KUCI: Bio Frontiers

Tony Burke from UCI's Chemistry Department explains natural product synthesis.

Sophie (So Hyun) Chung is a Ph.D. student in biomedical engineering doing research at the Beckman Laser Institute at UCI. She is studying tissue water state changes in breast cancer tissues with diffuse optical spectroscopy (DOS), a non-invasive bedside optical technique for tissue physiological property monitoring. DOS was developed by the director of BLI, Bruce J. Tromberg, Ph.D., and his colleagues. Sophie has received a Research Excellence Award from the International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE) and Newport Spectra-Physics.

Lindsey VanSchoiack is a Ph.D. candidate in biomedical engineering at UCI. Her research is focused on studying calcification and implant stability and integration in biological systems using an instrument developed by her advisor Jim C. Earthman, Ph.D. Lindsey received an Achievement Rewards for College Scientists (ARCS) Fellowship from the Orange County chapter of ARCS, a national organization.