Kirill Larin, Ph.D. UT Medical Branch at Galveston (2002) |
Kirill V. Larin is the Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Houston. He also holds joint appointments at the Departments of Mechanical Engineering and Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Houston and Department of Optics and Biophysics at the Saratov State University (SSU) in Russia. Larin received his first M.S. in Laser Physics and Mathematics from the SSU (1995), his second M.S. in Cellular Physiology and Molecular Biophysics (2001) and Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston (2002). His research contributions are in Biomedical Optics and Biophotonics and development and application of various optical methods for noninvasive and nondestructive imaging and diagnostics of tissues and cells. Larin has authored more than 70 peer-reviewed journal and conference publications and chapters in several textbooks on Biomedical Optics. He is a member of General Program Committee for the annual International Meeting on Optics, Laser Physics and Biophysics and currently a member of Optical Society of America, American Society for Lasers in Medicine and Biology, and SPIE. Larin is the recipient of Presidential Award from Russian President Boris Yeltsin recognizing his significant contributions in optics. He has also received Wallace Coulter Young Investigator Translation Award, Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award, Outstanding Young Investigator Award from the Houston Society for Engineers in Medicine and Biology, and Herbert Allen Award from American Society for Mechanical Engineers. Larin currently serves as an Instructor for short courses on Tissue Optics for the Optical Society of America.
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Mohamad Ghosn, Ph.D. University of Houston (2009) |
Mohamad G. Ghosn graduated with a Ph.D. in the Biomedical Engineering at the University of Houston in 2009. His main focus is the examination of molecular diffusion of various drugs and analytes across biological tissues using optical coherence tomography. He has had the opportunity to publish many of his works and he also enjoys teaching for which he was awarded the Outstanding Teacher Assistant Award for the year 2008 from the Cullen College of Engineering. His career goal is to become a professor in biomedical engineering. He is currently a postdoc at a collaborating Atherosclerosis and Vascular Biology laboratory at Baylor College of Medicine and part-time - at BOL.
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Graduate Students AND RESEARCH ASSISTANTS |
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Ravi Kiran Ph.D. Candiate University of Houston (2008) |
Manapuram Ravi Kiran is a Ph.D. candidate in the Mechanical Engineering program at the University of Houston. His main focus is the development of a biosensor using optical coherence tomography for various applications, such as the detection of microbubbles that cause decompression sickness, and imaging of whole eye for accommodation measurements. Kiran's career goal is to develop a noninvasive sensing modality that will help the field of medicine for an improved diagnosis and therapy. |
Naren Sudheendran Ph.D. student |
Narendran Sudheendran is a Ph.D. student in the Biomedical Engineering at the University of Houston. His focus is quantification of blood flow in tissues using Speckle in Optical Coherence Tomography. |
Shang Wang Ph.D. Student |
Shang Wang is a graduate student at the university of Houston seeking a Ph.D. degree in Biomedical Engineering. His research focuses on Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) system development and OCT based biosensors development. |
Jiasong Li Ph.D. Student |
Jiasong Li is a Ph.D. student in Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Houston. He received his B.S. degree in BME from Northeastern University, China and became a garduate student in BME at Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China. His interest is focus on the applications of OCT, especially the Bio-Mechanical Property. |
Erte Pan Ph.D. Student
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Erte Pan is a Ph.D. student in Electrical and Computer Engineering department at the University of Houston. He received his B.S. degree from Wuhan University, China. He is interesting in image processing on Biomedical images based on OCT. |
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS
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Floredes Menodiado Undergrad Student 2011-Present |
Phiet Truong Undergrad Student 2011-Present |
Maleeha Mashiatulla Undergrad Student 2010-Present |
Manmoham Singh Undergrad Student 2011-Present |
Hy Lai Undergrad Student 2011-Present |
Sameer Undergrad Student 2011-Present |
alumni
Stepan Baranov, Ph.D. |
Postdoc |
2009-2010 |
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Venu Gopal Reddy Manne, M.S. |
Graduate Student |
2006-2010 |
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Steven Ivers, M.S. |
Graduate Student |
2008-2010 |
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Yezeng Cheng, M.S. |
Graduate Student |
2005-2007 |
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Saba Syed, M.S. |
Graduate Student |
2008-2010 |
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Drishti Asthana, M.S. |
Graduate Student |
2010-2011 |
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Esteban Carbajal |
Undergraduate Studen |
2007-2010 |
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Aydan Mehralizadeh |
Undergraduate Studen |
2009-2010 |
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Manisha Kotha |
Visiting Scholar |
2007 |
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Rami Mir |
Visiting Scholar |
2007 |
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Astha Vijayanada |
Undergraduate Student |
2008-2009 |
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Natasha Befrui |
Undergraduate Student |
2007-2008 |
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Panteha Rezaee |
Undergraduate Student |
2008-2009 |
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Michael Leba |
Undergraduate Student |
2008-2009 |
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Julio Juarez |
Undergraduate Student |
Summer 2009 |
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Andrew Martinez |
Visiting Undergraduate Student |
Summer 2009 |
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Rohan Sheh |
Visiting Student |
Summer 2009 |
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Alyssa Kasiraj |
Visiting Undergraduate Student |
Summer 2009 |
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Ashley Ivers, B.S. |
Visiting Scholar, RET Program |
Summer 2009 |
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Mustafa Elzarif |
Undergraduate Student |
2009-2010 |
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Stephen Cleboski |
Undergraduate Student |
2010 |
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Grace Rahwan |
Undergraduate Student |
2010-2011 |
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Mohamed Mohamed |
Undergraduate Student |
2009-2011 |
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Betsy Salazar |
Undergraduate Student |
2010-2011 |
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Alexander Ling |
Visiting Student |
2011 |
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Location
Address |
Biomedical Optics Laboratory N153 Engineering Bldg 1 |
Phone |
713-743-5750 |
Fax |
713-743-5750 |