Publications 2024 Quantitative Mapping of Transient Thermodynamic States in Ultrafast Laser Nanostructuring of Quartz; Ultrafast Sci. 4:0056 (2024) EVATOM: an optical, label-free, machine learning assisted embryo health assessment tool; Nature Communications Biology 7, 268 (2024) 2023 Viewing life without labels under optical microscopes; Nature Comm Biology 6, 559 (2023) Initiating and imaging cavitation from infused echo contrast agents through the EkoSonic catheter; Nature Sci Reports 13, 6191 Digital staining facilitates biomedical microscopy; Front Bioinform 3, 663 (2023) Artificial intelligence-enabled quantitative phase imaging methods for life sciences; Nature Methods 20, 1645 (2023) Artificial Confocal Microscopy for Deep Label-Free Imaging; Nature Photonics 17, 250–258 (2023) 2022 White Blood Cell Detection, Classification and Analysis Using Phase Imaging with Computational Specificity (PICS); Nat Sci Rep 12, 20043 (2022) Live-Dead Assay on Unlabeled Cells Using Phase Imaging with Computational Specificity; Nature Communications 13, 713 (2022) Density Fluctuations, Homeostasis, and Reproduction Effects in Bacteria; Nature Commun Biology 5, 397 (2022) Circadian Volume Changes in Hippocampal Glia Studied by Label-Free Interferometric Imaging; Cells 11, 2073 (2022) Cell Cycle Stage Classification Using Phase Imaging with Computational Specificity; ACS Photonics 9, 1264-1273 (2022) Automatic Colorectal Cancer Screening Using Deep Learning in Spatial Light Interference Microscopy Data; Cells 11, 716 (2022) 2021 Synthetic Aperture Interference Light (SAIL) Microscopy for High-Throughput Label-Free Imaging; Applied Physics Letters 119, 233701 (2021) Spatial Light Interference Microscopy: Principle and Applications to Biomedicine; Advances in Optics and Photonics 13, 353-425 (2021) Multiscale Assay of Unlabeled Neurite Dynamics Using Phase Imaging with Computational Specificity; ACS Sensors 6, 1864–1874 (2021) Monitoring Reactivation of Latent HIV by Label-Free Gradient Light Interference Microscopy; iScience 24, 102940 (2021) Microbial Metabolic Noise; WIREs Mech Dis 13, 1512 (2021) Label-Free Screening of Brain Tissue Myelin Content Using Phase Imaging with Computational Specificity (PICS); APL Photonics 7, 076103 (2021) Label-Free SARS-CoV-2 Detection and Classification Using Phase Imaging with Computational Specificity; Light: Science & Applications 10, 1-12 (2021) High-Resolution Impedance Mapping Using Electrically Activated Quantitative Phase Imaging; Light Sci Appl 10, 20 (2021) Diffraction As Scattering Under the Born Approximation; Optics Express 29, 39107 (2021) Deep Learning Classification of Lipid Droplets in Quantitative Phase Images; PLoS One 16, 0249196 (2021) Computational Interference Microscopy Enabled by Deep Learning; APL Photonics 6, 046103 (2021) 2020 Wolf Phase Tomography (WPT) of Transparent structures using partially Coherent Illumination; Light: Science & Applications 9,142 (2020) Reproductive Outcomes Predicted by Phase Imaging with Computational Specificity of Spermatozoon Ultrastructure; PNAS 117, 18309 (2020) Real-time Jones Phase Microscopy for Studying Transparent and Birefringent Specimens; Optics Express 28, 34190 (2020) Quantitative Phase Imaging of Stromal Prognostic Markers in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma; Biomedic Optics Express 11, 1354 (2020) Quantifying Myelin content in Brain Tissue using Color Spatial Light Interference Microscopy (CSLIM); PLOS One 15, 0241084 (2020) Phase Imaging with Computational Specificity (PICS) for Measuring Dry Mass changes in Sub-cellular Compartments; Nature Comm 11, 6256 (2020) Network Science Characteristics of Brain-derived Neuronal Cultures Deciphered from Quantitative Phase Imaging data; Scientific Reports 10, 15078 (2020) Morphometric Analysis of Sperm used for IVP by Three Different Separation Methods with Spatial Light Interference Microscopy; Systems Biology in Reproductive Medicine 66, (2020) Matrix Softness-Mediated 3D Zebrafish Hepatocyte Modulates Response to Endocrine Disrupting chemicals; Environ Sci Tech 54, 13797-13806 (2020) Label-free Colorectal Cancer Screening using Deep Learning and Spatial Light Interference Microscopy (SLIM); APL Photonics 10, 004723 (2020) Integrative quantitative-phase and airy light-sheet imaging; Nat Sci Rep 10, 20150 (2020) High-throughput Sperm Assay using Label-free Microscopy; Morphometric Comparison between different Sperm structures of Boar and Stallion Spermatozoa, Animal Reprod Science 219, 106509 (2020) Harmonically Decoupled Gradient Light Interference Microscopy (HD-GLIM); Optics Letters 45, 106509 (2020) Harmonic Optical Tomography of Nonlinear Structures; Nature Photonics 14, 564–569 (2020) ER membranes exhibit phase behavior at sites of organelle contact; PNAS 117, 7231 (2020) Electrothermal Soft Manipulator Enabling Safe Transport and Handling of Thin Cell/tissue Sheets and Bioelectronic Devices; Science Advances 6, 5630 (2020) 2019 Zinc’s Effect on the Differentiation of Porcine Adipose-Derived Stem Cells into Osteoblasts; Journal of Regenerative Medicine 8, 152 (2019) Tissue Spatial Correlation as Cancer Marker; Journal of Biomedical Optics 24, 016502 (2019) Quantitative Phase Imaging Reveals Matrix Stiffness-Dependent Growth and Migration of Cancer Cells; Scientific Reports 9, 248 (2019) Quantitative Phase Imaging (QPI) in Neuroscience; IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics 25, 6801309 (2019) Quantitative Histopathology of Stained Tissues using Color Spatial Light Interference Microscopy (CSLIM); Sci Reports 9,14679 (2019) Phase separation of YAP reorganizes genome topology for long-term YAP target gene expression; Nat Cell Biology 21, 1578–1589 (2019) Optical Inspection of Nanoscale Structures using a Novel Machine Learning based Synthetic Image Generation Algorithm; Optics Express 27, 13 (2019) Imaging Collagen Properties in the Uterosacral Ligaments of Women with Pelvic Organ Prolapse using Spatial Light Interference Microscopy (SLIM); Optics and Photonics; Frontiers in Physics 10, 3389 (2019) Graphene Oxide Substrates with N-Cadherin Stimulates Neuronal Growth and Intracellular Transport; Acta Biomaterialia, 1742-7061 (2019) EPI-Illumination Gradient Light Interference Microscopy for Imaging Opaque Structures; Nature Communications 10, 4691 (2019) Engineering Geometrical 3-Dimensional Untethered in Vitro Neural Tissue Mimic; PNAS 116, 25932 (2019) Eliciting the impacts of cellular noise on metabolic trade-offs by quantitative mass imaging; Nature Commun 10, 848 (2019) Effects of Substrate Patterning on Cellular Spheroid Growth and Dynamics Measured by Gradient Light Interference Microscopy (GLIM); Journal of BioPhotonics 12, 201900178 (2019) Cell-to-Cell Influence on Growth in Large Populations; Biomedical Optics Express 10, 4664 (2019) Bond-Selective Transient Phase Imaging via Sensing of the Infrared Photothermal Effect; Light: Science & Applications 8, 116 (2019) 3D‐Printed Hydrogel Composites for Predictive Temporal (4D) Cellular Organizations and Patterned Biogenic Mineralization; Adv Healthcare Mater, 1800788 (2019) 2018 Topography and Refractometry of Sperm Cells using Spatial Light Interference Microscopy; Journal of Biomedical Optics 23, 025003 (2018) SLIM Microscopy Allows for Visualization of DNA-containing Liposomes Designed for Sperm-mediated Gene Transfer in Cattle; Molecular Biology Reports 46, 695–703 (2018) Simultaneous Cell Traction and Growth Measurements using Light; Journal of Biophotonics, 201800182 (2018) Self-Coacervation of a Silk-Like Protein and Its Use As an Adhesive for Cellulosic Materials; ACS Macro Lett 7, 1120–1125 (2018) Real-time Halo Correction in Phase Contrast Imaging; Biomedical Optics Express 9, 623 (2018) Quantitative Phase Imaging in Biomedicine; Nature Photonics 12, 578–589 (2018) Optical Properties of Acute Kidney Injury Measured by Quantitative Phase Imaging; Biomedical Optics Express 9, 921 (2018) Optical Excitation and Detection of Neuronal Activity; Journal of Biophotonics 9, 201800269 (2018) Magnified Image Spatial Spectrum (MISS) Microscopy for Nanometer and Millisecond Scale Label-free Imaging; Optics Express 26, 5423 (2018) Label-free Quantitative Evaluation of Breast Tissue using Spatial Light Interference Microscopy (SLIM); Scientific Reports 8, 6875 (2018) Endoscopic Diffraction Phase Microscopy; Optics Letters 43, 3373 (2018) Effect of Tissue Staining in Quantitative Phase Imaging; Journal of Biophotonics 8, 402 (2018) Disorder Strength Measured by Quantitative Phase Imaging as Intrinsic Cancer Marker in Fixed Tissue Biopsies; PLOS One 10, 1371 (2018) 3D Imaging of Live Specimens-Quantitative Phase Imaging with SLIM and GLIM; Imaging & Microscopy, (2018) 2017 Three-Dimensional Mesostructures as High-temperature Growth Templates, Electronic Cellular Scaffolds, and Self-propelled Microrobots; PNAS 114, 9455-9464 (2017) Three-dimensional Intracellular Transport in Neuron Bodies and Neurites Investigated by Label-free Dispersion-relation Phase Spectroscopy; ISAC Cytometry Part A (2017) The Power of Imaging with Phase, not Power; Physics Today 5, 35-40 (2017) Robust microbial cell segmentation by optical-phase thresholding with minimal processing requirements; Cytometry 91, 443-449 (2017) Refractive Index Variance of Cells and Tissues Measured by Quantitative Phase Imaging; Optics Express 25, 1573 (2017) Quantitative Phase Imaging for Medical Diagnosis; Journal of Biophotonics 10, 177–205 (2017) Quantitative Assessment of Neural Outgrowth using Spatial Light Interference Microscopy; Journal of Biomedical Optics 22, 066015 (2017) Quantifying Collagen Fiber Orientation in Breast Cancer using Quantitative Phase Imaging; Journal of Biomedical Optics 22, 046004 (2017) Physical Significance of Backscattering Phase Measurements; Optics Letters 42, 4643 (2017) Measurement of Multispectral Scattering Properties in Mouse Brain Tissue; Biomedical Optics Express 8, 1763 (2017) Label-free Tissue Scanner for Colorectal Cancer Screening; Journal of Biomedical Optics 22, 066016 (2017) Halo-free Phase Contrast Microscopy; Scientific Reports 7, 44034 (2017) Gradient Light Interference Microscopy for 3D Imaging of Unlabeled Specimens; Nature Communications 8, 210 (2017) Geometric Localization of Thermal Fluctuations in Red Blood Cells; PNAS 114 (11) 2865-2870 (2017) Coupled Circumferential and Axial Tension Driven by Actin and Myosin Influences in Vivo Axon Diameter; Scientific Reports 7, 14188 (2017) Cell Density Modulates Intracellular Mass Transport in Neural Networks; ISAC Cytometry Part A, 14188 (2017) Automatic Gleason Grading of Prostate Cancer using Quantitative Phase Imaging and Machine Learning; Journal of Biomedical Optics 22, 036015 (2017) 3D-Printed Phema Materials for Topographical and Biochemical Modulation of Dorsal Root Ganglion Cell Response; ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 9, 30318−30328 (2017) 2016 White-light Diffraction Phase Microscopy at Doubled Space-Bandwidth Product; Optics Express 24, 29033 (2016) Statistical Dispersion Relation for Spatially Broadband Fields; Optics Letters 41, 262579 (2016) Standardizing the Resolution Claims for Coherent Microscopy; Nature Photonics 10, (2016) Solving Inverse Scattering Problems in Biological Samples by Quantitative Phase Imaging; Laser Photonics 10,13–39 (2016) Quantitative Phase Imaging of Weakly Scattering Objects using Partially Coherent Illumination; Optics Express 24, 116 (2016) Programming Mechanical and Physicochemical Properties of 3D Hydrogel Cellular Microcultures Via Direct Ink Writing; Adv Healthcare Mater, 201500888 (2016) Prediction of Prostate Cancer Recurrence using Quantitative Phase Imaging: Validation on a General Population; Scientific Reports 6, 33818 (2016) Phase Correlation Imaging of Unlabeled Cell Dynamics; Scientific Reports 6, 32702 (2016) Microarrays for the study of compartmentalized microorganisms in alginate microbeads and (W/O/W) double emulsions; RSC advances 6, 114830-114842 (2016) Label-free, Multi-scale Imaging of Ex-Vivo Mouse Brain using Spatial Light Interference Microscopy; Scientific Reports 6, 39667 (2016) Label-free Imaging of Single Microtubule Dynamics using Spatial Light Interference Microscopy; ACS Nano 11, 647–655 (2016) Dispersion Relations of Cytoskeleton Dynamics; Cell Health and Cytoskeleton 8, 1–7 (2016) 2015 Quantitative Phase Imaging of Arthropods; Journal of Biomedical Optics 20, 111212 (2015) Plane-wave Decomposition of Spatially Random Fields; Optics Letters 40, (2015) Measuring the Nonuniform Evaporation Dynamics of Sprayed Sessile Microdroplets with Quantitative Phase Imaging; Langmuir 31, 11020–11032 (2015) Breast Cancer Diagnosis using Spatial Light Interference Microscopy; Journal of Biomedical Optics 20, 111210 (2015) Active Intracellular Transport in Metastatic Cells studied by Spatial Light Interference Microscopy; Journal of Biomedical Optics 20, 111209 (2015) 2014 White-light Diffraction Tomography of Unlabelled Live Cells; Nature Photonics, 350 (2014) Spatiotemporal Characterization of a Fibrin Clot Using Quantitative Phase Imaging; PLOS One 9 , 111381 (2014) Quantitative phase imaging with partially coherent illumination; Optics Letters 39, 5511 (2014) Quantitative Phase Imaging of Cells in 2-, 3- and 4-D; Optics & Photonics News 12 (2014) Quantitative Phase Imaging (QPI): Metrology meets Biology; IEEE Photonics Journal, Breakthroughs in Photonics 6, 0700909 (2014) Optical Assay of Erythrocyte Function in Banked Blood; Scientific Reports 4, 6211 (2014) New Technologies for Measuring Single Cell Mass; Lab Chip 14, 646-652 (2014) Nanoscale Topography and Spatial Light Modulator Characterization using Wide-field Quantitative Phase Imaging; Optics Express 22, 3432 (2014) Label-free Characterization of Emerging Human Neuronal Networks; Scientific Reports 4, 4434 (2014) Inverse Scattering Solutions using Low-Coherence Light; Optics Letters 39, (2014) In Situ Measurements of the Axial Expansion of Palladium Microdisks during Hydrogen Exposure using Diffraction Phase Microscopy; Optical Materials Express , 2559 (2014) Highly Sensitive Quantitative Imaging for Monitoring Single Cancer Cell Growth Kinetics and Drug Response; PLOS One 9, 89000 (2014) EPI-Illumination Diffraction Phase Microscopy with White Light; Optics Letters 39 (2014) Effects of Spatial Coherence in Diffraction Phase Microscopy; Optics Express 22, 5134 (2014) Dissolution Chemistry and Biocompatibility of Single-Crystalline Silicon Nanomembranes and Associated Materials for Transient Electronics; ACS Nano (2014) Diffraction Phase Microscopy: Principles and Applications in Materials and Life Sciences; Advances in Optics and Photonics 6, 57–119 (2014) Diffraction Phase Microscopy: Monitoring Nanoscale Dynamics in Materials Science; Applied Optics 53, 210738 (2014) 2013 Spatial Light Interference Microscopy (SLIM) Using Twisted-Nematic Liquid-Crystal Modulation; Biomedical Optics Express 4, 1571-1583 (2013) Real time Blood Testing using Quantitative Phase Imaging; PLOS One 8, 55676 (2013) Nanoscale Fluctuations and Surface Tension Measurements in Droplets using Phase-Resolved Low-Coherence Interferometry; 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Opt. 52, 177 (2013) High Resolution Phase-Sensitive Magnetomotive Optical Coherence Microscopy for Tracking Magnetic Microbeads and Cellular Mechanics; IEEE JSTQ PP 99, (2013) Gradient Field Microscopy for Label-free Diagnosis of Human Biopsies; Appl. Opt. 52, 92-96 (2013) Fourier Phase Microscopy with White Light; Biomed Opt Express 4, 1434-1441 (2013) Fast Phase Reconstruction in White Light Diffraction Phase Microscopy; Appl. Opt. 52, 97-101 (2013) Digital Projection Photochemical Etching Defines Gray-scale Features; Opt. Exp. 21, 13547-13554 (2013) Deterministic Signal Associated with a Random Field; Opt Exp 21, 20806-20820 (2013) Detecting 20 NM Wide Defects in Large Area Nanopatterns using Optical Interferometric Microscopy; Nano Letters 13, 3716-3721 (2013) Cardiomyocyte Imaging using Real-time SLIM; PLOS One 8, 56930 (2013) 2012 Visualizing Escherichia Coli Sub-Cellular Structure using Sparse Deconvolution Spatial Light Interference Tomography; PLOS One 7, 38916 (2012) Spectroscopic Diffraction Phase Microscopy; Optics letters 37, 17 (2012) Optically Monitoring and Controlling Nanoscale Topography during Semiconductor Etching; Nature-Light: Science & Applications 1, 30 (2012) Gradient Field Microscopy of Unstained Specimens; Optics Express 20, (2012) Gradient field microscopy allows label-free disease diagnosis; Laser Focus World (2012) Diffraction Phase Microscopy with White Light; Optics Letters 37, (2012) Derivative Method for Phase Retrieval in Off-Axis Quantitative Phase Imaging; Optics Letters 37, (2012) 2011 Tissue Refractive Index as Marker of Disease; Journal Biomedical Optics 16 (2011) Spatial Light Interference Tomography (SLIT); Optics Express 19, (2011) Spatial Light Interference Microscopy (SLIM); Optics Express 19, 1016-1026 (2011) Simultaneous optical measurements of cell motility and growth; Biomedical Optics Express 2, (2011) Scattering-Phase Theorem; Optics Letters 36, 1215-1217 (2011) Optical Measurement of Cycle-Dependent Growth; Proc Natl Acad Sci 10, (2011) One-Dimensional Deterministic Transport in Neurons Measured by Dispersion-relation Phase Spectroscopy; J. Phys. Cond. Matt. 23, (2011) Off-axis Quantitative Phase Imaging Processing using Cuda: Toward Real-time Applications; Biomed. Opt. Exp. 2, (2011) Measuring the Scattering Parameters of Tissues from Quantitative Phase Imaging of Thin Slices; Opt. Lett. 36, (2011) Measurement of the Nonlinear Elasticity of Red Blood Cell Membranes; Phys. Rev. 83, 051925 (2011) Light Scattering of Human Red Blood Cells During Metabolic Remodeling of the Membrane; J. Biomed. Opt. 16, 011013 (2011) Laplace Field Microscopy for Label-free Imaging of Dynamic Biological Structures; Optics Letters 36, (2011) Label-free Intracellular Transport Measured by Spatial Light Interference Microscopy; J. Biomed. Opt. 16, 026019 (2011) Effective Temperature of Red Blood Cell Membrane Fluctuations; Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, (2011) Effective 3D Viscoelasticity of Red Blood Cells Measured by Diffraction Phase Microscopy; Biomed. Opt. Express 2, 485-490 (2011) Dispersion-Relation Phase Spectroscopy of Intracellular Transport; Opt. Exp. 19, 2011 Deconvolved Spatial Light Interference Microscopy for Live Cell Imaging; IEEE Trans. Biomed. Eng. 58, (2011) Correlation-Induced Spectral Changes in Tissues; Opt. Lett. 36, 2011 Cell Imaging Beyond the Diffraction Limit using Sparse Deconvolution Spatial Light Interference Microscopy; Biomed. Opt. Exp. 2, (2011) Born Approximation Model for Light Scattering by Red Blood Cells; Biomed. Opt. Exp. 2, (2011) Blood Testing at the Single Cell Level using Quantitative Phase and Amplitude Microscopy; Biomed. Opt. Exp 2, (2011)