Cale Lewis (Graduate Student in Physics)
Past : BS (Physics), Sam Houston State University
Research: Quantitative Imaging, Photon counting detectors, Phase Contrast Imaging
Nate Fredette (Graduate Student in Biomedical Engineering)
Past : BTech Nuclear Engineering (Texas A&M), Mechanical Engineering (Marquette University)
Research: Spectral Imaging, Computed Tomography, Image Science
Raul Torrico (Graduate Student in Physics)
Past : BS Physics, California State University, Long Beach
Research: Novel x ray contrast agents, Molecular Imaging
Ivan Vazquez (Graduate Student in Physics)
Past: MS Geophysics (Physics/Mathematics),
Texas A&M University, College Station
Amar Kavuri (Graduate Student in Biomedical Engineering)
Past : MTech, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India
Research: Psychophysics and Image Perception in Imaging
Chan Soo Park (Research Staff)
Past : BS Physics, Purdue University
Research: Photon Counting X-Ray Detectors, Phase Contrast Imaging
Past Group Members
Zhihua Liang Ph.D. (Postdoctoral Fellow 2013-2015)
Tom Campbell-Ricketts Ph.D. (Postdoctoral Fellow 2012-2014) : Current employment - NASA, Houston, TX
Vasily Seredov Ph.D. (Postdoctoral Fellow 2013 October - 2014 March)
Doga Gursoy Ph. D. (Postdoctoral Fellow 2011-2013): Current employment- Argonne National Laboratories, IL
Sakshi Rajpal (Master's Degree - CS 2016)
Corey Barber (Undergraduate Research - Physics 2016)
Kristof Piere Cummings (Undergraduate research - Physics 2014-2015)
Travis Covert (Undergraduate research -Physics, 2011-Summer 2012)
Hilda Sabesta, Wunsche High school (Summer 2012 - Quarknet summer project)
Shaayan Shayed, High school intern (Summer-2013-Quarknet summer project)
Aniruddha Chaterjee, High school intern (Summer 2014- Quarknet summer project)
Professor Mini Das directs the Imaging Physics Laboratory (IPL) at UH with a focus on developing novel imaging techniques for medical, biological and materials science applications.
Appointments:Assistant Professor of Physics
Assistant Professor of Biomedical engineering
Awards and Honors:
National Science Foundation CAREER Award (2017)
Breakthrough Award, Department of Defense, CDMRP (2016)
Career Development Award, National Cancer Institute of NIH (2009)
Complete Faculty Profile here.
Contact IPL (SR1 Room: 419)
Undergraduate Researchers
Guadalupe Lee (Biochemistry)
William Nisbett (Physics & Chinese)
Marissa Soto (Physics)
Aaron Ryan (Physics)
Dr. Stefano Vespucci (Postdoctoral Scientist)
Past : PhD (Physics), Strathclyde University, Glasgow, UK
Research: Spectral X-Ray Detectors, Advanced X-Ray Imaging
