PhD Candidate, Department of Biomedical Engineering

Contact

B1 Stellar-Chance Laboratories

422 Curie Boulevard

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia PA 19104-6100

Tel: 215-898-9357

Fax: 215-573-2113

email: tmawn@mail.mmrrcc.upenn.edu

Education

Recent Work

Research Interests

Quantification of NIR spectroscopy Diffuse optical tomography Co-registration of of NMR and fluorescence

I am interested in the quantification of NIR spectroscopic measurements in multi-layer tissues, using analytic linear models employed in optical tomography. In particular, I have focused on the accuracy of trans-abdominal fetal cerebral oximetry. This research has extend my interest to improving the accuracy of quantifying NIRS blood oxygenation measurements in muscle and cerebral tissue by co-registering MRI structural information.

My research also includes an investigation to validate MR spectroscopy with NIR fluorescence imaging in a tumor model undergoing differentiation therapy. In order to correlate MRS and optical information, I have been designing the instrumentation for simultaneous, in-magnet, NIR fluorescence measurements.

Publications