Inaugural Lecture Series 2022-23: The Wandering Photon

Abstract

My inaugural lecture will be a collection of short stories from my journey to becoming a Professor of Biomedical Engineering at University College London. I will start by describing how I was introduced to the use of light and photons to look inside the body, followed by my PhD and postdoc years, running between the lab and the hospital; and from there how I lead a successful team and research programme of work in developing the next generation of brain imaging tools. Integrated within these stories are my teaching and outreach activities. At the end I will introduce the new approaches that my team are developing to transform patient metabolic imaging.

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Please note that there are scheduled train strikes on the day of this lecture. The event will go ahead as scheduled both in-person and online, so if you are no longer able to attend campus on Thursday 16th March, please do register for the online stream below.

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About Professor Ilias Tachtsidis

Prof Tachtsidis is an engineer working at the interface of technologies development and clinical application. His research focuses on the development of optical technologies to monitor and image the brain. Prof Tachtsidis is internationally recognised as a leader in the development of instruments that use light and have the capacity to image non-invasively how our brain cells use oxygen to produce energy. He has published extensively (more than 160 peer reviewed publications) and leads a successful programme of outreach activities via the Metabolight team that he leads, demonstrating how engineers and medical doctors work together to solve clinical problems and save patient lives.

Prof Tachtsidis also leads the MultiModal Spectroscopy (MMS) Research Group.

Inaugural Lecture Series 2022-23

This lecture is part of the UCL Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering 2022-23 Inaugural Lecture series. The series provides an opportunity to recognise and celebrate the achievements of our professors who are undertaking research and scholarship of international significance.  

All our lectures are free to attend and open to all. You don't have to be a UCL staff member or student to come along.

Lectures begin at 17:30 and are typically one hour long. A drinks reception will follow, to which everyone is welcome to join. We look forward to meeting you at one of our events.

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