Irene Georgakoudi, PhD
IRENE GEORGAKOUDI Tufts University Biomedical Engineering Dept. 4 Colby Street Medford, MA 02155 P: +1-617-627-4353 F: +1-617-627-3231 Emai;:
[email protected] http://ase.tufts.edu/biomedical/faculty-staff/georgakoudi.asp
36 Mayflower Road Winchester, MA 01890 +1-617-716-9001
EDUCATION 1989-1993 Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH B.A. in Physics with high honors; Magna cum Laude; Presidential Scholar 1993-1998 University of Rochester, School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY Ph.D. in Biophysics, 1998; Area of Specialization: Photodynamic Therapy of Cancer Research advisor: Dr. Thomas H. Foster M.Sc. in Biophysics, 1996 1999-2002 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Laser Biomedical Research Center, Cambridge, MA NIH Training Fellowship; Area of Specialization: Biomedical Spectroscopy/Cancer diagnostics Research advisor: Dr. Michael S. Feld ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS 02/2002-08/2002 Research Scientitst 01/2003-08/2004 Assistant in Physics 01/2003-08/ 2004 Instructor 09/2004-08/2008 Assistant Professor 09/2008-Present Associate Professor 09/2010-06/2011 Visiting Scientist
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Massachusetts General Hospital Harvard Medical School Tufts University, Biomedical Engineering Dept Tufts University, Biomedical Engineering Dept École Polytechnique, Laboratoire d’Optique et Biosciences
OTHER WORK EXPERIENCE 09/2002-12/2002 Manager, Optical Modeling
Argose, Inc
Cambridge, MA Boston, MA Boston, MA Medford, MA Medford, MA Palaiseau, France Waltham MA
AWARDS AND HONORS 1991 C.V. Starr Foundation Scholarship, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 1993 Francis W. Sears Prize, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 1994 Leonidas Lantzounis Research Grant, Hellenic Medical Society of New York 1996 Graduate Alumni Fellowship, School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 1997 Graduate Student Society Leadership Award, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 1997 Agnes M. and George Messersmith Fellowship, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 1998 William F. Neuman Award, Biophysics Department, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 1999-2002 National Research Service Award, U.S. National Institutes of Health 2004 Claflin Distinguished Scholar Award, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School. 2005 Inaugural Sturge Price awarded for “pioneering contributions to spectral diagnosis of biological materials using optical spectroscopic methodology.” 2006-2011 NSF Career Award: Non-invasive modalities for optical imaging of cell-matrix interactions in engineered tissues 2006 Attendee of the US Frontiers in Engineering Symposium organized by the National Academy of Engineering 2007 External PhD thesis examiner, Lund University, Lund Sweeden 2007 Vice-Chair, Member and Education Services Council, Optical Society of America 2008-2009 Chair, Member and Education Services Council, Optical Society of America 2008-2009 Board of Directors, Optical Society of America
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Irene Georgakoudi, PhD
COMMITTEE AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICE ASSIGNMENTS Conferences April 2010 Program co-chair (Advanced Microscopy Techniques) session chair; OSA Biomedical meeting, Miami, FL June 2011 Program co-chair, European Conference on Biomedical Optics, Munich, Germany June 2011 Program Committee and Session chair, Engineering Foundation conference on Advances In Optics For Biotechnology, Medicine And Surgery, Naples, FL May 2012 Session chair, OSA Biomedical meeting, Miami, FL Oct 2012 Session chair, BMES Annual meeting, Atlanta, GA April 2012 Program committee, Optical Molecular Probes, Imaging and Drug Delivery, Optical Society of America Photonics Congress, Hawaii, April 2013 June 2013 General co-chair, European Conference on Biomedical Optics, Munich, Germany June 2013 Program committee, Novel Microscopy Techniques, European Conference on Biomedical Optics, Munich Germany Scientific journal review and editor resp
