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Irene Georgakoudi
Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering
Education
1999 Ph.D., University of Rochester, Rochester NY,
Biophysics
1996 M.Sc., University of Rochester, Rochester NY,
Biophysics
Research Interests
Research efforts in my laboratory focus on the development of novel optical
technologies for disease diagnosis and tissue engineering applications. We rely
mostly on endogenous sources of fluorescence and light scattering contrast to
enable easy translation from the laboratory studies to the clinic and we employ
linear and non-linear spectroscopic imaging approaches. The three main research
areas include:
Biography
Irene
Georgakoudi has been conducting research related to the use
of light for treating and detecting human diseases for more
than 15 years. She has co-authored nearly 50 peer-reviewed
articles and book chapters and has presented her work at
national and international meetings. She is very active in
the organization of scientific conferences on biophotonics
in the United States and in Europe and involved in the
establishment of a vibrant biophotonics program in Pakistan.
She has served on the Board of Directors of the Optical
Society of America. Her research is funded by the National
Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation and
the American Cancer Society.
Teaching
EN 31- Exploring Laser Light
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BME 101 - Medical Optics and Lasers
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Honors and Awards
- Research Scholar Grant, American Cancer Society (2009-2013)
- Board of Directors, Optical Society of America (2008-2009)
- Attendee of the "U.S. Frontiers in Engineering Symposium" organized by
the National Academy of Engineering (2006)
- NSF Career Award: Non-invasive modalities for optical imaging of
cell-matrix interactions in engineered tissues (2006-2011)
- Inaugural Sturge Price awarded for "pioneering contributions to spectral
diagnosis of biological materials using optical spectroscopic methodology." (2005)
- Claflin Distinguished Scholar Award, Massachusetts General Hospital,
Harvard Medical School (2004)
- National Research Service Award, U.S. National Institutes of Health
(1999-2002)
Professional Positions
2010 Program co-chair, Microscopy, Optical Society of America Meeting on
Biomedical Optics, Miami Beach, FL
2010 Program committee and session chair, Gordon Research Conference on
Lasers in Medicine and Biology, Plymouth, NH
2008-2009 Board of Directors, Optical Society of America (OSA);
Chair, Member and Education Services Council, OSA
2009 Program co-chair, European Conference in Biomedical Optics, Munich, Germany
2009 Session chair/organizer, Advances in Optics for Biotechnology,
Medicine and Surgery, Engineering Conferences International, Burlington, VT
2008 Program co-chair, Optical Society of America meeting on Biomedical Optics, Tampa, FL
2008 Program committee and session chair, SPIE Photonics West meeting, San Jose, CA
2007 Vice chair, Member and Education Services Council, OSA
2006 Program committee, Annual CLEO/QELS meeting, CA
2005 Session organizer and chair (New Technology/Methodology), Gordon
Research Conference on Lasers in Medicine and Biology, Plymouth, NH
Membership in Professional Societies
- Optical Society of America
- American Association for Cancer Research
- SPIE – International Society for Optical Engineering
- Biomedical Engineering Society
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