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Tim Lei is an assistant professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at the Downtown Campus of the University of Colorado Denver. He also holds an adjunct faculty position in the Department of Medicine at the Anschutz Medical Campus. Tim is an expert in biophotonics, optical microscopy, ultrafast laser technology and nonlinear optical-material interaction phenomena. He currently serves as the technical advisor of the Colorado Advanced Photonic Technology (CAPT) Laboratory at the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences.

Tim is currently working on several innovative optical microscopic techniques that will enable biomedical researchers to better understand the pathogenesis of various diseases, including diabetes, atherosclerosis, glaucoma and neural disorders. He has been involved in several research projects that will lead to better treatment outcomes of diseases and cancers. In addition, he has been working on using some novel non-invasive or minimal-invasive optical techniques to detect and cure cancers in their early stages.

Research Interests

• Biophotonics
• Advanced microscopy, imaging and spectroscopic techniques
• Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman Scattering Microscopy and Spectroscopy
• Intravital microscopy and endoscopy
• Photodynamic therapy (PDT) dosimetry and treatment
• Fluorescence dynamic and correlational techniques
• Non-invasive or minimal-invasive disease detection techniques
• Ultrafast pump-probe dynamics
• Ultrafast laser technology and nonlinear optical phenomena