SURIC Mentor in Physics
Name: Robert R. Alfano
Phone: 212-650-5531
Fax: 212-650-5530
Office Location: MR - 201
Mentor's Bio:
B.S., M.S, Fairleigh Dickinson Univ.; Ph.D., New York Univ.
Research Topic(s) Summary:
Ultrafast laser physics, tunable solid-state lasers, semiconductors, nonlinear optics and biomedical optics imaging and spectroscopy.
Description of Research:
He has been one of the prime movers in optical biopsy and optical mammography. His group introduced fluorescence and Raman scattering to detect cancer and ballistic and snake photons for imaging in turbid media. Check
web link for more research details.
