Student Paper Award

The Optica Foundation Student Paper Competition

The congress recognizes the next generation of scientists through a student presentation competition. To qualify for an award, the paper must have been presented by an undergraduate or graduate student of an educational institution of collegiate grade.

The papers submitted to the competition were reviewed during the standard Technical Program Committee (TPC) review process and up to 4 finalists were selected. After the papers are presented, the Program Committee members will make their selections based on content quality, value to the technical community of interest and the students' presentation skills.

Congratulations to the Finalists!

 

Microscopy, Histopathology and Analytics (Microscopy)

Marvin Edelmann, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Universität Hamburg, Germany

Sunday, April 26, 18:45 - 19:00

Simulation-Guided Spectral Engineering Enables Three-Color Multiplexed Two-Photon Brain Imaging

 

Zhi Ling, Georgia Institute of Technology , USA

Wednesday, April 29, 14:15 - 14:30

LFC-plus: Simultaneous Multicolor Volume Cytometry for High-Throughput Single-Cell Analysis

 

Juyeon Park, Korea Advanced Inst of Science & Tech, South Korea

Monday, April 27, 14:45 - 15:00

3D Histopathology Enabled by Label-Free Holotomography and Deep Learning

 

Shuyuan Zheng, University of Illinois Champaign Urbana, USA

Wednesday, April 29, 14:45 - 15:00

Sequential Single-Fluorophore STORM for Highly Multiplexed Nanoscale Protein Mapping

 

Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT)

Emi Hughes, The University of Adelaide, Australia             

Monday, April 27, 14:30-14:45   

Improving Contrast at Depth using Spatially-Offset Optical Coherence Tomography (SO-OCT)

 

Klaudia Nowacka-Pieszak, Institute of Physical Chemistry (ICHF), International Centre for Translational Eye Research, Poland 

Monday, April 27, 14:00 - 14:15 

Enhancing OCT Imaging Through Highly Scattering Media (DLS-OCT)

 

Sharon Shajan, University of Houston, USA          

Monday, April 27, 08:30 - 08:45 

Non-Destructive Assessment of Corneal Biomechanics in a Porcine Model of Keratoconus Using Optical Coherence Elastography

 

Keerthana Soman, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Poland            

Tuesday, April 28, 09:15 - 09:30 

Full-Eye-Length OCT and Machine Learning to Assess the Geometry of Accommodating Eyes

 

Optical Tomography and Spectroscopy (OT&S)

Wenxing Bai, School of Precision Instrument and Optoelectronics Engineering, China        

Tuesday, April 28, 15:30 - 15:30

Camera-Free NIR-II Fluorescence Molecular Tomography via Single-Pixel Spatial Frequency Domain Imaging

 

Jodee Frias, Tufts University, USA

Wednesday, April 29, 09:00 - 09:15          

Dual-slope Frequency-domain fNIRS Data Interpreted with Two- and Three-layer Models

 

Martin Goessweiner, Carnegie Mellon University, USA   

Wednesday, April 29, 09:30 - 09:45          

Scattering-Insensitive Estimation of Tissue Oxygen Saturation via Spatial Slope Ratios in CW-NIRS

 

Ana Perez, Boston University, USA           

Tuesday, April 28, 09:15 - 09:30 

Parameter Optimization for Wearable and Fiber-less Speckle Contrast Optical Spectroscopy

 

Zixiao Zhang, University of California Davis, USA

Sunday, April 26, 09:15 - 09:30   

Dual-Wavelength Interferometric Diffusing Wave Spectroscopy with a Time-of-Flight Filter (TOF-iDWS) for Tissue Oxygenation and Perfusion Assessment

 

Optics and the Brain (Brain)

Pin Hao Cheng, University of Minnesota, USA     

Sunday, April 26, 09:15 - 09:30   

Robotic-2p: A Robotically Actuated Microscope for Advanced Two-Photon Imaging in Freely Locomoting Mice

 

Tenesha Connor, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland State University, USA    

Wednesday, April 29, 08:45 - 09:00          

Disentangling Hemodynamic Contamination from Neural Calcium Signals in Mesoscale Widefield Imaging Using Dual Wavelength Regression

 

Caitlyn Davis, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, USA              

Sunday, April 26, 14:45 - 15:00   

Using Advanced Diffuse Optical Spectroscopies to Investigate the Link Between Fetal and Postnatal Cerebral Hemodynamics

 

Ömer Dinc, Cleveland State University, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, USA

Wednesday, April 29, 08:30 - 08:45          

Optical Brain–Machine Interface for Real-Time Imaging and Modulation of Brain Activity

 

Sung Min Park, Washington University in St Louis, USA   

Sunday, April 26, 15:15 - 15:30   

Assessing Low-frequency Power Asymmetry in Pediatric Patients on Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation using High-Density Diffuse Optical Tomography