Monday 28th October 2024 Prof. Lev T. Perelman visited Applied Optics
\nGroup and delivered a presentation with the title \u201cEndocsopic Imaging
\nand Microscopy for precancer Detection and Cell Analysis\u201d in JLT
\nroom, Jennison building, and online.
\nLev T. Perelman is the Mary Tolan and Edward Grzelakowski
\nProfessor at Harvard University and the Director of the Center for
\nAdvanced Biomedical Imaging and Photonics at BIDMC. Prior to
\nthat, he was a Principal Scientist and Group Head at MIT.
\nPerelman\u2019s research interests are primarily focused on the application
\nof optics and spectroscopy to life sciences and medicine. His group
\npioneered biomedical light scattering spectroscopy (LSS) which is
\nnow used for tissue characterization and in vivo detection of early
\ncancerous changes in various organs of the human body. Light
\nscattering spectroscopy was also extended to subcellular scales with
\nthe development of label-free confocal light absorption and scattering
\nspectroscopic (CLASS) microscopy.
\nPerelman\u2019s other contributions include demonstration, with
\nKatrin Kneipp, the world\u2019s first single molecule detection with
\nsurface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) and explanation of
\nthe vital role of stress confinement in short pulse laser ablation, a
\nbasic mechanism of laser surgery. Perelman has mentored over 40
\ngraduate students and postdoctoral fellows with 9 now professors at
\nHarvard, Princeton, Northwestern, and other schools.<\/p>\n
Print screens and photos from his presentation can be found in NETLAS Newsletter No 51<\/p>\n