Mustafa Mir
GRADUATE RESEARCH ASSISTANT , Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS
14. M. Mir, M. Bednarz, D. Babacan, I. Golding and G. Popescu, “Three dimensional deconvolution Spatial Light Interference Microscopy for studying subcellular structure in E. coli ”, PLoS ONE, (Under Review).
13. R. Wang, T. W. Kim, M. Mir, K. and G. Popescu, “Optical measurement of nanoscale fluctuations in droplets”, Appl. Opt., (Under Review).
12. M. Mir, B. Bhaduri, R. Zhu and G. Popescu, “Quantitative Phase Imaging”, Progress in Optics, (In Press).
11. B. Bhaduri, H. Pham, M. Mir, and G. Popescu, “Diffraction Phase Microscopy with white light”, Opt. Lett., 37 (6), 2012. (In top downloads, March, 2012)
10. M. Mir, K. Tangella and G. Popescu, “Blood testing at the single cell level using quantitative phase and amplitude miroscopy”, Biomed. Opt. Exp., 2 (12), ( 2011). (In top downloads, November, 2012)
9. S. Sridharan, M. Mir, and G. Popescu, “Simultaneous Optical Measurements of Cell Motility and Growth”, Biomed. Opt. Exp., 2 (10), ( 2011).
8. J. Lim, H. Ding, M. Mir, R. Zhu, K. Tangella and G. Popescu, “Born Approximation Model Light Scattering by Red Blood Cells”, Biomed. Opt. Exp., 2 (10), ( 2011).
7. M. Mir, Z. Wang, Z. Shen, M. Bednarz, R. Bashir, I. Golding and G. Popescu , “Optical Measurement of Cell Cycle Dependent Growth”, Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci., 108 (32), (2011).
6. R. Wang, H. Ding, M. Mir, K. Tangella and G. Popescu, “Effective 3D viscoelasticity of red blood cells measured by diffraction phase microscopy”, J. Biomed. Opt., 2 (3), (2011)
5. Z. Wang, L. Millet, M. Mir, H. Ding, S. Unarunotai, J. Rogers, M. Gillette, and G. Popescu, “Spatial Light Interference Microscopy”, Optics Express, 19, 1016 (2011)
4. M. Mir, H. Ding, Z. Wang, J. Reedy, K. Tangella and G. Popescu, “Blood screening using Diffraction Phase Cytometry”, J. Biomed. Opt, 15 (2), (2010)
3. M. Mir, Z. Wang, K. Tangella and G. Popescu, “Diffraction Phase Cytometry: Blood on a CD-ROM”, Optics Express, 17, (2009)
2.U. Mirsaidov, J. Scrimgeour, W. Timp, K. Beck, M. Mir, P. Matsudaira and G. Timp, “Live Cell Lithography: Using Optical Tweezers to Create Synthetic Tissue”, Lab on a Chip, 12, (2008)
1. U. Mirsaidov, W. Timp, K. Timp, M. Mir, P. Matsudaira and G. Timp, “Optimal optical trap for Bacterial Viability.”, Phys. Rev. E, 78, 1, (2008)
CONFERENCES & TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS
Talks
5. M. Mir, S. D. Babacan, M. Bednarz, M. Do, I. Golding and G. Popescu “Imaging sub-cellular structures using three-dimensional sparse deconvolution SLIM”, OSA Topical Meeting of Biomedical Optics (BIOMED), Miami, FL, USA, April 30, 2012
4. M. Mir, “Imaging cellular systems using quantitative light microscopy”, EBICS Multi-Institutional Trainee Research Symposium, Online, November 14, 2011
3. M. Mir , Z. Wang, Z. Shen, M. Bednarz, I. Golding, S. Prasanth and G. Popescu, “Quantitative Phase Microscopy for Cell Dry Mass Measurements”, NSF-STC: Emergent Behaviors of Integrated Cellular Systems, 1st Annual Retreat, Atlanta, GA, USA, June 26-28, 2011
2. M. Mir , Z. Wang, M. Bednarz and G. Popescu, “Multiscale Optical Measurements of Bacterial Growth”, Photonic West, San Jose, CA, USA, January 21-27, 2011
1. M. Mir , H. Ding, K. Tangella and G. Popescu, “Comprehensive blood screening using quantitative phase imaging”, Photonic West, San Jose, CA, USA, January 21-27, 2011
Posters
8. M. Mir, “Imaging cellular systems using quantitative light microscopy”, EBICS STC NSF Site Visit, Poster, Cambridge, MA, USA, January 26, 2012
7. M. Mir, K. Tangella, and G. Popescu, “Measurement of single erythrocyte oxygenation state, morphology and hemoglobin concentration”, College of American Pathologists Conference, Grapevine, TX, USA, September 11-14, 2011
6. M. Mir , K. Tangella, and G. Popescu, “Simultaneous quantitative phase and Soret band absorption microscopy for comprehensive blood screening”, Engineering Conferences International, Advances in Optics for Biotechnology, Medicine and Surgery XII, Naples, Fl, USA, June 5-8, 2011
5. Z. Wang, D. Marks, S. Carney, M. Mir and G. Popescu, “Tomographic Reconstruction by Quantitative Phase Imaging with Broadband Fields”, OSA Optics and Photonics Congress, Monterey, CA, USA, April 4-6, 2011
4. M. Mir , H. Ding, K. Tangella and G. Popescu, “Blood Screening Using Diffraction Phase Cytometry”, 1st International Symposium on Nanomedicine, Karachi, Pakistan, December 20-22, 2010
3. M. Mir, Z. Wang, S. Sridharan, A. Jiang, Z. Shen, M. Bednarz, B. Blehm, E. Chaney, X. Liang, S. Boppart, I. Golding, P. Selvin, S. Prasanth, and G. Popescu, “Quantitative optical measurements of cell dry mass as a tool for studying cell growth”, Annual Meeting of Strategic Initiative on Imaging, Urbana, IL, USA, October 14-15, 2010
2. M. Mir , H. Ding, K. Tangella and G. Popescu, “Blood Screening Using Diffraction Phase Cytometry”, OSA Topical Meeting of Biomedical Optics (BIOMED), Miami, FL, USA, April 11-14, 2010
1. M. Mir, R. Wang, H. Ding, K. Tangella and G. Popescu, “Morphology and Dynamics of Red Blood Cells”, Annual Meeting of Strategic Initiative on Imaging, Urbana, IL, USA, October 1-2, 2009
AWARDS & HONORS________________________________________________
• Ernest A. Reid Fellowship Award in Electrical Engineering, 2012.
• Yuen T. Lo Outstanding Graduate Research Award in area of Electromagnetics, 2012.
• Selected to represent Illinois Students at NSF site visit for EBICS STC, MIT, January 26th, 2012.
• Publication of the week, Cell Observatory, University of Leiden, August 8th, 2011.
• Best Poster Award, Bioengineering @ Illinois Day Graduate Student Poster Competition, 2011.
• Honorable Mention, 1st International Symposium on Nanomedicine, Karachi, Pakistan, 2010.
• Image of the Week, Beckman Institute, Imaging Technology Group, 2008.
• Margaret Sanders Foundation, International Schools Scholarship, 2004.
PRESS
• Biomedical optics research breakthrough by Urban-Champaign scientists, Biotechnology
Calendar Inc., November 2, 2011
• Optically Measuring Single Cell Mass, Imaging & Microscopy, November 22, 2011
• Beckman researchers report on biomedical imaging advances, BI News, November 1, 2011
• Spatial Light Interference Microscopy, Imaging and Microscopy, August 29, 2011
• Publication of the week, University of Leiden, Cell Observatory, August 8, 2011
• Optics used to track single cell’s growth, Futurity.org, August 16, 2011
• New imaging method sheds light on cell growth, Univ. of Illinois News Bureau, August 25, 201
• Microscopy mixes it up, Advanced Imaging Magazine, June10, 2011
• Imagining Life Through the Eyes of Technology, Beckman Institute News, March 17, 2010
• The Cell Whisperers, Beckman Institute News, Jan 4, 2010
