Badri Roysam

Badri Roysam is the Hugh Roy and Lillie Cranz Cullen University Professor and Chair of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Houston. He holds adjunct professorships and has held leadership roles at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. His research focuses on biological image analysis, signal processing, and computational methods for cell-based therapies. Key contributions include FARSIGHT toolkit development and automated image analysis for histopathology and neuroscience.

Education: B.Tech (Electronics Engineering, IIT), M.S. and D.Sc. (Electrical Engineering, Washington University). Awards include IEEE and AIMBE Fellowships, Engineering Research Excellence Award (2005), and numerous best-paper recognitions.

His work spans multiplex computational histology, high-performance computing, and drug discovery. Notable projects include NIH-funded research on neuroprosthetics and tumor therapy. He leads teams in developing open-source tools for 3D neuronal tracing and cell tracking.

• Labs/Teams: FARSIGHT Open Source Toolkit, Center for Sub-Surface Sensing, Rensselaer Center for Open Source Computing
• Grants: DARPA, NIH (R01 grants for neuroprosthetics, cancer therapy)