Researchus Emeritus
This list of former group members is not complete.
Woonggyu Jung, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Beckman Institute
Budiman Dabarsyah, M.S.
Graduate Fellow
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Wladimir Benalcazar, M.S.
Graduate Fellow
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Freddy Nguyen
Graduate Research Assistant
Department of Chemistry,
MD/PHD medical scholars program
Jonathan Sun
Graduate Research Assistant
Department of Bioengineering,
MD/PHD medical scholars program
SungHwan Shin (Personal homepage)
Graduate Fellow
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Di Li (Personal homepage)
Graduate Research Assistant
Department of Nuclear, Plasma, and Radiological Engineering
Renu John, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Beckman Institute
Xing Liang
Graduate Research Assistant, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Utkarsh Sharma, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, 2008-2010
Shannon Powers
Undergraduate student, 2009
School of Molecular and Cellular Biology
Joe Geddes, Ph.D.
Beckman Postdoctoral Fellow, 2006-2009
Stephanie A. Rinne, Ph.D.
Beckman Postdoctoral Fellow, 2006-2008
Ronald Hsiao
Undergraduate student, Engineering Physics, 2010
Julie ten Have
Office Administrator at Materials Research Laboratory,
Univeristy of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Dan Marks, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, 2001-2008
Amy Oldenburg, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, 2001-2008
Adam Zysk
Graduate student, Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2007
Title: Surgical Breast Cancer Localization via Coherent Measurement of Endogenous Optical Properties.
Robin Chelliyil
Graduate student, M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2007
Title: Processing Architecture and Hardware Modifications for a Real-Time Integrated Optical Coherence and Multiphoton Microscope.
Gareth Jones
Graduate student, M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2007
Title: High Spectral Resolution Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman Scattering Spectroscopy through Spectral Deconvolution of Interfermetrically-Detected Broadband Chirped Pulses.
Tyler Ralston
Graduate student, Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2006
Title: Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Microscopy.
Simon Schlachter
Graduate student, M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2006
Title: Polarization-Sensitive Optical Coherence Tomography: Characterization, Integration, and Application.
Annie Ko
Graduate student, M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2006
Title: Imaging and Characterization of Optical Scattering Changes in Single Neurons using Optical Coherence Tomography.
Dianna Liu
Graduate student, M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2006
Conducted research on OCT needle-based beam-delivery systems.
Chenyang Xu
Graduate student, Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2005.
Title: Spectroscopic Optical Coherence Tomography: Mechanisms, Methodology, and Applications.
Chuanwu Xi, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, 2001-2005
Claudio Vinegoni, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, 2003-2005
Wei Tan, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, 2003-2005
Wei Luo
Research Specialist, 2002-2005
John Fahrner
Graduate student, M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2005
Title: Evaluation of Engineered Cornea with an Integrated Optical Coherence and Multiphoton Microscope
Jay Pasquesi
Graduate student, M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2005
Title: Polarization-Sensitive Optical Coherence Tomography: Design, Development, and Implementation
Jose Mayen
Graduate student, M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2004
Title: Radial and Helical Scanning Algorithms for Optical Coherence Tomography
Tinman Lee
Graduate student, M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2002
Title: Optical Coherence Tomography Image Enhancement using Contrast Agents and Wavelet Denoising
Jeremy Bredfeldt
Graduate student, M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2004
Title: Nonlinear Interferometric Vibrational Imaging
Josh Reynolds
Graduate student, M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2002
Title: High-Speed, Broad-Bandwidth Delay Line Implementation for Optical Coherence Tomography
Shoeb Sitafalwalla
Undergraduate Student.
Conducted research in optical contrast agents.
Alex Schaefer
Graduate student, M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2002
Title: Real-Time, Digital Signal Processing-Based Optical Coherence Tomography and Optical Doppler Tomography
Wayne Tang
Undergraduate Student.
Conducted research in three-dimensional optical coherence tomography.
Jian Ye
Graduate student, M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2003.
Title: Spectroscopic Optical Coherence Tomography of Near-Infrared Dyes as Contrast Agents.
Not pictured:
Zhi Jiang, Ph.D.,
Postdoctoral Fellow, 2007-2009
Robabeh Rezaeipoor, Ph.D.,
Visiting Research Scientist, 2006-2009
Postdoctoral Fellow, 2002-2003
Amy Wiedemann, D.V.M.,
Postdoctoral fellow, 2002-2003
Zhu Boru, Ph.D.,
Postdoctoral Fellow, 2002
Sujatha Krishnan, M.D.,
Internal Medicine Chief Resident, 2006-2007.
Achal Modi
Undergraduate student, B.S. in Bioengineering, 2002
Mariya Lazebnik
Undergraduate student, B.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2003
Undergraduate Thesis: Functional Optical Coherence Tomography for Neural Imaging.
Deepti Narla
Undergraduate student, B.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2003
Undergraduate Thesis: Design of a Hand-Held Probe for Use in an Optical Coherence Tomography System.
Girish Muyle
Undergraduate student, B.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2003
Jacquelyn Martin
Undergraduate student, B.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2003
Undergraduate Thesis: Optical Coherence Tomography in Developing Biology Studies.
Jillian Gunther
Undergraduate student, B.S. in Bioengineering, 2004
Undergraduate Thesis: Cell Labeling and Viability Following Administration of Contrast Agents for Optical Coherence Tomography.
Devang Parikh
Undergraduate student, B.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2004
Anupama Bowonder
Undergraduate student, B.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2004
Undergraduate Thesis: Optical Coherence Tomography of Neural Activity.
Nayoung Lee
Undergraduate student, B.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2004
Wes McClain
Undergraduate student, B.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2005
Adrien Muller
Exchange student from ENST (National School for Telecommunications), France.
Diplome d'Ingenieur, 2005.
Elaine Wah
Undergraduate student, B.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2006
Stephen Kim
Undergraduate student, B.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2006
Roger Hsiao
Undergraduate student, B.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2006
Kahla Dean
Undergraduate student, B.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2006
Evan Rosenfeld
Undergraduate student, B.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2006
Paras Baxi
Undergraduate student, B.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2006
Undergraduate Thesis: Darkbox Fluorescence Imaging.
Yuting Wu
Undergraduate student, B.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2007
Rahil Jogani
Undergraduate student, B.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2007
Undergraduate Thesis: Instrumentation for an OCT Microscope.
Yee Lin Koh
Undergraduate student, B.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2007
Je Lin Chin
Undergraduate student, B.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2007
Undergraduate Thesis: Spectroscopic Optical Coherence Tomography Imaging for Cell Differentiation.
David Tabriz
Undergraduate student, B.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2007
Kathleen Reilly
Undergraduate student, B.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2007
Wendy Siman
Undergraduate student, B.S. in Physics, 2007
Morgan Wang
Undergraduate student, B.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2009
Equipmentus Emeritus
Lexel 480 - R.I.P. 







