Bio

Dr. Ashwin B Parthasarathy is an Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of South Florida. He completed his doctoral degree in Biomedical Engineering from The University of Texas at Austin and his postdoctoral research at Boston University and University of Pennsylvania. He has been on the faculty at the University of South Florida since 2016.

Dr. Parthasarathy's research integrates optics, physics, engineering, and computation principles to develop novel imaging/monitoring technology for applications that include bedside diagnoses/monitoring of brain injuries, intraoperative imaging, critical care monitoring, and modeling neurophysiology & neuroprotection.

Dr. Vishnu Kumar Raghu is a postdoctoral associate at the University of South Florida. He completed his doctoral degree in Biomedical Engineering from The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) in Bengaluru, and has a bachelors degree in ELectronics and Telecommunication and a Masters degree in Biomedical Engineering. His primary research focus lies in biomedical optics, encompassing spectroscopy, lasers and instrumentation.

Parveen is a Ph.D. student in Electrical Engineering at the University of South Florida. Her research intrests are Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy(fNIRS), Diffuse Optics, with a strong focus on data analysis. Her educational background includes a Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, specializing in Biomedical and Control systems, and a Bachelor's degree in Instrument Technology.

Mitch is a Ph.D. student in Medical Engineering at the University of South Florida. His research interests are on laser-tissue interaction.

Nahid is a Ph.D. student in Electrical Engineering at the University of South Florida. His research is primarily centered around Diffuse Speckle and Correlation Spectroscopy in the development of non-invasive medical devices.

Sean is a Ph.D. student in Medical Engineering at the University of South Florida. His research interests are in using speckle biophotonics.

Mrinmoy is pursuing a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering at the University of South Florida, where his research focuses on functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (fNIRS) and standalone integrated Diffused Spackle Contrast Spectroscopy (iDSCS). He earned his Master’s degree in Electronics Engineering from Kookmin University in Seoul, South Korea. During his Master’s, he worked on developing a wristwatch to monitor hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) and glucose levels noninvasively for diabetic patients.

Trisha is a Ph.D. student in Medical Engineering at the University of South Florida. Her research focus is non-invasive biomedical instrumentation and smart implantable systems. She is particularly interested in creating portable, non-ionizing technologies for real-time assessment of cerebral blood flow, oxygenation, and metabolism.

Mumtaz is a Masters (thesis) student in Medical Engineering at the University of South Florida.

Khanh is pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering at the University of South Florida. His research interests are in Diffuse Optics instrumentation.

Jacob is an undergradauate student pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering. He is interested in Biomedical Instrumentation and quantum optics.