Dr. Adam Wax, Principal Investigator

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.

Office: CIEMAS 2571
Phone: (919) 684-4488
Email: a.wax@duke.edu

Yizheng Zhu, Postdoctoral Associate

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.

Office: CIEMAS 2565
Phone: (919) 660-5211
Email: yizheng.zhu@duke.edu

Steve Gebhart, Postdoctoral Associate

Office: CIEMAS 2569
Phone: (919) 660-5588
Email: steve.gebhart@duke.edu

Natan "Nati" Shaked, Postdoctoral Associate

Office: CIEMAS 2569
Phone: (919) 660-5588
Email: natis@ee.bgu.ac.il

Nick Graf, Graduate Student

Nick is working on a Fourier-domain low coherence inferferometry system for measuring neoplastic transformation. He went to Duke University undergraduate and is now a Ph.D. candidate in the biomedical engineering program.

Office: CIEMAS 2563
Phone: (919) 668-3942
Email: nick.graf@duke.edu

Neil Terry, Graduate Student

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. His research there focused on advanced seeker simulation for countermeasure evaluation and real-time IR image processing techniques for gunfire detection.

Office: CIEMAS 2567
Phone: (919) 660-5587
Email: neil.terry@duke.edu

Matt Crow, Graduate Student

Matt Crow graduated St. Louis University with a BS in biomedical engineering. He is a second-year Ph.D. candidate in the BME department here, and is focusing his research on nano-optical techniques. Matt is currently researching the use of nanoparticle tagging for imaging cells as an alternative to fluorescent tagging.

Office: CIEMAS 2567
Phone: (919) 660-5587
Email: matthew.crow@duke.edu

Tyler Drake, Graduate Student

Tyler is in his second year of studies in the Duke medical physics graduate program. He graduated from McDaniel College in 2006 with a BA in physics. His primary research in Dr. Wax's lab involves confocal and coherent imaging systems.

Office: CIEMAS 2563
Phone: (919) 668-3942
Email: tyler.drake@duke.edu

Mike Giacomelli, Graduate Student

Mike is a second 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. In his free time he enjoys pruning the trees in his front yard and in front of CIEMAS.

Office: CIEMAS 2567
Phone: (919) 660-5587
Email: michael.giacomelli@duke.edu

Francisco "Paco" Robles, Graduate Student

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.

Office: CIEMAS 2565
Phone: (919) 660-5211
Email: francisco.robles@duke.edu

Matt Rinehart, Graduate Student

Matt is a first year Ph.D. student in Duke's biomedical engineering department. He graduated from Duke University with a BSE in biomedical engineering and electrical engineering.

Office: CIEMAS 2547A
Phone: (919) 210-2051
Email: matt.rinehart@duke.edu

Rae Luan, Undergraduate, Research Assistant

Office: CIEMAS 2547A
Phone: (512) 922-1388
Email: yongrui.luan@duke.edu

Varun Gokarn, Undergraduate, Research Assistant

Office: CIEMAS 2547A
Phone: (860) 748-9755
Email: varun.gokarn@duke.edu