We play with photons
We develop novel optical spectroscopy, imaging, and opto-control technologies and apply them to study chemistry in living samples. We use chemical imaging to answer questions in biological and medical sciences and develop new opto-control platforms to precisely control chemical processes in live cells.
07/28/2025
Jesse has given an invited talk at the Chemical Imaging Gordon Conference.
06/25/2025
Our paper about software-assisted RPOC was accepted by ACS Photonics. Congratulations to Bin!
06/13/2025
Congratulations to Shivam for receiving the 2nd prize for the poster presentation at the MAGSS conference!
06/06/2025
Our paper on SRS imaging of cell death, in collaboration with Merck, has been accepted for publication by Anal. Chem. Congratulations to Shivam and Shreya, co-first authors.
05/28/2025
Our review paper, "Advances and Future Trends in Real-Time Precision Opto-Control (RPOC) of Chemical Processes in Live Cells" is published in npj Imaging!
05/19/2025
Seohee Ma has received the Alice Watson Kramer award with a $500 monetary award! Congratulations!
Ishaan Singh has received a $15000 Astronaut Scholarship! Congratulations!
05/15/2025
Shivam and Ishaan presented posters at the 10th Annual Hitchhiker's Guide to the Biomolecular Galaxy 2025!
05/14/2025
Helen obtained her M.S. degree in Chemistry from Purdue. Congratulations!
04/27/2025
Congratulations to Seohee and coauthors for accepting the femtosecond RPOC paper by Small Science.
04/22/2025
Jesse attended the Optica Biophotonics Congress in San Diego and presented RPOC and SRS.
04/10/2025
Shivam and Karsten presented posters at the CLUMB symposium hosted by UIUC.
04/03/2025
Congratulations to Karsten on winning the 3-minute thesis presentation at the CBM symposium!
03/25/2025
Shreya has found a data analyst position at CVS in New York. Congratulations!
02/05/2025
Nikta Zafarjafarzadeh joined our group. Welcome! Nikta transferred from the Biochem department to our Chemistry Department. She is interested in working with cancer metabolism!
1/30/2025
Bin, Shivam, Seohee, Karsten, and Jesse attended SPIE Photonics West. We presented 12 presentations, including 7 oral presentations, 1 three-minute challenge, and 4 posters. Congratulations to Shivam on receiving the best poster award in BO400, and second place in the 3MT presentation! Bin, Shivam, and Seohee have also received Travel grants from Purdue University!
1/14/2025
Xinyi He joined our group! Welcome. Xinyi is a M.S. student from BME department!