About
I am a School of Engineering Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellow at MIT working with Loza Tadesse. I study molecular, physical, and mechanical properties of biological cells and tissues using optical microscopy and spectroscopy. I analyze and correlate these features to enable us to better understand complex interplay and dynamics of biological systems.
I obtained my PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Johns Hopkins University with Ishan Barman. I previously worked at the mechatronics R&D center of Samsung Electronics, where I worked on developing wafer and photomask inspection systems.
News
| 2024/10 | I am attending the BMES meeting in Baltimore, MD. Come to my presentations: - Meet The Faculty Candidate Forum (Poster 57) on 10/23 (Wed) 2-5pm - “Non-perturbative Bacterial Identification Directly from Agar Plates Using Raman Micro-spectroscopy” (Poster R11) on 10/25 (Fri) 10-11am * Both are at Exhibit Hall E, F & G |
| 2024/10 | I am attending the Rising Stars in Mechanical Engineering workshop at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA |
| 2024/09 | I gave a guest lecture in Univ. of Florida’s course on Bio-solid Mechanics: Science, Engineering, Art, and Humanity |
| 2024/09 | I received Diversity Travel Award to attend the Brillouin Summer School at Wayne State University in Detroit, MI |
| 2024/08 | I am attending the NextProf Nexus workshop at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, MI |
| 2024/06 | I am presenting a poster at the SB3C Future Faculty Session in Lake Geneva, WI |
| 2023/11 | My work on “Raman Imaging & Machine Learning-based Human Renal Amyloid Detection” is featured as the cover art of Journal of Histochemistry & Cytochemistry November issue |
| 2023/09 | My work on “Label-free Characterization of Therapy-induced Senescence” is featured on Johns Hopkins Hub and Johns Hopkins News Letter |
Selected Publications
 | Label‐Free Visualization and Morphological Profiling of Neuronal Differentiation and Axonal Degeneration through Quantitative Phase Imaging, Advanced Biology (2024) | DOI |
 | RaMALDI: Enabling Simultaneous Raman and MALDI Imaging of the Same Tissue Section, Biosensors and Bioelectronics (2023) | DOI |
 | Noninvasive Morpho-molecular Imaging Reveals Early Therapy-induced Senescence in Human Cancer Cells, Science Advances (2023) | DOI |
 | Non-Perturbative Identification and Subtyping of Amyloidosis in Human Kidney Tissue with Raman Spectroscopy and Machine Learning, Biosensors (2023) | DOI |
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