Jerry Chen
Dr. Chen’s interest include studying the relationship between local circuits and long-range networks in the mammalian neocortex. By taking an integrative approach through combining large-scale in vivo imaging technology with molecular and genetic tools in the awake-behaving animal, he focuses on both long-range neocortical networks, and long-range cortical circuits during development. Previous REU/RET Projects include: […]
Haonan Lin
Dr. Haonan Lin was a graduate student in the Ji Xin Cheng Lab. Previous REU/RET Projects include: Chemical Image Analysis (2021)
Ji-Xin Cheng
2026 REU Project: Imaging tumor spheroid by SWIR CARS Dr. Cheng’s research interests include medical photonics, neurophotonics, molecular spectroscopic imaging technologies, label-free microscopy, cancer metabolism, and photonics for infectious diseases. Cheng and his team have invented a series of chemical microscopes that use spectroscopic signals to map molecular interactions inside a living system temporally and […]
Joshua Dupaty
Joshua Dupaty is a graduate student in the Klapperich Lab. Previous REU/RET Projects include: Chlamydia Trachomatis and Neisseria Gonnorrhoeae on a Strip (2022)
Catherine Klapperich
Dr. Klapperich’s research is focused on engineering medical devices for trans women’s and women’s health, use in low resource settings, and at the point of care. Current projects include on-body physiological monitoring, disposable microfluidic diagnostics and minimally instrumented devices to enable molecular testing. Her work includes diagnostics for CT-NG, HPV and other sexually transmitted infections. […]
Lei Tian
2026 REU Project: Signal Processing and Deep Learning Frameworks for Spatiotemporal Analysis of In-Vivo Neural Activity The Computational Imaging Systems Lab develops next-generation imaging systems that synergistically combine optics and computations. These computational imaging systems can overcome physical limitations and achieve novel capabilities that one could not with traditional imaging methods. The core of our […]
Jacob Norman
Dr. Jacob Norman was a graduate student in the Neuronal Dynamics Laboratory. Previous REU/RET Projects include: Artificial Memory Reactivation Using a Red-shifted Opsin (2022)
Terry Ching
Dr. Terry Ching is a Postdoctoral Associate in the Tissue Microfabrication Lab. Previous REU/RET Projects include: Engineering Vascular Beds that Connect to Ex Vivo Tissue (2023)
Daniel Lookadoo
2026 REU Project: Electrode Design for Integrated Flow Metering in Microfluidics StataDX aims to build the first point-of-care diagnostic platform for Neurology– a “liquid MRI for the brain.” The company’s technology supports multi-biomarker guided disease management strategies both in clinical settings and at home using a simple finger-prick blood sample. Previous REU/RET Projects Include: Advancing Early […]
Jerome Mertz
2026 REU Project: In vivo blood flow imaging in mice Dr. Mertz and team work on the development of new microscopy techniques for biomedical imaging in their lab. Previous REU/RET Projects Include: Imaging Cardiac Organoids with Laser Speckle (REU, 2024) Imaging Gas Vesicle Dynamics (REU, 2023) Imaging Neuromelanin With Darkfield Differential Interference Contrast Microscopy (REU, […]