Lectures & Invited Talks by Prof. Popescu

 2011

63. “Quantitative phase imaging: from cell dynamics to cancer diagnosis ”, New Frontiers and Grand Challenges in Laser-Based Biological Microscopy, Telluride, CO, August 1-5, 2011.
62. “Active intracellular transport measured by quantitative phase imaging ”,  9th International Fröhlich’s Symposium: Electrodynamic activity of living cells, Prague, July 1st, 2011.
61. “Quantitative phase imaging of cells and tissues: Are we there yet? ”,  Engineering Foundation Conference, Naples, FL, June 5, 2011.
60. “Fourier Quantitative Phase Imaging of intracellular transport ”, NanoBiophotonics Summer School, Urbana, IL, May 30, 2011.
59. “Fourier transforms ”, , NanoBiophotonics Summer School, Urbana, IL, May 23, 2011.
58. “Electromagnetic fields ”, , NanoBiophotonics Summer School, Urbana, IL, May 23, 2011.
57. “Lorentz-Drude model ”, , NanoBiophotonics Summer School, Urbana, IL, May 23, 2011.
56. “Wave optics and Fourier optics ”, , NanoBiophotonics Summer School, Urbana, IL, May 23, 2011.
55. “Light Microscopy ”, , NanoBiophotonics Summer School, Urbana, IL, May 23, 2011.
54. “Active dynamics in live cells measured by quantitative phase imaging ”, Physics Department Seminar, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, April 8, 2011.
53. “Quantitative phase imaging of cells and tissues ”, , Beckman Laser Institute Seminar, University of California at Irvine, Irvine, CA, April 7, 2011.
52. “Random and deterministic transport in live cells quantified by SLIM ”,  Center 2011 Optics in the Life Sciences: OSA Optics and Photonics Congress, Monterey, CA, April 5, 2011.
51. “Spatial Light Interference Microscopy (SLIM): principle and applications”, Center for Biophotonics Science and Technology Seminar, University of California at Davis, , Davis, CA, April 4, 2011.
50. “Cancer detection using Spatial Light Interference Microscopy (SLIM) ”, Innovation Summit, Optical Imaging: From Cells to Social Behavior, Beckman Institute, UIUC, Urbana, IL, April 13, 2011.
49. “Equilibrium and out-of-equilibrium fluctuations in live cells ”, Emerging Behavior in Cellular Systems Seminar, Urbana IL, March 31, 2011.
48. “Globally affordable blood testing”, TEDx Illinois, Urbana IL, Febuary 19, 2011.
47. “Michael Feld: a life to light”,SPIE Photonics West, San Francisco, CA, Jan. 26, 2011.
46. “Fourier-transform light scattering of cells and tissues ”,SPIE Photonics West, San Francisco, CA, Jan. 22, 2011.

2010

45. “Spatial light interference microscopy (SLIM)”,OSA Annual Meeting, Frontiers in Optics, Rochester, NY, Oct. 24-28, 2010.
44. “Active dynamics in live cells measured by quantitative phase imaging”,Imaging Initiative Conference, Beckman Institute, UIUC, October 14, 2010.
43. “Spatial light interference microscopy (SLIM)”,University of Illinois at Chicago, Medical School, October 11, 2010.
42. “Spatial light interference microscopy (SLIM)”,Bioengineering Department, National University of Singapore, August 5, 2010.
41. “Spatiotemporal dynamics in live cells using quantitative phase imaging”,6th World Congress on Biomechanics, Singapore, August 6, 2010.
40. “Spatial Light Interference Microscopy (SLIM) ”, Bioengineering Department, National University of Singapore, Singapore, August 5, 2010.
39. “Nansocale Fluctuations in live cells”, Nanobiophotonics Summer School, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, June 4, 2010.
38. “2D/3D Fourier Transforms ”, Nanobiophotonics Summer School, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, May 24 2010.
37. “Electromagnetic Fields”, Nanobiophotonics Summer School, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, May 24 2010.
36. “Lorentz-Drude Model”, Nanobiophotonics Summer School, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, May 24 2010.
35. “Spatial light interference microscopy of cells and tissues”, CREOL/ College of Optics and Photonics , April 16, 2010.
34. “Spatial light interference microscopy and tomography (SLIM and SLIT)”, Bioengineering Department Seminar, Duke University, April 02, 2010.
33. “Scattering Phase Theorem”, iOptics Seminar Series, UIUC, Febuary 10, 2010.

2009

32. “Listening to Cells ”, Nanobiophotonics Summer School, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, June 12 2009.
31. “Elastic Light Scattering”, Nanobiophotonics Summer School, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, June 2 2009.
30. “Dynamic Light Scattering”, Nanobiophotonics Summer School, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, June 2 2009.
29. “Spatial light interference microscopy (SLIM)”, Physics Department Seminar, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Nov. 30, 2009.
28. “Spatial light interference microscopy (SLIM)”, Imaging Forum, Beckman Institute, UIUC, Sept. 9, 2009
27. “A light timeline: from the discovery of fire to that of GFP”, iOptics Seminar Series, UIUC, Sept. 8, 2009
26. “Field-enabled light detection (FELD)”, Michael Feld Symposium, MIT, June 27, 2009.
25. “Probing cell membrane fluctuations with light”, ASCE-ASME-SES Conference on Mechanics and Materials, June 24-28, 2009 (presented by Ru Wang, PhD student)
24. “Spatial light interference microscopy of cells and tissues”, Physical Sciences Incorporated, Andover, MA, June 26, 2009.
23. “Spatial light interference microscopy (SLIM)”, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, June 24, 2009.

2008

22. “Fourier transform light scattering of cells and tissues”, Advanced Photonics Techniques in Biology, Institute of Physics, London, December 18, 2008.
21. “Quantitative phase imaging: listening to cells”, Bioengineering Department Seminar, UIC, November 21 2008.
20. “Nanoscale cell dynamics measured by novel light microscopy”, Cell & Molecular Biology / Molecular Biophysics Symposium, UIUC, November 14 2008.
19. “Quantitative Phase Imaging of Cells and Tissues”, OSA- Coherent Optical Technologies and Applications, Boston, July 13-16 2008 (presented by H. Ding).
18. “Fourier transform light scattering”, European Light Microscopy Initiative, Davos, Switzerland, May 2008.
17. “Quantitative phase imaging: watching cells dance”, Bioengineering Graduate Seminar, UIUC, February 2008
16. “Nanoscale dynamics of live cells quantified by optical interferometry”, DSP Seminar, Beckman Institute, UIUC, January 2008
15. “Coherence properties of cell membrane motions”, Photonics West, San Jose, CA, January 2008.

2007

14. “Nanoscale fluctuations of live cell membranes quantified by optical interferometry”, Physics Colloquium, University of Delaware, November 2007
13. “Optical measurement of cell membrane dynamics: taking the pulse of red blood cells”, BioInterest Group Seminar Series, UIUC, October 2007
12. “Fluctuations of red blood cells quantified by optical interferometry”, Optical Microsystems Conference, Capri, Italy, October 2007
11. “Nanoscale fluctuations of live cell membranes quantified by optical interferometry”, Nanohour Talk, Beckman Institute, UIUC, September 2007
10. “Nanoscale structure and dynamics of live cells measured by quantitative phase imaging”, Frontiers In Microscopy II Conference, The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, Maine, June 2007
9. “Nanoscale imaging of live cells quantified by optical interferometry”, Physics Seminar Series, University of Massachusetts at Boston, June 2007

2006

8. “Quantitative phase imaging: watching cells waltz”, Modern optics and spectroscopy seminar at MIT, October 2006.
7. “Nanoscale investigations of live cells using optical interferometry”, invited talk, The Gordon Conference, Lasers in Medicine and biology, Holderness, NH, July 2006
6.  ”Nanoscale microscopy of living cells using optical interferometry”, OSA Student chapter seminar series, MIT, May 12, 2006

2005

5. “Quantitative phase microscopy: watching red blood cells dance”, invited talk, Engineering Foundation Conference, Copper Mountain, Colorado, July 2005.
4. “Quantifying red blood cell nanoscale fluctuations using Hilbert phase microscopy”, Physics Department seminar, University of Massachusetts at Lowell, Lowell, MA, September 2005.
3. “Quantitative phase imaging of live cells”, Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) seminar, MIT, Cambridge, MA, May 2005.

2004

2. “Quantifying the structure and dynamics of live cells using quantitative phase microscopy”,Biomedical Engineering Department seminar, Tufts University, Medford, MA, November 2004.
1. “Structure and dynamics of live cells quantified by Fourier Phase Microscopy”, Physics Department Seminar, Clark University, Worcester, MA, November 2004.