People

Principal Investigator

Travis Sawyer

Assistant Professor of Optical Sciences
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering
Assistant Professor of Health Sciences
Assistant Research Professor of Medicine
PhD, University of Arizona, 2021
MS, University of Arizona, 2019
MPhil, University of Cambridge, 2018
BS, University of Arizona, 2016

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PhD Students

Justina Bonaventura

PhD Student, Optical Sciences

BA, Alfred University, 2017
BFA, Alfred University, 2017

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Noelle Daigle

PhD Student, Optical Sciences
BS, University of Nevada Reno, 2021

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Natzem Lima

PhD Student, Optical Sciences
BS, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016

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Paige Sawyers

Co-Advised with Prof. DK Kang
PhD Student, Optical Sciences
BS, University of Arizona, 2021

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Shuyuan Guan

PhD Student, Optical Sciences
MS, University of Arizona, 2021
BS, Changchun University of Science and Technology, 2019

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Isabella Aguilera-Cuenca

PhD Student, Optical Sciences
BS, Universidad del Valle, 2023

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Helena Hurbon

MD-PhD Student, Biomedical Engineering
MA, University of Arizona, 2021
BS, Washington University in St. Louis, 2020
BS, Eckerd College, 2018

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MS Students

Evan Brorby

MS Student, Optical Sciences
BS, University of Arizona, 2024

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Undergraduate Students

Eliana Stilson

BS Student, Optical Sciences & Engineering

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AnneLeigh Twer

BS Student, Molecular and Cellular Biology
BA Student, Global Studies

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Mackenna Kropatsch

BS Student, Optical Sciences and Engineering

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Kaiyang Diao

BS Student, Biomedical Engineering

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Catherine Yip

BS Student, Optical Sciences and Engineering

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Supriya Roy

BS Student, Optical Sciences and Engineering

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Former Students

Thomas Knapp, PhD Biomedical Engineering, 2021-2024
Yuanxin Guan, PhD Optical Sciences (Co-advised with Dr. Florian Willomitzer), 2023-2024
Kyle Hawkins, MS Optical Sciences, 2023-2024
Tae Hyeong Kim, MS Electrical & Computer Engineering, 2022-2023
Marie Schwiegerling, BS Biology, 2023
Daisy Moreida, BS Biomedical Engineering, 2023
Sophia Ippolito, BS Optical Sciences and Engineering, 2022-2023
Kellys Morara, BS Biomedical Engineering, 2021-2023
Julianne Setiadi, BS Biomedical Engineering, 2021-2023
Bridget Slomka, MS Biomedical Engineering, 2021-2022
David Mazi, BS Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2021

Collaborators

Juanita L. Merchant, MD, PhD
University of Arizona

Elizabeth J Hutchinson, PhD
University of Arizona

Jennifer K. Barton, PhD
University of Arizona

Baskhar Banerjee, MD
University of Arizona

Hemanth Gavini, MD
University of Arizona

David O. Garcia, PhD
University of Arizona

Alba Alfonso-Garcia, PhD
University of California Davis

Sarah Bohndiek, PhD
University of Cambridge

George Gordon, PhD
University of Nottingham

Abigail Wilson, PhD
University College London

Ali Azhdarinia, PhD
University of Texas Health Sciences Center at Houston

Naruhiko Ikoma, MD, PhD
MD Anderson