Justin Baba

Justin Baba serves as an Adjunct Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Vanderbilt University’s School of Engineering. His work bridges the Biomedical Imaging and Biophotonics and Surgery and Engineering intellectual neighborhoods.

• Education:
  • Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering, Texas A&M University
  • B.S. in Aviation and Flight, LeTourneau University

Baba specializes in applying optical techniques for sensing and diagnosis, with a focus on polarized light to enable early noninvasive detection of superficial lesions. His research spans glucose monitoring via ophthalmic polarimetry, implantable sensors for transplant surgery, and intraoperative nerve visualization systems.

Recent publications highlight trends in noninvasive diagnostics and intraoperative imaging. Key subfields include Raman spectroscopy for pediatric gastrointestinal diseases, shortwave infrared deep learning segmentation for nerve preservation, and thermographic vascular assessment in autoimmune conditions like scleroderma.

Baba contributes to point-of-care diagnostic technologies through conference proceedings such as Optical Diagnostics and Sensing XXIV/XXV, emphasizing portable systems for clinical translation. His work also involves Monte Carlo modeling of polarization effects in biomedical samples and multimodal imaging for tumor and nerve differentiation.