Pilar Nũnez Acedo, MS
Research Fellow
     
 
Sriram Anbil
Research Technician II
I am drawing on concepts in tumor biology and dosimetry to evaluate and optimize PDT-based mechanistically designed combination regimens to treat metastatic ovarian cancer. This work utilizes in-vitro and in-vivo models and will provide guidance for additional pre-clinical and clinical studies.
     
 
Chun-Te Chiang, PhD
Research Fellow
     
 
Sultan Sibel Erdem, PhD
Research Fellow
     
 
Ashwini Ghogare, MSc
Graduate Student
My research in Dr. Hasan's lab focuses on targeted delivery of sensitizer and cytotoxic singlet oxygen via a maneuverable fiber optic-based system developed by Dr. Greer's lab at Brooklyn college, and its evaluation in tumor models.
     
 
Ruth Goldschmidt, PhD
Research Fellow
My research here focuses in the development of mechanism based combination therapies for cancer.
     
 
Huang-Chiao (Joe) Huang, PhD
Research Fellow
My research here will focus on exploring “Targeted Photoactivable Nanocells: Image-based Drug Delivery and Dosimetry in GBM” and “Ovarian Cancer PDT: Multi-intracellular targeting and Image-guided dosimetry”. The projects will involve development of nanotechnology based systems, and will encompass design, synthesis, characterization, and in vitro and in vivo studies.
     
 
Shazia Khan, PhD
Research Fellow
As part of the Hasan Group, I am working as a Research Fellow on ‘Rapid Flouroscence based Determination of Antibiotic Susceptibility’ and related projects.
     
 
Zhiming Mai, PhD
Instructor
I came to Wellman Center in 2005 with an extensive background in the field of cancer biology and had been a research fellow in Dr. Hasan's group. Since then, I have been promoted to Instructor and continue to work on projects such as a targeted photodynamic therapy for prostate cancer.
     
 
Srivalleesha Mallidi, PhD
Research Fellow
My research in Dr. Hasan’s lab focuses on guiding photodynamic treatments using various imaging techniques, namely ultrasound, photoacoustic, MRI and fluorescence imaging modalities. I develop algorithms based on these images to guide the delivery of the photosensitizers, monitor the tumor response to therapy and also calculate appropriate therapy dose.
     
 
Edward Maytin, MD, PhD
Head, Section of Molecular Dermatology
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Mailstop ND-20
Lerner Research Insititute Cleveland Clinic Foundation
9500 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, OH 44195
Tel: (216) 445-6676
     
 
Lawrence Mensah, PhD, MSc
Research Fellow
My research is focused on dissecting the role of key molecular biomarkers in PDT-mediated treatment of cancer, and how careful manipulation of these molecules could enhance PDT-oriented targeted cancer therapies. These ideas will be explored in both in vitro and in vivo glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) and ovarian cancer models.
 
 
Bernhard J. Ortel, MD
Visiting Research Scientist
Department of Medicine
Section of Dermatology University of Chicago Hospital
5841 S. Maryland MC 5067
Chicago, IL 60637-1470
     
 
Aki Palanisami, PhD
Research Scientist
An experimental physicist by training, my focus is the development of new diagnostic techniques related to PDT with a translational bend. Major themes of my work include the development of in vivo endoscopic techniques to monitor the efficacy of targeted PDT therapies and rapid, point-of-care testing for antibiotic-resistant pathogens.
 
 
Brian Pogue, PhD
Professor, Thayer School of Engineering
Dean of Graduate Studies, Dartmouth College
Thayer School of Engineering
Dartmouth College
8000 Cummings Hall
Hanover, NH 03755-8000
Tel: (603) 646-3861
 
 
Imran Rizvi, PhD
Research Fellow
I am interested in developing 3D models for human tumors, with an emphasis on ovarian cancer. Growth and characterization of these cultures is a collaborative effort in our group. We draw on concepts from tissue engineering, tumor biology and advanced optical imaging to create in vitro systems that can be used to design and evaluate PDT-based combination regimens for cancer.
 
 
Bryan Spring, PhD
Research Fellow
My research in the Hasan group focuses on fluorescence microendoscopy for minimall- invasive monitoring of treatment responses in mouse models of ovarian and pancreatic cancer.
     
 
Dmitriy Timerman
Graduate Student
     
 
Kohei Watanabe, PhD
Visiting Scientist
My research here focuses on image-guided photodynamic therapy for glioblastoma multiforme using targeted photoactivatable nanoconstructs and optical imaging methods.
     
 
Hao Xu, MS
Graduate Student