Projects

Topics our group is currently studying or have recently studied are listed below, along with the students involved. Please see Prof. Berger's page for a complete list of publications.

More detailed introductions to these topics will be added eventually. For now, a recent lab overview presentation in PowerPoint is available here. A listing of all of the group's publications, with PDF links, can be found by clicking on Prof. Berger's button on the group homepage.

RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY

Analysis of oral bacteria : Brooke Chuzles

Urine and blood serum analysis in liquid core waveguides (not currently active)

Integrated Raman and angular-scatter microscopy (IRAM) : Zach Smith

To see a poster of this project, click here.

Raman hyperspectral imaging : Brooke Chuzles

NEAR-INFRARED ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY (NIRS)

Reducing noise in cerebral hemodynamic measurements using two-distance NIRS: Rolf Saager