معرفی
Taner Akkin is a Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Minnesota, where he leads the Akkin Lab. His research focuses on developing non-contact optical imaging tools for high-resolution structural and functional analysis of biological tissues, with emphasis on neural applications such as brain tractography and action potential detection. Key techniques include polarization-sensitive optical coherence tomography (OCT) and interferometry, enabling minimally invasive medical applications.
Education:
Postdoctoral Fellow at Harvard Medical School & Wellman Center for Photomedicine (2004-2005), PhD in Electrical & Computer Engineering (University of Texas at Austin, 2003), MSc/BSc in Electrical Engineering (Çukurova University, Turkey).
Research Interests:
The Akkin Lab specializes in: Neural imaging, optical coherence tomography, polarization-sensitive interferometry, brain mapping, tissue biomechanics, and nanoscale optical path length detection. Research thrusts include depth-resolved neural activity imaging, cerebellar mapping, and polarization-maintaining fiber technologies for OCT.
Teaching:
- BMEn 3211 Bioelectricity and Bioinstrumentation
- BMEn 3215 Bioelectricity and Bioinstrumentation Lab
- BMEn 5421 Introduction to Biomedical Optics
Lab & Team: Directs graduate students and collaborators in neurophotonics, with active projects on optical tractography, neural action potential detection, and polarization-based sensors. Former members include 11 PhD/MSc graduates.
