Alumni
Dr. Seva Ioussoufovitch
PhD GraduateResearch Interests / Specializations: Detecting treatment failure in rheumatoid arthritis with time-resolved near-infrared imaging
Biography: Seva Ioussoufovitch is a PhD graduate from Biomedical Engineering at Western University. His doctoral research at the Translational Biophotonics Lab focused on the development of novel near-infrared monitoring techniques for the detection of treatment failure in musculoskeletal diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis.
Dr. Ajay Rajaram
PhD GraduateResearch Interests / Specializations: Premature brain injury, Optical brain monitoring, Cerebral hemodynamics, Cerebral metabolism
Biography: Ajay Rajaram is a PhD graduate from Medical Biophysics at Western University. His doctoral research at the Translational Biophotonics Lab focused on the development a hybrid optical system for cerebral perfusion and metabolism monitoring in neonates.
Sule Karagulleoglu Kunduraci
MSc GraduateResearch Interests / Specializations: Non-invasive optical neuromonitoring techniques for assessing cerebral hemodynamics and metabolism, particularly in neonatal models
Biography: Sule Karagulleoglu-Kunduraci holds a master's degree in Medical Biophysics from Western University. During her master's studies, she conducted research at the Translational Biophotonics Lab focusing on the development and application of near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) and diffuse correlation spectroscopy (DCS) to monitor cerebral blood flow and oxygenation in neonatal animal models. Her work aimed to improve the understanding of cerebral hemodynamics in the context of elevated intracranial pressure (ICP), with implications for better clinical management of conditions such as hydrocephalus in preterm infants using optical neuromonitoring techniques.
Dr. David J. F. Cohen
MSc GraduateResearch Interests / Specializations: Adult cerebral oxygenation monitoring using near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS), Monte Carlo photon transport simulations
Biography: Dr. David Cohen is a graduate of the MSc program in Medical Biophysics at Western University. He earned his medical degree from the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry in 2025 and is currently completing his residency in Anesthesiology at the University of Ottawa. During his time at the Translational Biophysics Lab at Western, his research focused on developing a novel bedside method for real-time neuromonitoring in adult patients using hyperspectral, time-resolved near-infrared spectroscopy.
Laura Mawdsley
MSc GraduateResearch Interests / Specializations: Monitoring microvascular blood flow using hyperspectral near infrared spectroscopy and diffuse correlation spectroscopy
Biography: Laura Mawdsley is an MSc graduate from Medical Biophysics. While working with the Translational Biophotonics Lab at Western University in London, Canada, her research focused on using non-invasive methods like hyperspectral near-infrared spectroscopy and diffuse correlation spectroscopy to monitor the microcirculation in skeletal muscle and the brain.
Sophie Niculescu
Undergraduate ResearcherResearch Interests / Specializations: Melanin, tissue-oxygenation monitoring
Biography: Sophie Niculescu is a BMSc graduate from the Department of Medical Biophysics at Western University. At the Translational Biophotonics Lab, she investigated the effects of epidermal pigmentation on the accuracy of continuous-wave near-infrared spectroscopy (cwNIRS) methodologies (i.e. hyperspectral and commercially available approaches). She further assessed the accuracy of cwNIRS for measuring water concentration. Sophie is specialized in the fabrication of solid tissue-mimicking phantoms and the use of cwNIRS in phantom experiments.
Redwan Haque
Undergraduate ResearcherResearch Interests / Specializations: Cerebral monitoring, Brain oxygenation, Near-infrared Spectroscopy
Biography: Redwan Haque is a BMSc (Bachelor of Medical Sciences) graduate at Western University. At the Translational Biophotonics Lab, Redwan is specialized in enhancing Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (NIRS) to measure brain tissue oxygenation, focusing on optimizing light collection and accuracy to detect cerebral injury non-invasively and affordably.
Eileen Oh
Undergraduate ResearcherResearch Interests / Specializations: Tissue-mimicking phantoms, light absorbers, light scatterers
Biography: Eileen Oh is an HBSc graduate at Western University. At the Translational Biophotonics Lab, Eileen focused on formulating tissue-mimicking phantoms for near-infrared spectroscopy.
Ann Ping
Undergraduate ResearcherResearch Interests / Specializations: Monitoring cerebral hemodynamics with slope-based hyperspectral near-infrared spectroscopy.
Biography: Ann Ping is a BMSc graduate from Medical Biophysics at Western University. Her undergraduate honours thesis research focused on assessing the accuracy of slope-based techniques applied to hyperspectral near-infrared spectroscopy. Her summer research aimed to determine the minimum spectral resolution for hyperspectral near-infrared spectroscopy.
Dr. Naomi Abayomi
Undergraduate ResearcherResearch Interests / Specializations: Improving the use of continuous wave near infrared spectroscopy to monitor neonatal cerebral hemodynamics.
Biography: Naomi is a current Anesthesiology resident at the University of British Columbia. While working with the Translational Biophotonics Lab at Western University in London Ontario, her research focused on improving algorithms that monitored neonatal cerebral hemodynamics through simulation and phantom studies.
