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)
October, 2026 - Halloween
Our team celebrated Halloween dressed as the Seven Eight Dwarfs.
September, 2026 - Cerebrovascular Research Network 2026
Farah Kamar presented her work at the 2026 annual meeting of the Cerebrovascular Research Network (CARNet 2026), which was hosted at the
University of Liverpool in Liverpool, United Kingdom. Farah received one of five travel awards and was awarded 2nd place for best oral presentation.
- Farah's oral talk: Light-Based Monitoring of Cerebral Hemodynamic Waveforms Reflect Intracranial Compliance: Toward Non-Invasive ICP Monitoring
September, 2026 - Muscle Near-Infrared Spectroscopy 2026
Saeed Samaei presented his work at the 2026 Muscle Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (mNIRS) conference, which was hosted at the University of Pavia in Pavia, Italy.
- Saeed's oral talk: Time-Resolved Diffuse Correlation Spectroscopy Using a Custom-Configured Ti:Sapphire Laser for Enhanced Depth Sensitivity
August, 2026 - Natalie's PhD Defense
Natalie Li successfully defended her PhD in Biomedical Engineering, concluding 7 highly productive years at the Translational Biophotonics Lab (2 years as an undergraduate researcher)! Through her doctoral research, Natalie developed and validated a hyperspectral time-resolved near-infrared spectroscopy system (
HyperTRCSS) for depth-senstive measures of metabolism and blood oxygenation.
Featured Publications
Egiian, M., Eskandari, R., Tyler, S., Diop, M., & Hoffman, L. (2026). Non-Invasive Assessment of Microvascular Changes in a Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Rat Model with Near-Infrared Spectroscopy. Neuromuscular Disorders, 107463.
Samaei, S., Shoemaker, L., Kamar, F., Milej, D., Drosdowech, D., Murkin, J. M., Diop, M., St Lawrence, K., & Chui, J. (2026). Cerebral Hemodynamic and Metabolic Responses to Anesthesia and Vasopressors in Adult Shoulder Surgery: a 2x2 Factorial Design Randomized Controlled Trial with Light-based Neuromonitoring (CHEM-FACT study). Anesthesiology.
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.
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