Lab Director
Anuradha Godavarty
Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Florida International University, Miami, FL
Graduate Students
Kacie Kalie – Ph.D. Student
Kacie graduated from FIU in Summer 2017 with a BS in Biomedical Engineering. Currently working toward her Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering. She joined the Optical Imaging Laboratory in Fall of 2016. Kacie’s research involves the development of hand held optical devices, including design and data processing, later applied to clinical studies for validation.
Daniela Leizaola – Ph.D. Student
Daniela graduated from FIU in Spring 2021 with a BS in Biomedical Engineering and a minor in Chemistry. Currently working toward her Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering. She was awarded as a Norman Weldon Scholar (2019 & 2020) and completed an Honors College ARCH thesis. Amidst joining the Optical Imaging Laboratory in Spring 2019, her primary focus was on optimizing the driver for the in-house Near-infrared Optical Scanner in order to reduce white noise for calibration. She also worked on validating the device by extracting pulse readings using dynamic imaging. Currently, she is modeling various skin types using Monte-Carlo Simulations on the MATLAB programming software. Additionally, she is investigating possible variations of tissue oxygenation among arterial calcification and chronic kidney disease subjects.
Himaddri Shakhar Roy – Ph.D. Student
Himaddri graduated from Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh in 2019 with a BS in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Currently, working toward his Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering. He joined the Optical Imaging Laboratory in Spring of 2023. Himaddri’s research interest includes biomedical sensors, devices & instrumentation, image processing and machine learning applications.
Undergraduate Students
Sydni Spencer – Undergraduate Student
Sydni is a senior pursuing an undergraduate degree in Biomedical engineering with a concentration in Biosignals and Systems. She joined the Optical Imaging Laboratory in Spring 2022. She is an Undergraduate Research Assistant and CURE Researcher. She works on clinical data management and analysis related to tissue oxygenation flow mapping in breast cancer subjects undergoing radiation therapy.
Waleed Abusaif – Undergraduate Student
Waleed is a senior pursuing an Undergraduate degree in Biomedical Engineering. He joined the Optical Imaging Laboratory in Fall 2022. He is an Undergraduate Research Assistant working on Monte-Carlo simulations of light propagation in tissues of varying skin colors and in clinical data management and analysis related to diabetic foot ulcers.
Maria Hernandez – Undergraduate Student
Maria is a junior pursuing an undergraduate degree in Biomedical Engineering. She joined the Optical Imaging Laboratory in Spring 2023. She is an Undergraduate Laboratory Coordinator in Training and the new webmaster for the research group.
Anna Paul – Undergraduate Student
Anna is a junior pursuing an undergraduate degree in Biomedical Engineering. She joined the Optical Imaging Laboratory in Spring 2023. She is an Undergraduate Research Assistant in training. She works on clinical data management and analysis of optical imaging data.
Manuel Ignacio Leizaola – Undergraduate Student
Manuel is a sophomore pursuing an undergraduate degree in Mechanical and Materials Science and Engineering. He joined the Optical Imaging Laboratory in Fall 2022. Manuel is an Undergraduate Lab Assistant, focusing on 3D printing related activities in the laboratory.
Cedric Flor Rey – Undergraduate Student
Cedric is a junior pursuing an undergraduate degree in Computer Engineering. He joined the Optical Imaging Laboratory in Spring 2023. He is an Undergraduate Lab Assistant working on development of the SPOT mobile application for Diabetic Foot Ulcer evaluation.