I'm Aydogan Ozcan, professor at UCLA. I work on the use of optics and
light for biomedical imaging, diagnostics, and environmental monitoring.
AMA!
Abstract
Hello, Reddit! My name is Aydogan Ozcan, and I am currently a
Chancellor’s Professor at UCLA, in Electrical & Computer Engineering,
and Bioengineering. I am also an HHMI Professor at the Howard Hughes
Medical Institute, an Associate Director of the California NanoSystems
Institute, and a Fellow of SPIE, IEEE, OSA, AIMBE, RSC and the
Guggenheim Foundation. My research focuses on the use of
computation/algorithms to create new optical microscopy, sensing, and
diagnostic techniques, significantly improving measurement existing
tools for probing micro- and nano-objects while also simplifying the
designs of these analysis tools. Some examples include smartphone-based
microscopes, cell counters, diagnostic test readers, bacteria sensors,
blood analyzers, allergen detectors, heavy metal sensors among others. I
have authored, and will be presenting, multiple papers on these
technologies at SPIE Photonics West in February 2018. More information
about this conference can be found here. Let’s get the discussion
started. I’ll be back at 2 pm Et to answer your questions, Ask me
anything