Principal Investigator
Kamran Avanaki, PhD
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Postdoctoral fellow
Rayyan Manwar, PhD
Field of research: Transfontonelle photoacoustic imaging, 2D and 3D transcranial photoacoustic imaging, and ultrasound transducer design.
Visiting scholar
Zahra Turani, PhD candidate
Field of research: Optical coherence tomography (OCT) image analysis of skin melanoma, extended Huygens-Fresnel (EHF) simulation of OCT.
Graduate students
Karl Kratkiewicz, PhD candidate
Field of research: Photoacoustic computed tomography, development of novel image reconstruction algorithms with the considerations of light illumination and ultrasound detection.
Qiuyun Xu, PhD candidate
Field of research: Novel uses of optical coherence tomography in dermatological research, contrast-enhanced OCT imaging of melanoma, and the study of skin aging.
Mohsin Zafar, PhD candidate
Field of research: Spiral laser-scanning photoacoustic microscopy (PAM) of the rodent brain, use of deconvolution and deep learning for the enhancement of PAM images.
James Matchynski, MD/PhD candidate (co-advisor)
Field of research: Direct measurement of neuronal ensemble activity using photoacoustic imaging in the stimulated Fos-LacZ transgenic rat brain.
Undergraduate Students
Mary Tooma
Field of research: Study of addiction circuitry in the human brain.
Alumni
Dilara Turk, Dermatology resident at Wayne State Univerity School of Medicine
Audry Fotouhi, Dermatology resident at Wayne State Univerity School of Medicine
Nafiseh Mohammadian, Research assistant at CREOL, University of Central Florida
Afreen Fatima, Research assistant at Wayne State University
Saba Adabi, Research fellow at Mayo Clinic
Ali Hariri, Research assistant at University of California in San Diego
Nour Arfat, Research assistant at University of Michigan
Nicholas Belly, Research assistant at University of Michigan
Fangyuan Zhang, Research assistant at University of South California