Ashok Samuel

Ashok Samuel
Ashok Samuel he/him/his
  • Research Associate Professor
4115 Beckman Institute

Primary Research Area

  • Biomedical imaging - Biophotonics

Research Areas

  • Biophotonics
  • Cancer
  • Live-cell imaging
  • Molecular imaging
  • Tumor microenvironments

Education

  • 2006-2012 Ph.D. Raman Spectroscopy, Polymer Chemistry, Physical Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

Academic Positions

  • 2023 - Present. Research Associate Professor, Department of Bioengineering, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign (UIUC), USA.
  • 2017 - 2023. Assistant Professor (Research), Research Organization for Nano & Life Innovation, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan

Research Interests

  • Cancer Metastasis: Tumor aggressiveness, metabolic biomarkers and drug response
  • Bioimages To Molecules: Biochemical-specific label-free live-cell imaging
  • Interdisciplinary Solutions: Integrating optical imaging techniques
  • 3D Tumor Spheroid Models: Phenotype-dependent drug responses in cancer
  • Next-Generation Diagnostic Tools: Developing biochemically informed tissue diagnostics.
  • Advanced Raman imaging: Biochemically Unique Cell Phenotypes

Primary Research Area

  • Biomedical imaging - Biophotonics

Research Areas

  • Biophotonics
  • Cancer
  • Live-cell imaging
  • Molecular imaging
  • Tumor microenvironments

Honors

  • Junior Research Fellowship, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India (2005)
  • Dr. J. C. Ghosh medal, Indian Institute of Science, India (2013)

Research Honors

  • Early Career Researcher Award, Society for Applied Spectroscopy, USA. (2013)