Joseph P. Culver, PhD
Director, Biophotonics Research Center

Biophotonics Research Center

Our People

Members of the BRC are focused on developing techniques that use light and custom molecular contrast agents to visualize tissue inside living animals and humans.

Melena Abijaoude
Graduate Research Assistant
Bhavya Agarwal
Undergraduate Researcher
Alvin Agato
Graduate Research Assistant
Sanjida Ali
Graduate Research Assistant
Natalia Alonzo
Graduate Student
Adam Q. Bauer, PhD
Associate Professor of Radiology
Mikhail Y. Berezin, PhD
Associate Professor of Radiology
Kathryn Braden, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Associate
David M. Brogan, MD
Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery
Megan Buchanan
Graduate Research Assistant
Daniel C. Castro, PhD
Assistant Professor of Radiology
Shengxuan Chen
Graduate Student
Shylyn Collier
Graduate Student
Bennett Cuculich
Undergraduate Student
Joseph P. Culver, PhD
Director, Biophotonics Research Center
Hannah DeVore
Graduate Student
Kathleen Duncan
Graduate Student
Adam T. Eggebrecht, PhD
Associate Professor of Radiology
Wiete Fehner
Graduate Student
Morgan Fogarty, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Scholar
Calvin Foss
Graduate Student
Will T. Hamic
Graduate Student
Sophia Hasan
Undergraduate Student
Amelia M. Hines
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Andy Huang
Undergraduate Student
Masatoshi Inoue, PhD
Assistant Professor of Radiology
Ella Jiao
Undergraduate Student
Da Eun Jung
Graduate Student
Javier Kelly Cuenca
Graduate Student
Nischal Khanal
Graduate Student
Blessen Kuriakose
Undergraduate Student
Ziyuan (Arthur) Li
Graduate Student
Connie Luk
Graduate Research Assistant
Christopher D. Malone, MD
Associate Professor of Radiology
Laura N. Massó Quiñones
Postbaccalaureate Researcher
Anis Meysami
Graduate Student
Evan Morris
Graduate Student
Sung Min Park
Graduate Student
Yutian Qin
Graduate Research Assistant
Hajin Ruy
Undergraduate Student
Kaelyn H. Schloss
Graduate Student
Ikbal Şencan-Eğilmez, PhD
Assistant Professor of Radiology
Amit Kumar Sharma, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Leonid (Leo) Shmuylovich, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Dermatology
Monica Shokeen, PhD
Vice Chair, Outreach
Zhixin (Flora) Sun
Graduate Research Assistant
Rui Tang, PhD
Instructor in Radiology
Wilson L. Tian
Undergraduate Student
Andrew E. Trinagel
Undergraduate Student
Dalin Yang, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Scholar
Marvin Zhang
Undergraduate Student
Alexander Zheleznyak
Instructor in Radiology

Group Resources

The BRC’s optical imaging core uses high-quality optical microscopy units and modern small animal imaging and spectroscopy systems to support NIH-funded researchers making important contributions to cancer research.

Labs in the BRC