Dr. Adam Wax joined the faculty of the Biomedical Engineering department at Duke University as an assistant professor in 2002 and was promoted to associate professor in 2008. Dr. Wax received his Ph.D. in physics from Duke in 1999 and completed his postdoctoral training at MIT. His research interests include optical spectroscopy for early cancer detection, novel microscopy and interferometry techniques.

Yizheng joined the Duke Bios laboratory after completing his Ph.D. in electrical engineering at Virginia Tech. He has a background in fiber optic sensing and nano-optical technologies, and is currently combining these aspects of his research with low coherenece interferometry to explore new methods of early cancer detection.

Dr. Shaked received his BSc and MSc (Summa Cum Laude) and PhD degrees in electrical and computer engineering from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel, in 2002, 2004, and 2008, respectively. In October 2008, Shaked won the Bikura postdoctoral scholarship from Israel and joined the BIOS group at Duke University, where he is currently a Visiting Assistant Professor. Shaked is the coauthor over 20 peer-review journal papers. His research subjects include interferometric phase microscopy of live biological cell dynamics, noninvasive early-cancer diagnosis in the cellular level by optical spectroscopic and interferometric methods, interferometric neuronal architecture and circuitry visualization, optical microscopy, and three-dimensional biomedical imaging.
Nati's website: http://www.duke.edu/~ns81/Research/

Neil is a Ph.D. candidate developing a fiber-optic angle-resolved low coherence interferometry system for clinical studies. After receiving his BSE in biomedical and electrical engineering from Duke in 2004, he spent 2 years working as an Electronics Engineer in the Advanced Techniques Branch of the Tactical Electronic Warfare Division at the Naval Research Lab in Washington DC. Neil posesses the strength and virility of 10 bears.

Tyler is a Ph.D. candidate developing novel microscopy techniques for clinical applications. He graduated from McDaniel College in 2006 with a BA in physics and obtained his MS in medical physics from Duke in 2008 with a concentration in radiation therapy. Specifically, Tyler is working on a multiplexed low coherence interferometry instrument for measuring microbicide thickness distribution.

Mike is a fifth year Ph.D. student in Duke's biomedical engineering department. He graduated from the University of Arizona with dual degrees in computer engineering and computer science. His research focuses on interferometric angle resolved and diffuse optical techniques.

Francisco Robles is a first-year medical physics Ph.D. candidate. He's currently working on the development of a new optical technique for measuring distributions of anti-HIV microbicidal formulations using Low Coherence Interferometry (LCI). Francisco graduated from NC State in 2007 with dual majors in Physics and Nuclear Engineering, along with a minor in Mathematics.

Matt is a second year Ph.D. student in Duke's biomedical engineering department. He graduated from Duke University with BSEs in biomedical engineering and electrical engineering in 2008. Matt is interested in novel interferometric microscopy techniques for both clinical applications and also basic cell biology research. Specifically, he works on transmission quantitative phase microscopy (QPM) and also endoscopic confocal microscopy.

Kevin is a first year Ph.D. student in Duke's Biomedical Engineering program. He graduated from the University of Connecticut in 2009 with a BS in biomedical engineering. His current research involves novel nanoparticle-optical techniques for imaging and biological applications.

Hillel graduated high school in May 2010 from the American Hebrew Academy in Greensboro. Hillel joined the BIOS Lab in the summer of 2009 and returned in 2010. Hillel is a freshman at the Univerity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where he plans to study Physics and Biomedical Engineering.