Arjun G. Yodh


Arjun G. Yodh
email yodh -at- physics.upenn.edu
phone (215) 898-6354
fax (215) 898-2010
lab phone - - -
room 2N6, David Rittenhouse Laboratory
links Group Website: http://www.physics.upenn.edu/yodhlab/
Yodh Lab Biomedical Optics: http://www.lrsm.upenn.edu/pmi/
degree Ph.D., Harvard University (1986)
M.S., Harvard University (1982)
B.Sc., Cornell University (1981)
keywords Experimental Condensed Matter Physics and Biomedical Optics
overview

My current interests span fundamental and applied questions in condensed matter physics, biomedical optics and biophysics, and optical sciences in general. Optics plays a critical role in all of my research programs. Current areas of ongoing research include: soft materials, complex fluids and networks, carbon nanotubes, laser spectroscopy, optical microscopy & micromanipulation, biomedical optics, functional imaging and spectroscopy of living tissues, photodynamic therapy and nonlinear optics.
honors
  • James M. Skinner Professor of Science, Endowed Chair, Univ. of Pennsylvania (2000- )
  • Langmuir Lecturer (ACS Division of Colloid and Surface Chemistry, 2006)
  • Sigma Xi National Lecturer in Science (2000-2002)
  • Fellow, Optical Society of America
  • Fellow, American Physical Society
  • William Smith Term Chair, University of Pennsylvania 1997-2000
  • Office of Naval Research Navy Young Investigator 1991-94
  • Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow 1991-94
  • National Science Foundation Presidential Young Investigator 1990-95
  • AT&T Bell Laboratories Faculty Fellow 1990-93
  • Lilly Foundation Faculty Teaching Fellow, University of Pennsylvania, 1988-89
  • U.S. Army Pre-Doctoral Fellowship, Harvard University, 1983-86
  • Cornell National Scholar, Cornell University, 1977-81
  • Westinghouse Nationwide Science Talent Search Winner, Top 40, 1977
positions
  • James M. Skinner Professor of Science, Endowed Chair, Univ. of Pennsylvania (2000-)
  • MRSEC Deputy Director, Laboratory for Research on the Structure of Matter (2004- )
  • William Smith Term Chair, University of Pennsylvania 1997-2000
  • Professor of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania (1997- )
  • Professor of Radiation Oncology, Medical School, University of Pennsylvania (1997-)
  • Associate Professor of Physics, University of Pennsylvania (1993-97)
  • Assistant Professor of Physics, University of Pennsylvania (1988-93)
  • Postdoctoral Research Associate with Harry W. K. Tom, AT&T Bell Labs (1987-88)
  • Postdoctoral Research Associate with Steven Chu, AT&T Bell Labs (1986-87)
  • Research Assistant (RA) with Thomas W. Mossberg, Harvard University (1982-86)
  • Member, Bioengineering Graduate Group, University of Pennsylvania
  • Member, Institute of Medicine and Engineering (IME), University of Pennsylvania
  • Member, Cancer Institute, Hospital at the University of Pennsylvania (HUP)
select pubs

Condensed Matter Physics

  • Han, Y., Alsayed, A.M., Nobili, M., Zhang, J., Lubensky, T.C., and Yodh, A.G., Brownian motion of an ellipsoid. Science 314, 626-630 (2006).
  • Alsayed, A.M., Islam, M.F., Zhang, J., Collings, P.J., Yodh, A.G., Premelting at defects within bulk colloidal crystals. Science 309, 1112399 (2005).
  • Islam, M.F., Alsayed, A.M., Dogic, Z., Zhang, J., Lubensky, T.C., and Yodh, A.G., Nematic nanotube gels. Physical Review
    Letters 92, 088303-1-088303-4 (2004).
  • Dogic, Z., Zhang, J., Lau, A.W.C., Aranda-Espinoza, H., Dalhaimer, P., Discher, D.E., Janmey, P.A., Kamien, R.D., Lubensky, T.C., and Yodh, A.G., Elongation and fluctuations of semi-flexible polymers in a nematic solvent. Physical Review Letters 92, 125503-1-125503-4 (2004).
  • Islam, M.F., Rojas, E., Bergey, D.M., Johnson, A.T., and Yodh, A.G., High weight fraction surfactant solubilization of single-wall carbon nanotubes in water, Nano Letters 3, 269-273 (2003).
  • Yodh, A.G., Lin, K-H., Crocker, J.C., Dinsmore, A.D., Verma, R., and Kaplan, P.D., Entropically driven self-assembly and interaction in suspension, The Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London A 359, 921-937 (2001).
  • Crocker, J.C., Matteo, J.A., Dinsmore, A.D., and Yodh, A.G., Entropic attraction and repulsion in binary colloids probed with a line optical tweezer, Physical Review Letters 82, 4352-4355 (1999).

Biomedical Optics

  • Choe, R., Corlu, A., Lee, K., Durduran, T., Konecky, S.D., Grosicka-Koptyra, M., Arridge, S.R., Czerniecki, B.J., Fraker, D.L., DeMichele, A., Chance, B., Rosen, M.A., and Yodh, A.G., Diffuse optical tomography of breast cancer during neoadjuvant chemotherapy: A case study with comparison to MRI. Medical Physics 32, 1128-1139 (2005).
  • Wang, H.-W., Putt, M.E., Emanuele, M.J., Shin, D.E., Glatstein, E., Yodh, A.G., and Busch, T.M., Treatment-induced changes in tumor oxygenation predict photodynamic therapy outcome. Cancer Research 64, 7553-7561 (2004).
  • Durduran, T., Yu, G., Burnett, M.G., Detre, J.A., Greenberg, J.H., Wang, J., Zhou, C., and Yodh, A.G., Diffuse optical measurement of blood flow, blood oxygenation and metabolism in human brain during sensorimotor cortex activation. Optics Letters 29, 1766-1768 (2004).
  • Culver, J.P., Furuya, D., Durduran, T., Cheung, C., Greenberg, J.H., and Yodh, A.G., Diffuse optical tomography of cerebral blood flow, oxygenation, and metabolism in rat during focal ischemia. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism 23, 911-924 (2003).
  • Yodh, A.G., Boas, D.A., Functional imaging with diffusing light, in Biomedical Photonics Handbook, Vo-Dinh, T., Ed., CRC Press: Boca Raton. p. 21-1-21-45, (2003).
  • Yodh, A., and Chance, B., Spectroscopy and imaging with diffusing light, Physics Today 48, 34-40 (1995).