Reto Fiolka

Reto Fiolka is an Associate Professor at the Lyda Hill Department of Bioinformatics at UT Southwestern Medical Center. Previously affiliated with the Department of Cell Biology at UT Southwestern, he trained as a mechanical engineer in computational fluid dynamics at ETH Zurich, where he also completed his PhD in optical microscopy at the Institute of Nanotechnology. His postdoctoral work at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute's Janelia Farm Research Campus (2009-2013) focused on 3D structured illumination microscopy and adaptive optics.

• Education: PhD in optical microscopy (ETH Zurich), MS in mechanical engineering (computational fluid dynamics)
• Research Focus: Development of advanced optical microscopy techniques for cancer biology in 3D environments.

Fiolka's lab specializes in improving spatiotemporal resolution, optical penetration depth, and imaging speed for applications in cancer cell research and drug screening. His work spans super-resolution microscopy, adaptive optics, and light-sheet microscopy, with a focus on translating technologies for ex vivo and in vivo imaging.

Recent publications highlight innovations in light-sheet microscopy, aliasing correction for high-speed imaging, and computational methods for 3D segmentation and data sharing. His team's development of microscopes like DaXi and Navigate emphasizes scalability, isotropic resolution, and compatibility with diverse biological environments.