PI: Darren Roblyer, Ph.D.
ProfessorAssociate Chair for Graduate Studies
Biomedical Engineering
Electrical and Computer Engineering (affiliate)
email: roblyer(at)bu.edu
Ph.D. Bioengineering, Rice University
B.S. Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University
The figure to the right showns Roblyer imaged using a consumer camera (left) versus a shortwave infrared camera (right). Melanin absorbs weakly in the SWIR, making his hair look white.
Graduate Students:
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Ariane Garrett Ph.D. Student, BME Speckle Contrast Optical Spectroscopy (SCOS) for Cuffless Blood Pressure Monitoring; NSF GRFP Fellow |
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Diana Suciu Ph.D. Student, BME Frequency Domain Shortwave Infrared Spectroscopy (FD-SWIRS) for Kidney Dialysis Monitoring |
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Aarohi Mehendale Ph.D. Student, BME Spatial Frequency Domain Imaging (SFDI) for Scleroderma |
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Ana Perez Ph.D. Student, BME Speckle Contrast Optical Spectroscopy (SCOS) for Cuffless Blood Pressure Monitoring |
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Adhithi Ramasubramanian M.S. Student, BME Spatial Frequency Domain Imaging (SFDI) for Scleroderma |
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Jessica Wang M.S. Student, BME Spatial Frequency Domain Imaging (SFDI) for Scleroderma |
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Daniel Lounsbery M.S. Student, BME Speckle Contrast Optical Spectroscopy (SCOS) for Monitoring Cerebral Blood Flow during Hemodialysis |
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Rodrigo Tuestra M.S. Student, BME Speckle Contrast Optical Spectroscopy (SCOS) for Cuffless Blood Pressure Monitoring |
Postdocs and Researchers:
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Kavon Karrobi – Researcher Ph.D. Boston University (Roblyer Lab) SFDI, Multiphoton Fluorescent Lifetime Imaging |
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Thao Pham – Postdoc Ph.D. Tufts University (Fantini Lab) Frequency Domain Shortwave Infrared Spectroscopy (FD-SWIRS) and SFDI |
Technical Staff:
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Lina Lin Wei B.S. Boston University Instrumentation and Electronics Development |
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Kyle Bohl M.S. Boston University (Roblyer Lab) Speckle Contrast Optical Spectroscopy (SCOS) for Monitoring Cerebral Blood Flow during Hemodialysis |
Lab Mascot:
| Kes DOGtoral candidate |
Lab Alumni (current position indicated):
Carlos Gomez, Ph.D. (Ph.D. 2024) Electro-Optical Engineer, E Ink, Billerica, MA Thesis
Anahita Pilvar, Ph.D. (Ph.D. 2023) Senior Scientist, Allotex, Boston, MA Thesis
Sam Spink, Ph.D. (Ph.D. 2023) Internal Consultant, Ab Initio Software, Lexington, MA Thesis
Anup Tank, Ph.D. (Ph.D. 2022) Biophotonics Scientist, Apple, Cupertino, CA Thesis
Raeef Istfan, Ph.D. (Ph.D. 2021) Imaging Engineer, Neurologica Inc., Danvers, MA Thesis
Matthew Applegate, Ph.D. (postdoc 2016-2021) Senior Data Scientist, Biofourmis, Boston, MA
Jacopo Ferruzzi, Ph.D. (postdoc 2019-2020) Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering, University of Texas, Dallas
Syeda Tabassum, Ph.D. (Ph.D. 2019) Postdoc, Kainerstorfer Lab, Carnegie Mellon University Thesis
Kavon Karrobi, Ph.D. (Ph.D. 2019) Instructor (BU BME) and Researcher, Roblyer Lab Thesis
Hannah Peterson, Ph.D. (Ph.D. 2018) Co-Founder, Stealth Life Sciences, Boston, MA Thesis
Kshama Doshi, Ph.D. (postdoc 2017-2019) Senior Scientist, Sutro Biopharma Inc., Cambridge, MA
Yanyu Zhao, Ph.D. (Ph.D. 2018) Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering, Beihang University Thesis
Fei Teng, Ph.D. (Ph.D. 2018) Senior Engineer, Harman International Thesis
Vivian Pera, Ph.D. (postdoc 2016-2018) Scientific Advisor, CranioSense, Bedford MA
Alyssa Torjesen M.S. (M.S. 2016) Research Engineer, Philips R&D, Cambridge, MA Thesis
Undergrad Researchers (current and past):
Shripreetika Guruprasad BME, ’25Evan Biller University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Physics, ’25
Vanshika Chadda BME, ’26
Noa Margolin BME, ’25
Jivesh Jain BME, ’25
Jacob Chin BME, ’25
Christopher Wu BME, ’25
Sharayu Shrinivas University of Missouri – Columbia, BME, ’24
Bernadelle Boateng BME, ’24
Xiaolei (Linda) Song BME, ’25
Saif Ragab BME, ’23
Danielle Nadira BME, ’23
Kylee Anders BME, ’22
Jodee Frias BME, ’22
Minha Lee BME, ’20
Brannon Cox BME, ’20
Fay Wang BME, ’19
Rachita Chaudhury BME, ’18
Steven LaRochelle BME, ’18
Michelle Rose BME, ’17
Shaheer Piracha BME, ’17
Sanjana Pannem BME, ’16
Jordan Sweer BME, ’16
Julia Shi BME, ’16
Phuong Diep BME, ’15
Gaby Arguelles BME, ’14
Jason Porter BME, ’14
Justin Jung Univ. of Waterloo, EE, ’14