Expected May 2014Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Bioengineering
Stanford Bioengineering Fellowship
Expected August 2009University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL
Master of Science (M.S.) in Bioengineering
May 2008University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Bioengineering
Edmund J. James Scholar, Robert C. Byrd Honors Scholar, Dean's List, Phi Eta Sigma Honor Society, Golden Key International Honor Society, Tau Beta Pi Honor Society
May 2005William Fremd High School, Palatine, IL
June-August 2008Research Assistant, Harvard-MIT Health Sciences & Technology
Wellman Optical Diagnostics Group, Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Advisors: Guillermo J. Tearney, M.D., Ph.D., Melissa J. Suter, Ph.D.
Project: Design and fabrication of an optical frequency domain imaging (OFDI) endoscopic probe for comprehensive esophageal microscopy
October 2007-March 2008Lead Developer, Virtual Bioimaging Laboratory
Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, Department of Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
June-August 2007Research Assistant, Harvard-MIT Health Sciences & Technology
Johannes F. de Boer Group, Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Advisors: Johannes F. de Boer, Ph.D., Boris H. Park, Ph.D.
Project: Speckle reduction using wavefront modulation in multi-functional optical coherence tomography (OCT)
January 2006-August 2009Research Assistant, Chemical Imaging and Structures Laboratory
Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, Department of Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Advisor: Rohit Bhargava, Ph.D.
Projects:
(2006–) Infrared spectroscopic imaging for the automated diagnosis of skin cancer
(2006) Online database of spectral data centered on applications to human pathology
(2008) Design and fabrication of a hand-held, fiber optic Fourier transform infrared spectroscopic needle probe for in situ pathology
(2008–) Phenomenological modeling of cell growth, activation and proliferation
(2009–) Chemical imaging for systems pathology of the prostate