The University of Texas at Austin
College of Engineering

People

Available Positions

We are currently seeking motivated PhD and MS students for projects in developing optical imaging instrumentation for cancer detection and treatment. Students should have a background in instrumentation with a BS in either EE, physics, or a related field and be admitted to the University of Texas Graduate School. Interested candidates should send CV and cover letter via email to Dr. Tunnell (jtunnell@mail.utexas.edu).

 

Principal Investigator

James

James W. Tunnell, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Biomedical Engineering
The University of Texas at Austin

Office: ENS 10A
512.232.2110
jtunnell@mail.utexas.edu

     

 

Graduate Students
 
     
Jaesook Park
Narasimhan R
Tim Erickson

Jaesook Park, M.S.

park@mail.utexas.edu

 

Narasimhan Rajaram

n.rajaram@mail.utexas.edu

see research details>>

Tim Erickson

Tim.Erickson@mail.utexas.edu

 

Priya

Sam
Rita UT

Priyaveena Puvanakrishnan

priyaveena@mail.utexas.edu

Sam Lim

sam.liang.lim@mail.utexas.edu

Varun Pattani

vpp5@mail.utexas.edu

 

Sheldon
 

Sheldon Bish

sbish@mail.utexas.edu

 
Undergraduate Students

 

Rita UT
Brandon N.
Rita UT
Matt Campbell
Brandon Nichols
Jared McAllister
     
Rita UT
 
Jason Yiu
     
 
Post Docs/Visiting Scholars
 
     
Dr. Yan
Jingjing

Dr. Chunli Yan

(with Dr. Pengyu Ren)

Jingjing Sun
     

 

Collaborators

Dr. Sunil Krishnan, MD, MD Anderson Cancer Center

Dr. Tri Nguyen, MD, MD Anderson Cancer Center

Dr. Jason Reichenberg, MD, UT Medical Branch, Austin

Dr. Brian Korgel, PhD, Chemical Engineering, UT Austin

Dr. Pengyu Ren, PhD, Biomedical Engineering, UT Austin

Dr. Anthony Durkin, Beckman Laser Institute, Univ. of California, Irvine

Dr. David Cuccia, PhD, Modulated Imaging, Irvine, CA

Dr. Jon Schwartz, PhD, Nanospectra Biosciences, Houston, TX

Don Payne, Nanospectra Biosciences, Houston, TX

Dr. Chris Coleman, MD, Nanospectra Biosciences, Houston, TX

Dr. Andrew Dunn, PhD, Biomedical Engineering, University of Texas

Alumni

Raiyan Zaman, MS, ECE '06

Tim Aramil, BS, BME '07

Kelvin Lee, BS, BME '07

Matthew Huddle, NSF REU (summer 2007)

Dat Le, BS, BME '08

Colby Anger, BS, BME '08

Richard Revia, BS, BME '08

Michael Rasoulian, BS, BME '08

Ted Yang, BS, BME '08

Jennifer Voss BS, BME '09

Jessica Gamboa, NSF REU, Univ. of Arizona (summer 2008)