Recent Announcements

We’re Hiring: Senior Postdoctoral Fellow / Research Associate in Biomedical Optics

The Translational Biophotonics Lab at Western University is seeking a highly motivated researcher with expertise in time-resolved optical spectroscopy.
What you’ll do:
 ✅ Lead projects using SNSPDs for broadband time-resolved spectroscopy
 ✅ Develop advanced analysis tools in MATLAB/Python
 ✅ Publish high-impact research and contribute to grant writing
 ✅ Help mentor undergraduate and graduate students
What we’re looking for:
 ✔ Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering, Medical Biophysics, Physics, or related field
 ✔ Strong background in time-resolved spectroscopy
 ✔ Hands-on experience with SNSPDs or time-correlated single-photon counting
 ✔ Excellent programming and writing skills
Position Details:
 📍 Location: Western University, London, Ontario
 💰 Salary: Commensurate with experience + full benefits
 📅 Start Date: Immediate
Apply now: Send your CV, cover letter, and references to Dr Mamadou Diop (mdiop@uwo.ca)

June, 2026 - 2026 Canadian Association of Physicists Congress

Natalie Li, Rasa Eskandari, Saeed Samaei, Aria Riahi, Emma Zhang, Darya Sukhina, Ann Ping, and Sule Karagulleoglu Kunduraci will present their work at the 2026 Canadian Association of Physicists Congress, which will be hosted in Ottawa, ON, Canada. Conference programme and registration information can be found here.
  • Natalie's oral talk: Hyperspectral Time-Resolved Near-Infrared Spectrometer for In-Vivo Adult Neuromonitoring
  • Rasa's oral talk: Estimating absolute optical properties in turbid media using single-distance broadband continuous-wave spectroscopy
  • Saeed's oral talk: Development and Validation of a Wearable, Low-Cost Near-Infrared Spectroscopy System for Cerebral Hemodynamic Monitoring
  • Aria's oral talk: In Silico Estimation of Brain Optical Properties with Time-Resolved Near-Infrared Spectroscopy Using a Two-Detector Two-Layer Photon Diffusion Model
  • Emma's oral talk: Towards Non-invasive Assessment of Tissue Stiffness Using Diffuse Correlation and Time-resolved Near-infrared Spectroscopy
  • Darya's poster: Evaluating an approximation of biological tissue photon propagation model using simulations
  • Ann's oral talk (delivered by Natalie): Towards a Standard Minimum Spectral Resolution for Broadband Continuous-Wave Near-Infrared Spectroscopy
  • Sule's oral talk (delivered by Rasa): Optical assessment of the hemodynamic and metabolic response to elevated intracranial pressure in piglets

April, 2026 - SPIE Photonics Europe 2026

Natalie Li, Rasa Eskandari, Solaiman Ahmed, Mohammad Hossein Namazi, Aria Riahi, Ann ping, and Sule Karagulleoglu Kunduraci will present their work at the SPIE Photonics Europe 2026 conference, which will be hosted in Strasbourg, France. Conference programme and registration information can be found here.
  • Natalie's oral talk: Development of a hyperspectral time-resolved compressive sensing near-infrared spectrometer for in-vivo adult neuromonitoring
  • Rasa's poster: Light-absorbing cytochrome species in yeast-based tissue-mimicking phantoms
  • Solaiman's poster: Deep learning method to reconstruct the hyperspectral time of flight of photons from compressed measurements
  • Mohammad's poster: Hybrid P3–ballistic photon analytical framework for modeling short-distance light transport in tissue for broadband near-infrared spectroscopy
  • Aria's poster: Fast implementation of the two-layered photon diffusion model for chromophore estimation in time-resolved near-infrared spectroscopy
  • Ann's poster (delivered by Natalie): Towards a standard minimum spectral resolution for broadband continuous-wave near-infrared spectroscopy
  • Sule's poster (delivered by Rasa): Optical assessment of the hemodynamic and metabolic response to elevated intracranial pressure in piglets

Featured Publications

Kamar, F., Shoemaker, L. N., Samaei, S., Milej, D., Diop, M., St. Lawrence, K. (2026). Reproducibility of a time-resolved NIRS, multidistance diffuse correlation spectroscopy system: towards noninvasive longitudinal neuromonitoring. Neurophotonics, 13(1), 015016-015016.

Samaei, S., Eskandari, R., Shoemaker, L., Li, N., Kamar, F., Sikstrom, L. D., Holdsworth, D., Diop, M. (2026). Wearable near-infrared spectroscopy device for low-resource settings. Journal of Physics: Photonics.

Karagulleoglu-Kunduraci, S., Kamar, F., Eskandari, R., Samaei, S., Diop, M. (2025, October). Neonatal cerebral hemodynamics under elevated intracranial pressure: a near-infrared spectroscopy study in piglets. Pediatric Research.

Suwalski, M., Milej, D., Mousseau, J. P., Rajaram, A., Diop, M., Murkin, J., St. Lawrence, K., Chui, J. (2025, June). The Effect of Hypotension on Cerebral Metabolism and Perfusion in Adults Undergoing Cardiopulmonary Bypass: A Prospective Cohort Study. Anesthesia & Analgesia.

Eskandari, R., Li, N. C., Samaei, S., Milej, D., St. Lawrence, K., Diop, M. (2025, August). Quantification of oxidized and reduced cytochrome-c-oxidase by combining discrete-wavelength time-resolved and broadband continuous-wave near-infrared spectroscopy. Biomedical Optics Express, 16(9), 3797-3812.

Ping, A.1, Haque, R.1, Li, N. C., Eskandari, R.#, & Diop, M.# (2025, April). Minimum spectral resolution for continuous-wave hyperspectral near-infrared tissue spectroscopy. Journal of Biomedical Optics (Vol. 30, Issue 4, 047002).

Eskandari, R., Milkovich, S., Kamar, F., Goldman, D., Welsh, D. G., Ellis, C. G., & Diop, M. (2024, December). Non-invasive point-of-care optical technique for continuous in vivo assessment of microcirculatory function: Application to a preclinical model of early sepsis. The FASEB Journal, 38(23), e70204.

Mawdsley, L.1, Eskandari, R.1, Kamar, F., Rajaram, A., Yip, L. C. M., Abayomi, N., Milkovich, S., St. Lawrence, K., Carson, J. J. L., Ellis, C. G., & Diop, M. (2024, August). In vivo optical assessment of cerebral and skeletal muscle microvascular response to phenylephrine. FASEB BioAdvances, 6(9), 390.

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