Mohammadreza Nasiriavanaki Biography In 2012, Mohammad received a Ph.D. With Outstanding Achievement in Medical Optical Imaging and Computing from the University of Kent in the United Kingdom. His bachelor's and master's degrees with honors are in electronics engineering. In 2014, he completed a three-year postdoctoral fellowship at Washington University in St. Louis, in the OILab. He is currently assistant professor in the Biomedical Engineering department of Wayne State University and Scientific member of Karmanos Cancer Institute. He is also serving as the chair of bio-instrumentation track.

His bachelor's and master's degrees with honors are in electronics engineering. In 2014, he completed a three-year postdoctoral fellowship at Washington University in St. Louis, in the OILab. He is currently assistant professor in the Biomedical Engineering department of Wayne State University and Scientific member. An enhancement for phpBB that will show users how strong (or weak) their password is as they type it into the password field when creating or updating their account.

Avanaki has published numerous peer-reviewed articles in journals such as PNAS, IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, Biomedical Optics, Optics Letters, and Applied Optics. He has served as a peer-reviewer for PNAS, PLOS ONE, MICCAI, Optics Letters, Optics Express, and Journal of Biomedical Optics. In addition to delivering several invited talks, he has presented at conferences across the globe, including MICCAI, MIUA, MVIP, and Photonics West, and has received several best paper awards. He has also been serving as a member of the technical program committee for the IEEE ICIP, ICACCI and MICCAI conferences.

Avanaki serves as the associate editor for Applied Optics Journal as well as Journal of Biological Instrumentation. Education Ph.D., Medical Optical Imaging and Computing, University of Kent, United Kingdom (Outstanding achievement honor) Courses Taught • BME3470: Biomedical Signals and Systems • BME 5995: Biomedical Optics & Biophotonics • BME 1910: Biomedical Engineering Design lab I • BME 1920: Biomedical Engineering Design lab II Research Interests • Photoacoustic (PA) imaging. • Ultrasound Imaging/Tomography • Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) imaging • Laser and Optics • Medical Signal / Image Processing • Wavefront Engineering / Beam shaping • Brain Functional Imaging and Resting-State Functional Connectivity • Skin Cancer Diagnostics via Optical Imaging Research Projects Dr. Avanaki's lab focuses on developing imaging modalities including photoacoustic imaging, optical coherence tomography, and diffused optical tomography to study brain, eye and skin abnormalities. Graduate research assistant positions are available. Applicants who have a strong background in electronics, signal processing or optical/ultrasound imaging are encouraged to email your curriculum vitae to Dr.

Avanaki at mrn.avanaki@wayne.edu. Publications • A.