Education
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PhD, Arizona
State University, 2002 -
MS, Arizona
State University, 2000 -
BS, University
of Arizona, 1993
Employment
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The University of Arizona:
Department of Radiology; College of Optical Sciences, Assistant
Professor, 2007-date; Honors Program Undergraduate Research Fellow,
1989-1990 -
University of
Michigan, Biomedical Ultrasonics Laboratory, Senior Research Fellow,
2005-2007; Postdoctoral Fellow, 2002-2005 -
Arizona State
University, Neural Computation Laboratory, Graduate Research
Associate, 1996-2002 -
University
Medical Center, Nuclear Medicine, Research Assistant, 1994;
Lymphology laboratory, Research Assistant, 1989-1993 -
Cancer
Hospital Saint Cloud, France, Centre Rene Huguenin, Research
Assistant, 1993
Professional Affiliations
and Activities
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Member IEEE, SPIE,
BMES
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Member Society for
Neuroscience
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Member American
Physiologic Society
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Sponsored
Member AAAS/Science Program for Excellence in Science
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Chaired Electrical Imaging Session
for BMES
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Reviewer for: IEEE
Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, IEEE Trans on Neural Systems
and Rehabilitation Engineering, Brain Research (Family of Journals),
Journal of Lymphology, Radiology
Inventions
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Thermal Strain Imaging (full patent
applied, 2007)
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Current Mapping of Biopotentials
using the Acousto-Electric Effect (full patent applied, 2008)
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Photoacoustic Indicators (full
patent applied, Mar 2007)
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Conducting Phase-Sensitive
Acoustoelectric Hydrophone (invention disclosure, Feb 2007)
Awards and Honors
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Travel
Award, IEEE-EMBS Neural Engineering Conference (2007)
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NIH
Post-Doctoral Training Grant in Tissue Engineering and
Rehabilitation (2004-2006)
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Recognition
for “Outstanding Paper” in Current Opinion in Neurobiology
(2005)
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Arizona
Regents Scholarship (2000)
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First Place
ASU Biomedical Engineering Poster Competition (1998, 2000)
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Vesto Melvin
Slipher Scholarship in Physics (1992)
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Voted "Most
Imaginative" Undergraduate Research Project, University of Arizona
(1990)
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Nugent
Scholarship (1988-1991)
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Arts and
Sciences Dean’s List (1989-1993)
Research
Interests
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Novel
contrast mechanisms for ultrasound imaging (photoacoustics, current
flow, elasticity
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Functional
brain imaging of electrical signals (noninvasive and invasive
techniques)
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Smart
contrast agents for imaging and therapy
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Human
skeletal muscle dynamics at fiber bundle/millisecond scale using
ultrasound
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Implantable
bioMEMs for long-term neural recording, stimulation and drug
delivery
Research
Applications
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Electrical
brain mapping during neurosurgery (epilepsy, brain cancer)
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Novel
paradigms to diagnose and treat neurological disorders (Alzheimer’s)
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Neural
prostheses, functional electrical stimulation, neural engineering
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Muscular
disease, sports injury, rehabilitation, fatigue and aging
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