Biophotonics

After obtaining his doctorate in physics from Northeastern University, Dr. Gerd Keiser worked in the telecommunications industry at Honeywell, GTE, General Dynamics, and PhotonicsComm Solutions, where his work involved research and application of optical networking technology and digital switch implementations for telecom systems. While he was at GTE, he was the recipient of the prestigious Leslie Warner Award from GTE for ATM switch development. During this time he also was an Adjunct Professor of electrical engineering at Northeastern University, Tufts University, and Boston University. Since 2007, he has been with the National Taiwan University of Science and Technology in Taipei, Taiwan. He is a Fellow of the IEEE, a member of OSA and SPIE, and an Associate Editor of the journal Optical Fiber Technology. He has given numerous invited talks, papers, short courses, and keynote speeches at international conferences. In addition, he is the author of four graduate-level books: Optical Fiber Communications, Local Area Networks, Optical Communication Essentials, and FTTX Concepts and Applications. His professional experience and research interests are in the general areas of optical networking technology and biophotonics.

Introduction to Biophotonics.- Fundamentals of Light: Basics of optics and photonics; Refractive index; Polarization; Coherence.- Optical Sources and Photodetectors: Lasers, laser diodes, LEDs; photodiodes, CCDs, photomultiplier tubes.- Optical Fibers for Biophotonics Applications.- Principles of Light-Tissue Interactions: Absorption, reflection, scattering; Fluorescence.- Light-Tissue Interaction Effects.- Microscopy: Visualization methods for different microscopes.- Spectroscopy: Fluorescence spectroscopy; Raman spectroscopy.- Optical Imaging: Optical coherence tomography; Endoscopy.- Tissue Engineering: laser surgery, treat skin and dental diseases.- Low-Level Light Therapy (LLLT).- Optical Manipulation: optical tweezers, optical trapping, cell sorting.- Probes and Sensors: Optical fiber devices; Surface plasmon resonance.- Nanophotonics: biocompatible quantum dots; high-resolution microscopy.- Biochips/Lab-on-a-Chip: compact integrated biosensors for enhanced optical intensity and spectral measurements in real time.