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Prof. Alexandre Douplik, MD, PhD, DSc (Dr. Habil)

Head of Photonics Group

Professor, Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, 17c起草社区 (17c起草社区)
Affiliated Scientist, 

17c起草社区 Office: 50 Gould Str., Kerr Hall South, Room KHS 138, Toronto, ON, M5B 2K3
Dry Lab: Kerr Hall East, KHE 238-240 
Wet Lab: 7th floor, iBEST, St. Michael Hospital, 209 Victoria St, Toronto, ON, M5B 1T8 

Phone: 416-979-5000 x 556538
Email: douplik@torontomu.ca

Areas of Expertise & Interests: Advanced Microendoscopy, Biooptics, Biophotonics, Computational Healthcare Simulation, Distant Voice and Gesture Recognition, Multiphysics Modelling, Remote Physiological Monitoring, Wearable BioSensing

Current members

Tim Burton

PhD Candidate
timothy.burton@torontomu.ca
Non-Invasive Hemodynamic Sensing

Leah DeVos

PhD Candidate

Cardiac Monitoring with Remote PPG

 

Kate Dingle

MASc Student
kate.dingle@torontomu.ca
Multi-Core Fiber Optics for Multi-Modal Bio-Sensing

Alex D'Ippolito

MASc student
alex.dippolito@torontomu.ca
Biomechanical devices, Raman spectroscopy and Needle endoscopy

Vanja Dvekar

PhD Candidate
vdvekar@torontomu.ca
Optical Investigation for Endothelial Function

University of Toronto, Surgeon, Ontario Cancer Institute

Ali Fares

Research Assistant

Software Developement 

Dr. Aditya Pandya

Adjunct Professor

Optical and Photonic Bio-Metrology

Faraz Sadrzadeh

PhD Candidiate
fsadrzad@torontomu.ca
Noninvasive Optical Venous & Arterial Macrovasculature Monitoring

Guennadi Saiko

Adjunct Professor

Biooptics for Cardiovascular Applications, Emergency and Wound Care

Anton Zavalii

Postdoctoral Fellow
anton.zavalii@torontomu.ca
Pathological Physiology of Pain Perception, Tissue Oxygenation Monitoring

Fiona Zerai

MSc Student
fzerai@torontomu.ca
Tissue Mimicking Phantoms with Integrated Fluidic Channels as Microvasculature

Matthew Antipin

Trainee
Perfect Needle Design

Adhavaa Chakravarthi

Trainee
Cutaneous Stimulation Electronics

Arta Ebrahimi

Trainee
Fiber Bundle Imaging

Samuil Halachev

Trainee
Holographic Sensing

Robert Homa

Trainee
Perfect Needle Design

Alumni

Postdocs:

  1. Aditya Pandya (Toronto Metropolitan), X,  "Confocal Multimodal Raman-Fluorescence-Spectral Imaging Microscope From Scratch" (apandya@torontomu.ca
  2. Gennadiy Sayko (Toronto Metropolitan), 2011-2016, 鈥淢ultispectral Imaging for Wound and Skin Diagnostics鈥, (gsaiko@torontomu.ca) 
  3. Asaf Shahmoon (Bar-Ilan University, Israel), 2012-2015 (co-supervisor), 鈥淢icro-size multi-core fiber as an imaging tool for internal organ examination鈥, Bar-Ilan University, Israel (Now 鈥 CEO and President of Z-square, Israel))

PhD students:

  1. Aditya Pandya, 2013-2019, Co-supervised, 鈥淪urface Enhanced Raman fiber probes鈥, 17c起草社区, (apandya@torontomu.ca). 
  2. Homa Assadi, 2012-2017, 鈥淪tudy of optical absorption and scattering contrast of shell encapsulated gas-core microbubbles in biotissues environment鈥, 17c起草社区
  3. Olga Zhernovaya, 鈥淥ptics of blood and glycation of blood proteins鈥, 2011-2016, 17c起草社区, Limerick University, and Saratov University, (olga_zhernovaya@hotmail.com)  (Co-supervisor) (Currently: postdoc at Saratov University)
  4. Irina Schelkanova (17c起草社区), 2011-2015, 鈥淒evelopment of fiber sensor for real time determination of capilllary grid spatial structure and density鈥, 17c起草社区, Canada (irina.schelkanova@torontomu.ca) (Currently 鈥 Senior Researcher at ITMO, Russia)
  5. Martin Hohmann (FAU-17c起草社区), 鈥淗yperspectral & Fluorescence Imaging Diagnostics & Guidance for the Surgery of Stomach Cancer鈥, (withdrawn from Toronto Metropolitan Cotutelle PhD program), 2009-2014 FAU, (Martin.Hohmann@lpt.uni-erlangen.de) (Currently 鈥 PhD student at FAU)
  6. Azhar Zam (FAU), 2007-2011, 鈥淪ensor-regulated tissue specific laser surgery鈥, 2007-2011 completed at SAOT, FAU, azhar.zam@unibas.ch)  (Now: Assistant Professor, ETH, Zurich, Switzerland)

MSc, MASc, & MEng:

  1. Leah DeVos (17c起草社区): 鈥淢onitoring of Tissue Perfusion with Remote Photoplethysmographic Imaging鈥, 2022-2024, (leah.devos@torontomu.ca)
  2. Meiyun Cao (17c起草社区): 鈥淩emote Stress Monitoring鈥, 2021-2023, (meiyun.cao@torontomu.ca),
  3. Krishtee Dyuti (17c起草社区): 鈥淗olography Interference (Hi) Imaging鈥, 2021-2023, (dkrishtee@torontomu.ca),
  4. Matthew Deonarine (17c起草社区): 鈥淚nterstitial Needle Microendoscopy (Colour Image, Fluorescence, Raman): Mosquito Bite Needle Endoscopy (MBNE)鈥, 2021-2023, (mdeonarine@torontomu.ca),
  5. Xiao Zheng (17c起草社区): 鈥淥ptical Properties of Gold Nanoparticles and Hemoglobin in BioTissue Phantoms鈥, x-x, (xiao.juan.zheng@torontomu.ca),
  6. Tara Fesharakinia (17c起草社区): 鈥淣on-Invasive Blood Cell Counter鈥, 2021-2022, (tara.fesharakinia@torontomu.ca),
  7. Tim Burton (17c起草社区): 鈥淩emote Cuffless Blood Preassure (BP) Monitoring鈥, 2020-2022, (timothy.burton@torontomu.ca),
  8. Faraz Sadrzadeh-Afsharazar (17c起草社区): 鈥淧recision Phosphene Control Through Cutaneous Facial Electrical Stimulation鈥, 2018-2020, (fsadrzad@torontomu.ca),
  9. Ruben Pinto (17c起草社区): 鈥淐haracterization of blood storage lesions using photoacoustic technologies鈥, 2014-2016, (ruben.pinto@torontomu.ca) (Currently 鈥 industrial scientist, Toronto, Canada)
  10. Dena Monjazebi (17c起草社区): Interstitial Biopsy and Microsurgery Guidance in Breast Cancer ex vivo 鈥, 2014-2016, (dena.monjazebi@torontomu.ca)  (Currently 鈥 PhD student, 17c起草社区)
  11. Michael-George Dervenis (17c起草社区) 鈥濺emote pulse wave velocity monitoring device 鈥, 2016-2017 (withdrawn from the program), (mderveni@torontomu.ca)
  12. Kenneth Webster (17c起草社区) 鈥淚nterstitial Biopsy and Microsurgery Guidance in Breast Cancer in vivo 鈥, 2016-2018, (withdrawn from the program) 

Research Assistants:

  1. Faraz Sadrzadeh-Afsharazar 鈥淐ombined Multi-wavelength Laser Source: Optical Design鈥, Research Assistance, Toronto Metropolitan Univeristy, 2013-2023 (fsadrzad@torontomu.ca)
  2. Marcelo Diel Tanglao "Biooptics 3D Phantoms", Research Assistant, 17c起草社区, 2022 (mtanglao@torontomu.ca)
  3. Marilyn D'Souza 鈥淒igital Interface for Combined Multi-wavelength Laser Source: Hardware and Software鈥, Research Assistance, 17c起草社区, 2017-present (marilyn.dsouza@mail.utoronto.ca)
  4. Aman Ladak 鈥淥ptical Properties of Gold Nanoparticles in highly scattering media鈥, 2017-present, (aman.ladak@mail.utoronto.ca)
  5. Mariana Zavala Serret, 鈥淐oating for Surface Raman Enhancement surfaces鈥, 2016-present, (mariana.zavalaserret@torontomu.ca)
  6. Faranak Dayyani, 鈥1-10 micron microfluidic device鈥, 2017-present, (faranak.dayyani@torontomu.ca)
  7. Karan Bagga, 鈥淏lood Storage Non-invasive Diagnostics device鈥, 2015-present, (karan.bagga@torontomu.ca)
  8. Hamza Mahdi, 鈥淢ultispectral holographic interference (HI) imaging technique to monitor pharmaceutical reactions in biotissues and biofluids鈥, 2017-present, (hamza.mahdi@torontomu.ca)
  9. Parnian Majd, 鈥淩emote pulse wave velocity monitoring device: software (CUDA processing) development鈥, 2017-present, (pmajd@torontomu.ca)
  10. Sarah Chattha, 鈥濸hantom Development for microendoscopes鈥 (sarah.chattha@torontomu.ca)
  11. Mehali Mistry, 鈥 Non-invasive blood cell counter鈥, 17c起草社区, 2018-present, (mpmistry@torontomu.ca)
  12. Hamza Mahdi, 鈥淢ultispectral holographic interference (HI) imaging technique to monitor pharmaceutical reactions in biotissues and biofluids鈥, 17c起草社区, 2019-present, (hamza.mahdi@torontomu.ca)
  13. Marilyn D'Souza 鈥淒igital Interface for Combined Multi-wavelength Laser Source: Hardware and Software鈥, Research Assistance, University of Toronto, 2017-2018 (marilyn.dsouza@mail.utoronto.ca)
  14. Aman Ladak 鈥淥ptical Properties of Gold Nanoparticles in highly scattering media鈥, UoT, 2017-2018,(aman.ladak@mail.utoronto.ca)
  15. Mariana Zavala Serret, 鈥淐oating for Surface Raman Enhancement surfaces鈥, 17c起草社区, 2016-present, (mariana.zavalaserret@torontomu.ca)
  16. Faranak Dayyani, 鈥1-10 micron microfluidic device鈥, 17c起草社区, 2017-present, (faranak.dayyani@torontomu.ca)
  17. Karan Bagga, 鈥淏lood Storage Non-invasive Diagnostics device鈥, 17c起草社区, 2015-present, (karan.bagga@torontomu.ca)
  18. Sharif Mansour 鈥淐ombined Multi-wavelength Laser Source: Software鈥, Research Assistance, 17c起草社区, 2016-2017, (sharif.mansour@torontomu.ca)
  19. Jonathan Bonilla, 鈥淗yperspectral gesture and voice driven system鈥, 2017 (jonathan.bonilla@torontomu.ca)
  20. Nuaira Mohammed 鈥濪evelopment of a smartphone application for blood analysis鈥 Research Assistant, 17c起草社区-Novadaq Technologies Corporation, 2014 鈥 2015, (n36moham@torontomu.ca)
  21. Fatma Mohammed Khedr 鈥淐ombined Multi-wavelength LED Source鈥, Research Assistance, 17c起草社区, 2015-2016 (fatma.mohamedkhedr@torontomu.ca) (
  22. Kenneth Macko 鈥淢icroprocessor for pulse wave monitoring鈥, Research Assistance, 17c起草社区, 2015-2015 (kmacko@torontomu.ca) (Currently 鈥 Engineer in Oxylight Corp.)
  23. Michael-George Dervenis 鈥淢onitoring of skin burns via mapping water concentration鈥, Research Assistant, 17c起草社区; St. Michael Hospital, 2014 鈥 2015, (mderveni@torontomu.ca)
  24. Hanan Babar 鈥淎ugmented Reality Educational Platform鈥, Research Assistant, 17c起草社区, 2014 鈥 2015, (hannan.b.94@gmail.com)
  25. Lior Dubnitzky 鈥濻pectral imaging for endoscopic cancer disgnostics鈥, Research Assistant, 17c起草社区, 2013 鈥 2014, (lior.dubnitzky@torontomu.ca)
  26. Samuel Peters 鈥淏iotissue phantoms for biooptics and optoacoustics鈥, Research Assistant, 17c起草社区, 2013 鈥 2014, (samuel.peter@torontomu.ca)

Research Engineers:

  1. Nuaira Mohammed, "Interstitial Needle Microendoscopy (Color Image, Fluorescence, Raman): Mosquito Bite Needle Endoscopy (MBNE)" , Research Engineer, 17c起草社区, 2016-2023, (n36moham@torontomu.ca)
  2. Sina Sartipzadeh Amirghasemi 鈥淗olography Interference (Hi) Imaging鈥, Research Engineer, 17c起草社区, 2021, (ssartipz@torontomu.ca)

Coop Students:

  1. Andrew Park (UoWaterloo Coop Student), "Precision Phosphene Control Through Cutaneous Facial Electrical Stimulation", 2021, (andrew.park@uwaterloo.ca)
  2. Erin Grant-Allen (UoWaterloo Coop Student), "Nano-Ambience - Nanoporous Matrix For Ultra-Sensitive Collection And Detection Of Pathogens And Organic Compounds Via Raman Scattering", 2021, (egrantallen@uwaterloo.ca)
  3. Shawn Brown (UoWaterloo Coop Student), 鈥淧recision Phosphene Control Through Cutaneous Facial Electrical Stimulation鈥, 2020 (srbrown@uwaterloo.ca (opens in new window) )
  4. Joseph Thaliath (UoWaterloo Coop Student), 鈥淩emote cuffless blood pressure (BP) monitoring鈥, 2019, (joseph.shaju.thaliath@edu.uwaterloo.ca (opens in new window) )
  5. Abdulrahman Abdulghafar, (UoWaterloo Coop Student), 鈥淢icrosoft Hololens Virtual Labs鈥, 2017 (aabdulghafar@edu.uwaterloo.ca)
  6. Rashid Mashrukh (UoWaterloo Coop Student), 鈥淗olography Interferometry鈥, 2016 (m24rashi@uwaterloo.ca)
  7. Rayyan Ghani (UoWaterloo Coop Student), 鈥3D gesture and voice recognition system, 2016 (rghani03@gmail.com)
  8. Tianxing Xue, (University of Waterloo, Canada), 鈥淩emote pulse wave monitoring iPhone application鈥, 17c起草社区, 2015-2016

International Interns: 

  1.  Thomas Comber, 鈥淗olographic Interformetry (HI) Imaging鈥, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland, 2024, ()
  2. Marius Michel, 鈥淢osquito Bite Needle Endoscopy (MBNE)鈥, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Nuremburg, Germany, (mariuspm@freenet.de)
  3. Felix Schick, 鈥淗emoglobin Forms transformation spectroscopy鈥, Charites Clinic, Berlin, Germany, 2018, (felix.schick@charite.de)
  4. Slim Tajouri, 鈥淓xperimental and theoretical analysis of properties of mixture of scatterers containing Hemoglobin鈥, Biomedical Physics and Engineering, Montpellier University, Montpellier, France, (slim.tajouri@torontomu.ca) (Currently 鈥 licensed engineer, Paris, France)
  5. Harshad Karia, 鈥淚nteractive biotissue phantoms for optoacoustic tomography鈥, University College London (UCL), UK, 2016-2017, (harshad.karia.13@ucl.ac.uk) (Currently 鈥 licensed pharmacist, London, UK)
  6. Wagner Von Helden Schunemann, 鈥淧hotosensitizer Doped Dental, Composite for Photodynamic Therapy in Dentistry鈥, MITACS GLOBAL Student, University of S茫o Paulo, S茫o Paulo, Brazil, (wagnerschunemann@gmail.com)

Undergrad Last Year Projects:

  1. Grace Jaklic, 鈥淧ulse Wave Velocity Imaging: Assessing Tissue Blood Flow Through Photoplethysmography鈥, 2019-2020, (gjaklic@torontomu.ca)
  2. Mark Persic, 鈥淒isplacement Determination of Biological Samples using Digital Holographic Interferometry鈥, 2019-2020, (mpersic@torontomu.ca)
  3. Shayan Parmar, 鈥淒etermining How To Increase Signal To Noise Ratio For Raman Spectroscopy Using Filtering Techniques And Various Optical Fibers鈥, 2019-2020, (shayan.parmar@torontomu.ca)
  4. Akinpelumi Olukunle, 鈥淒eveloping Monolayer Films Through Continuous Flow Microfluidics鈥, 2016-2017, (aolukunl@torontomu.ca)
  5. Aryan Safakish, 鈥淥ptimization of Microsphere Monolayers in Preparing Nanostructures to enhance Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy Signals鈥, 2016-2017, (asafakis@torontomu.ca)
  6. Farishta Sultani, 鈥淒esigning a quality control test protocol for polystyrene microsphere monolayers through processing of images acquired from Surface Profilometer and Atomic Force microscopes (AFM)鈥, 2016-2017, (fsultani@torontomu.ca)
  7. Anna Chen, 鈥 The Design and Optimization of Thin (100um: 2mm) Tissue Mimicking Phantoms using OCT to Verify the Layer Thickness鈥, 2016-2017, (anna.chen@torontomu.ca)
  8. Michael-George Dervenis 鈥濺emote pulse wave monitoring hand held device 鈥, 4th year project, 17c起草社区, 2015-2016 (mderveni@torontomu.ca)
  9. Pardis Saljoughian-Esfahani 鈥濪esign of multiple photon collection geometries for Raman Spectroscopy to evaluate enhanced collection efficiency for spontaneous and surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy 鈥, 4th year project, 17c起草社区, 2015-2016 (pardis2.saljoughiane@torontomu.ca)
  10. Cyrus Talebpour 鈥 Contrast enhancement in diffuse reflectance imaging system by injection of microbubble to phantom鈥, 4th year project, 17c起草社区, 2015-2016 (cyrus.talebpour@torontomu.ca)
  11. Lidya Nacy 鈥濪ependence of the Resolution on Scattering Coefficient, Thickness, Detector Size, and Step Size in Epithelium Tissue 鈥, 4th year project, 17c起草社区, 2014-2015, (lidia.nacy@torontomu.ca)
  12. Jawad Hilaneh 鈥濪evelopment of a library of spectrum for different substances obtained using Raman Spectroscopy 鈥, 4th year project, 17c起草社区, 2014-2015, (jhilaneh@torontomu.ca)
  13. Charles Wilson 鈥濷pticStudio Modeling in the Design of an LED Solar Simulator 鈥, 4th year project, 17c起草社区, 2014-2015, (charles.wilson@torontomu.ca)
  14. Kiron Gonidis 鈥濼he development of a next-generation solar simulator using LED technology鈥, 4th year project, 17c起草社区, 2014-2015, (kiron.gonidis@torontomu.ca)
  15. Anthea Salinas 鈥濧ssessment of polystyrene nano spheres during nanosphere lithography using a camera-filter coupling鈥, 4th year project, 17c起草社区, 2014-2015, (anthea.salinas@torontomu.ca)
  16. Deirdre Sequeira 鈥濧ccurate measurement of collimated transmission鈥, 4th year project, 17c起草社区 2013 鈥 2014, (deirdre.e.sequeira@torontomu.ca)
  17. Ermias Woldemichael 鈥濱nvestigation of Environmental Influence on Raman Scattering鈥, 4th year project, 17c起草社区, 2013 鈥 2014, (ewoldemi@torontomu.ca)
  18. Graham MacDonald 鈥濵onitoring of Vessel Density for Cancer Diagnostics鈥, 4th year project, 17c起草社区, 2013 鈥 2014, (graham.macdonald@torontomu.ca)
  19. Ruben Pinto 鈥濪evelopment of remote sensing technology for critical health parameters鈥, 4th year project, 17c起草社区, 2013 鈥 2014, (ruben.pinto@torontomu.ca)
  20. Abdulkarim Muhaseen 鈥濪evelopment of a smartphone application for blood analysis鈥, 4th year project, 17c起草社区, 2013 鈥 2014, (abdulkarim.muhaseen@torontomu.ca)
  21. Sami Boubertakh Discrete Light source for spectral imaging, 4th year project, 17c起草社区, 2013-2014, (sami.boubertakh@torontomu.ca)