Biomedical Optics Lab

Teaching

Teaching Courses

  • BME 540 (mandatory course for MS students, 3 credits): Introduction to Biomedical Instrumentation, Role: Primary Instructor
  • BME 330 (elective course, 3 credits): Introduction to Biomedical Instrumentation, Role: Primary Instructor
  • BME 550 (elective course, 3 credits): Introduction to Biomedical Imaging, Role: Primary Instructor
  • BME 350 (elective course, 3 credits): Introduction to Biomedical Imaging, Role: Primary Instructor
  • BME 501 (elective course, 3 credits): Introduction to Biomedical Engineering, Role: Contributing Instructor
  • BME 301 (elective course, 3 credits): Introduction to Biomedical Engineering, Role: Contributing Instructor
  • BME 395 (elective course, 1 to 3 credits): Independent Research in Biomedical Engineering, Role: Primary Instructor
  • BME 781 (elective course, 1 to 3 credits): Special Problems in Biomedical Engineering, Role: Primary Instructor
  • BME 690 (elective course, 1 to 3 credits): Research in Biomedical Engineering, Role: Primary Instructor
     

Advisees/Mentors

*Boldface Fonts indicate a person who has graduated from or left the University of Kentucky

Serving as Committee Chair for Graduate Students in My Laboratory (X16):

Faezeh Akbari (2022-Present)                             Ph.D. Student at UK BME

Chowdhury Azimul Haque (2022-Present)           Ph.D. Student at UK BME

Fatemeh Hamedi (2022-Present)                         Ph.D. Student at UK BME

Pegah Safavi (2021-Present)                               Ph.D. Student at UK BME

Samaneh H. Rabienia (2020-Present)           Ph.D. Student at UK BME

Faraneh Fathi (2020-Present)                        Ph.D. Student at UK BME

Xuhui Liu (2018-2023)                                   Ph.D. Student at UK BME

Mehrana Mohtasebi (2018-2023)                  Ph.D. Student at UK BME

Siavash Mazdeyasna (2015-2020)                Ph.D. Student at UK BME

Ahmed Bahrani (2013-2020)                       Ph.D. Student at UK BME

Scott W Thalman (2016-2019)                    Ph.D. Student at UK BME

Mingjun Zhao (2012-2019)                          Ph.D. Student at UK BME

Daniel Irwin (2012-2018)                             Ph.D. Student at UK BME

Lian He (2010-2015)                                    Ph.D. Student at UK BME

Lixin Dong (2009-2015)                              Ph.D. Student at UK BME

Ran Cheng (2008-2013)                              Ph.D. Student at UK BME

 

Weikai Kong (2013-2015)                       M.S. Student at UK BME

Brad A. Henry (2011-2014)                     M.S. Student at UK BME

Katelyn Gurley (2010-2012)                   M.S. Student at UK BME

Daniel Irwin (2009-2011)                         M.S. Student at UK BME   

 

Serving as Committee Member or Outside Examiner for Graduate Students (X21):

 

Stuart Traxel                                           M.S. Student at UK BME

Pooja Vijaygopal                                    M.S. Student at UK BME

Swetha Vennelaganti                             M.S. Student at UK BME

Megan Phillips                                        M.S. Student at UK BME

Yihua Zhao                                              M.S. Student at UK BME

Elizabeth Salmon                                   M.S. Student at UK BME

 

Preethi Shriram                                      Ph.D. Student at UK BME

Liyuan Jin                                               Ph.D. Student at UK BME

Siqi Wang                                                Ph.D. Student at UK BME

Farid Yaghouby                                      Ph.D. Student at UK BME

Asma Ajwad                                            Ph.D. Student at UK BME

Earl Fugate                                             Ph.D. Student at UK BME

Amir Al-Bakrei                                        Ph.D. Student at UK BME

Chase Haddix                                         Ph.D. Student at UK BME

Dillon M Huffman                                   Ph.D. Student at UK BME

Biswal Dibyajyoti                                   Ph.D. Student at UK BME

 

Maja Redzic                                           Ph.D. Student at UK College of Health Sciences

Melissa Hudson                                    Ph.D. student, UK Department of Animal and Food Sciences

Jennifer Willig                                       Ph.D. student, UK Department of Animal and Food Sciences

I-Fen Hung                                             Ph.D. student, UK Department of Animal and Food Sciences

Ho Jun Hui                                            Ph.D. student, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

 

 

Supervising Research Assistant Professor/Postdoctoral Scholars in My Laboratory (X7):

 

Dara Singh (2021-2023)                         Postdoc, University of Kentucky, KY

Chong Huang (2019-2021)                     Research Assistant Professor, University of Kentucky, KY

Siavash Mazdeyasna (2020-2021)         Postdoc, University of Kentucky, KY

Mingjun Zhao (2019-2020)                     Postdoc, University of Kentucky, KY

Chong Huang (2012-2019)                     Postdoc, University of Kentucky, KY

Yu Shang (2008-2015)                            Professor, North University of China, Taiyuan, China

Ting Li (2012-2013)                                 Professor, University of Electronic Science & Technology of China (UESTC), Chengdu, China

Yu Lin (2011-2014)                                  Research Associate, North Carolina State University, NC

 

Supervising Visiting Scholars in My Laboratory (X9):

 

Ruohui Li (2016-2017) Professor, Beijing Union University, China

Jing Chen (2016-2017) University of Kentucky, KY        

Myeongsu Seong (2015) Graduate Student, Qwangju Institute of Science and Technology, South Korea

Jian Zhang (2013-2014) Professor, Tianjin University of Technology and Education, Tianjin, China

Yajun Hou (2012-2013)                           Professor, Shenyang Ligong University, Shenyang, China

Xiuling Luan (2012-2013)                       Professor, Dalian Stomatological Hospital, Dalian, China

Yanli Qin (2012-2013) Professor, Shenyang Ligong University, Shenyang, China

Aulia Nasution (2011-2012)                    Professor, ITS Surabaya University, Indonesia

Youquan Zhao (2008-2009)                    Professor, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China

 

Supervising Clinical Coordinator in My Laboratory (X1):

 

Dan Kameny (2010-2011)                       M.D.

 

Supervising Undergraduate Students in My Laboratory (X9):

 

Ke Niu (2014)                                           Case Western Reserve University

Yutong Gu (2016)                                    University of Southern California 

Diana Sahibnazarova (2015)                  University of Kentucky

Nick McGregor (2016-2017)                   University of Kentucky

Adam Walls (2016-2017)                         University of Kentucky

Alex Nguyen (2016-2017)                       University of Kentucky

Steven Nguyen (2016-2017)                   Paul Laurence Dunbar High School

Samuel Li (2018)                                     Georgia Institute of Technology

Yanda Cheng (2018-2019)                      University of Kentucky

 

Trainee Recognitions and Awards

  • Mehrana Mohtasebi, PhD Student, Career Development Award from Annual Meeting of BMES (Virtual), 2020
  • Chong Huang, appointed to Research Assistant Professor at the University of Kentucky, 2019
  • Siavash Mazdeyasna, PhD Student, Career Development Award ($599) from Annual Meeting of BMES, Philadelphia, 2019
  • Siavash Mazdeyasna, 2nd Place at UK Postdoctoral Research Symposium ($100), Von Allmen Center 2-Minute Elevator Pitch Competition, Lexington, 2019
  • Siavash Mazdeyasna, PhD Student, Awarded Halcomb Fellowship in Medicine and Engineering ($50,000), 2017-2019
  • Siavash Mazdeyasna, PhD Student, Max Steckler Award, 2019-2020
  • Siavash Mazdeyasna, PhD Student, BME Outstanding Student Award, 2018-2019
  • Ahmed Bahrani, Ph.D. Student, awarded the BME Outstanding Student Award, 2017-2018
  • Daniel Irwin, Ph.D. Student, awarded NIH Pre-doctoral Traineeship, 2012-2014
  • Lixin Dong, Ph.D. Student, appointed to a Research Assistant Professor at the Augusta university, 2015
  • Lian He, Ph.D. Student, awarded UK Dissertation Fellowship, 2014-2015
  • Ran Cheng, Ph.D. Student, awarded the BME Outstanding Student, 2012-2013
  • Katelyn Gurley, M.S. Student, awarded US Enrichment Corporation Graduate Fellowship, 2011-2012; Jack and Linda Gill Science and Engineering Fellowship, 2010-2011
  • Yu Shang, Postdoctoral Fellow, awarded American Heart Association (AHA) Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2011-2013, Postdoctoral fellow, appointed to Professor at the North University of China, 2015
  • Ting Li, Postdoctoral fellow, appointed to Professor at the University of Electronic Science & Technology of China (UESTC), 2013