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Optical Imaging and Spectroscopy Techniques · Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging

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h-index66
i10-index226
Publications672
Citations16,651

Grants

25 total · 4 active

NIH #R01CA289294

Optical hyperspectral nanoscale chromatin analysis for colon cancer risk-stratification

Active
Amount
$600K–$700K
Period
2025-05-01 → 2030-04-30
PIs
3

NIH #R01CA225002

Translating buccal nanocytology for lung cancer screening into clinical practice

Active
Amount
$600K–$700K
Period
2018-04-15 → 2029-07-31
PIs
3

NSF #2430743

3D DNA Spectroscopic Photon-Localization Intrinsic-Contrast Nanoscopy

Active
Amount
$600K–$700K
Period
2024-09-01 → 2027-08-31
PIs
2

Awarded at Northwestern University at Chicago

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All Grants

25 total · 4 active

NIH #R01CA289294

Optical hyperspectral nanoscale chromatin analysis for colon cancer risk-stratification

Active
Amount
$600K–$700K
Period
2025-05-01 → 2030-04-30
PIs
3

NIH #R01CA225002

Translating buccal nanocytology for lung cancer screening into clinical practice

Active
Amount
$600K–$700K
Period
2018-04-15 → 2029-07-31
PIs
3

NSF #2430743

3D DNA Spectroscopic Photon-Localization Intrinsic-Contrast Nanoscopy

Active
Amount
$600K–$700K
Period
2024-09-01 → 2027-08-31
PIs
2

Awarded at Northwestern University at Chicago

NIH #U54CA268084

Northwestern University Center for Chromatin NanoImaging in Cancer (NU-CCNIC)

Active
Amount
$1M–$2M
Period
2021-12-10 → 2026-11-30
PIs
3

NIH #T32GM142604

Physical Genomics and Engineering Training Program

Amount
$400K–$500K
Period
2021-07-01 → 2026-06-30
PIs
1

NIH #P30CA060553

Cancer and Physical Sciences (CAPS) Research Program

Amount
<$100K
Period
1997-08-15 → 2025-07-31
PIs
1

NSF #1830961

EFRI CEE: Macrogenomic engineering via modulation of chromatin nanoenvironment

Amount
$1M–$2M
Period
2018-08-15 → 2024-07-31
PIs
4

NIH #R01CA228272

Reducing Cancer Transcriptional Heterogeneity through Regulation of Chromatin Structure

Amount
$600K–$700K
Period
2018-04-09 → 2023-03-31
PIs
3

NIH #R21MD013631

Unraveling Racial Disparities in Portal Hypertension: A Clinical, Spectroscopic andSNP Approach

Amount
$200K–$300K
Period
2020-02-06 → 2022-12-31
PIs
3

Awarded at BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE

NIH #U54CA193419

Core 1: Nanocytometry Core

Amount
$100K–$200K
Period
— → 2022-04-30
PIs
1

NIH #R01CA224911

Microvasculature in Colon Field Carcinogenesis: Clinical-Biological Implications

Amount
$600K–$700K
Period
2018-03-05 → 2020-08-31
PIs
2

Awarded at BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER

NIH #R01CA200064

Risk-stratification of Prostate Cancers via Field Carcinogenesis Nanocytology

Amount
$600K–$700K
Period
2015-08-14 → 2020-07-31
PIs
3

NIH #R01CA183101

Biophotonics to Couple Pancreatic with Upper GI Screening via Ultrathin Endoscopy

Amount
$600K–$700K
Period
2015-01-01 → 2019-12-31
PIs
3

NSF #1240416

EFRI-BioFlex: Miniature, low-cost fiber-optics technology for measurement of tissue structure at sub-diffractional length scales: a platform for cancer screening

Amount
$2M–$3M
Period
2012-08-01 → 2018-08-31
PIs
4

NSF #1249311

EAGER: New Biophotonics and Computational Molecular Dynamics for Understanding Epigenetic Regulation of Gene Transcription

Amount
$200K–$300K
Period
2012-09-01 → 2015-08-31
PIs
2

NSF #0937987

EFRI-BSBA: Photonic Technique for Sensing and Understanding Subcellular Structures at Nanoscale

Amount
$2M–$3M
Period
2009-09-01 → 2014-08-31
PIs
3

NSF #0960148

MRI-R2: Development of biophotonics instrumentation for sensing subcellular structure at nanoscale

Amount
$600K–$700K
Period
2010-01-15 → 2011-12-31
PIs
2

NSF #0939778

EAGER: BISH: Biophotonics Technique for Detection of Lung Cancer

Amount
$300K–$400K
Period
2009-08-01 → 2011-07-31
PIs
2

NSF #0238903

CAREER: Optical Spectroscopy and Imaging for Understanding the Interrelation of Molecular and Ultrastructural Changes in Neoplastic Cells and Early Cancer Detection

Amount
$400K–$500K
Period
2003-07-01 → 2009-06-30
PIs
1

NSF #0733868

SGER: Biophotonics for Diagnosis of Pancreatic Cancer

Amount
—
Period
2007-07-01 → 2008-12-31
PIs
3

NSF #0522639

Biophotonics: Towards Nondestructive Optical Analysis of Nanostructures Using Photonic Nanojets

Amount
$100K–$200K
Period
2005-07-01 → 2008-06-30
PIs
3

NSF #0219925

ITR: Fine-Grain Data Management in Computational Grids and Applications in Network-Enabled Medical Imaging for Early Cancer Detection

Amount
—
Period
2002-10-01 → 2007-09-30
PIs
2

NSF #0620303

SGER: Biophotonics Techniques for Accurate Diagnosis of Pancreatic Cancer

Amount
$100K–$200K
Period
2006-07-01 → 2007-06-30
PIs
3

NSF #0547480

SGER: Noninvasive Detection of Pancreatic Cancer Using Biophotonics Techniques

Amount
$100K–$200K
Period
2005-09-01 → 2006-08-31
PIs
3

NSF #0417689

SGER: Development of Minimally Invasive Optical Technique for Early Detection of Pancreatic Cancer

Amount
$100K–$200K
Period
2004-06-01 → 2005-05-31
PIs
3

Recent Public Signals

  1. New paper: A Multilabel Single Molecule Localization Microscopy Protocol for Investigation of Chromatin in the Dense Nuclear Environment (Journal of Visualized Experiments)2026-06-05
  2. New preprint: One Chromatin, Many Structures: From Ensemble Contact Maps to Single-Cell 3D Organization2026-03-21
  3. New NIH award: Optical hyperspectral nanoscale chromatin analysis for colon cancer risk-stratification2025-05-01

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