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[Photonics Seminar] Photonics based Telemedicine Technologies toward Smart Global Health Systems

Prof. Aydogan Ozcan, UCLAAbstract:
Most of these existing cellphones are already equipped with advanced digital imaging and sensing platforms that can be utilized for various health monitoring applications. This impressive advancement is one of the central building blocks of the emerging fields of ¡°Telemedicine¡± and ¡°Wireless Health¡±. I will introduce new imaging and detection architectures that can compensate in the digital domain for the lack of complexity of optical components by use of novel theories and numerical algorithms to address the immediate needs and requirements of Telemedicine for Global Health Problems. Specifically, I will present an on-chip cytometry and microscopy platform that utilizes cost-effective and compact components to enable digital recognition and 3D microscopic imaging of cells with sub-cellular resolution over a large field of view without the need for any lenses, bulky optical components or coherent sources such as lasers. This incoherent holographic imaging and diagnostic modality has orders of magnitude improved light collection efficiency and is robust to misalignments which eliminates potential imaging artifacts or the need for realignment, making it highly suitable for field use.Bio:
Dr. Aydogan Ozcan received his Ph.D. degree at Stanford University Electrical Engineering Department in 2005. After a short post-doctoral fellowship at Stanford University, he is appointed as a Research Faculty Member at Harvard Medical School, Wellman Center for Photomedicine in 2006. Dr. Ozcan joined UCLA in the summer of 2007 as an Assistant Professor, where he is currently leading the Bio-Photonics Laboratory at the Electrical Engineering Department. In 2009, Dr. Ozcan received the NIH Director¡¯s New Innovator Award, the Office of Naval Research (ONR) Young Investigator Award, the IEEE Photonics Society (LEOS) Young Investigator Award and the MIT¡¯s TR35 Award for his seminal contributions to near-field and on-chip imaging, and telemedicine based diagnostics. Prof. Ozcan is also the recipient of the 2010 Netexplorateur Award given by the Netexplorateur Observatory and Forum in France, and the 2009 Wireless Innovation Award organized by the Vodafone Americas Foundation as well as the 2008 Okawa Foundation Award, given by the Okawa Foundation in Japan.Host:
Prof. Michelle Povinelli

Location: EE 248

Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

Contact: Jing Ma