{"id":249,"date":"2020-07-27T21:07:56","date_gmt":"2020-07-27T21:07:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.creol.ucf.edu\/nanoscopy\/?page_id=249"},"modified":"2026-05-16T02:49:48","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T02:49:48","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/nanoscopy\/","title":{"rendered":"HAN LAB"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"249\" class=\"elementor elementor-249\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0d897dd elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0d897dd\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b35ca5a\" data-id=\"b35ca5a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-efa50f9 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"efa50f9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"646\" src=\"https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/nanoscopy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2026\/05\/group_photo_April_2026-1024x646.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1155\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/nanoscopy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2026\/05\/group_photo_April_2026-1024x646.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/nanoscopy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2026\/05\/group_photo_April_2026-300x189.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/nanoscopy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2026\/05\/group_photo_April_2026-768x485.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/nanoscopy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2026\/05\/group_photo_April_2026-1536x969.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/nanoscopy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2026\/05\/group_photo_April_2026-2048x1292.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-165ed5c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"165ed5c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Welcome! <br>Our group is interested in the <b>development<\/b> and <b>applications<\/b> of novel optical microscopy techniques&nbsp;to study problems in chemistry, biology and materials science.<\/p>\n<p><mark>One PhD position is available for Fall 2026.<\/mark><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9154b6a elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"9154b6a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-10d70a9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"10d70a9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">News<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ea57d11 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ea57d11\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>[05\/18\/26] Lauren joins our lab for the NSF REU program. Welcome!<\/div>\n<div>[05\/13\/26] Abdullah successfully defended his dissertation. Congratulations, Dr. Husain!&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>[04\/24\/26] Arjent &amp; Enis passed the candidacy exam.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>[03\/12\/26] We&#8217;ve renewed the NIH MIRA award!<\/div>\n<p>[01\/26\/26] Shuyuan Chen joins our lab. Welcome!<\/p>\n<div>[10\/28\/25] Le Mei&#8217;s work is featured on a journal cover.<\/div>\n<p>[10\/17\/25] <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1117\/1.JBO.30.10.106502\">Quad-plane 2.5D imaging for high-throughput tissue imaging has been published.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[07\/24\/25] Jeevika presented deep profiling of lung tissues for the REU poster showcase.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[07\/17\/25]&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/full\/10.1021\/acsami.5c06729\">Our first lithography work in collaboration with Ullal&#8217;s lab has been published.<\/a><\/p>\n<div>[05\/19\/25] Jeevika joins our lab for the NSF REU program. Welcome!<\/div>\n<div>[02\/18\/25] Katie presented her work at 2025 BPS annual meeting.<\/div>\n<div>[12\/11\/24] KY attended the last NIH 4DN annual meeting at San Diego.<\/div>\n<div>[09\/30\/24]&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/opg.optica.org\/oe\/fulltext.cfm?uri=oe-32-21-37046&amp;id=560988\">Abdullah&#8217;s photonic lantern paper has been published!<\/a><\/div>\n<div>[09\/03\/24]&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.optcom.2024.131059\">Our first study on two-photon microscopy has been published!<\/a><\/div>\n<div>[08\/08\/24]&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s43586-024-00335-1\">STED microscopy in Nature Review Methods Primer has been published.<\/a><\/div>\n<div>[07\/31\/24]&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.photonics.com\/Articles\/STED_Microscopy_Uncovers_Signals_Between_Molecules\/p1\/vo253\/i1795\/a69935\">Interview with BioPhotonics Magazine.<\/a><\/div>\n<div>[07\/12\/24]&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.degruyter.com\/document\/doi\/10.1515\/nanoph-2024-0152\/\">Le Mei&#8217;s work has been published in Nanophotonics.<\/a><\/div>\n<div>[06\/19\/24] Farewell party for Crystal. Good luck at KLA.<\/div>\n<div>[06\/15\/24] KY has been nominated to the NIH EBIT Study Section member.<\/div>\n<div>[05\/10\/24] Katie has been selected as a recipient of the UCF Multidisciplinary Doctoral Fellowship. 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