Rob Cooper

Rob Cooper is a Lecturer at the Department of Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, University College London, and an EPSRC Early Career Fellow. He founded the Diffuse Optical Tomography Hub (DOT-HUB) and co-directs neoLAB, an interdisciplinary collaboration between UCL and The Rosie Hospital, Cambridge, focusing on newborn infant brain imaging.

Research Interests: Rob specializes in advancing Diffuse Optical Tomography (DOT) and Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (fNIRS) for neuroscience and clinical neuroimaging applications. His work emphasizes developing wearable high-density DOT systems for studying the newborn infant brain, bridging engineering and neonatology.

Scientific Awards:

• EPSRC Early Career Fellow

Teaching & Collaborations: He leads UCL's flagship biomedical optics course and collaborates with physicists, engineers, and neonatologists at UCL and The Rosie Hospital. His efforts aim to disseminate wearable optical imaging technologies to broader clinical and research communities.