Welcome! Our group is interested in the development and applications of novel optical microscopy techniques to study problems in chemistry, biology and materials science.

Two PhD positions are available for Fall 2026.

News

[10/28/25] Le Mei’s work is featured on a journal cover.

[10/17/25] Quad-plane 2.5D imaging for high-throughput tissue imaging has been published.

[07/24/25] Jeevika presented deep profiling of lung tissues for the REU poster showcase. 

[07/17/25] Our first lithography work in collaboration with Ullal’s lab has been published.

[05/19/25] Jeevika joins our lab for the NSF REU program. Welcome!
[02/18/25] Katie presented her work at 2025 BPS annual meeting.
[12/11/24] KY attended the last NIH 4DN annual meeting at San Diego.
[06/19/24] Farewell party for Crystal. Good luck at KLA.
[06/15/24] KY has been nominated to the NIH EBIT Study Section member.
[05/10/24] Katie has been selected as a recipient of the UCF Multidisciplinary Doctoral Fellowship. Congratulations!!
[03/25/24] Le-Mei & Bethany presented their works at FOM 2024 in Genoa, Italy.
[01/29/24] Abdullah & Le-Mei attended SPIE Photonics West.
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Our research has been supported by the following:

NIGMS (MIRA & R21)
NIH Common Fund
Biophotonics
DARPA