering. She received her BS in Mechanical Engineering from Western Kentucky University in December 2017. Upon graduation, she joined Rice 360 Institute for Global Health where she performed lab and clinical research for BiliSpec, a point-of-care neonatal jaundice diagnostic tool that combines spectroscopy and lateral flow assay technology. She is now co-advised by Dr. David Boas and Dr. Muhammad Zaman; she aims to leverage functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy systems to detect biomarkers of mental disorders present among refugee populations to supplement clinical care.<\/span><\/p>\n

RESEARCH INTERESTS
\nGlobal Health, Neurophotonics, Near Infrared Spectroscopy, Mental Health, Biomedical Instrumentation<\/p>\n

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