{"659197":{"#nid":"659197","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Master\u2019s Thesis Research by Kulkarni Receives \u201cSpotlight on Optics\u201d Recognition","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe recent research of Pranav Kulkarni, Yijin Bao, and Tom Gaylord has been selected by Optica Publishing Group (OPG; formerly Optical Society of America) for \u0026ldquo;Spotlight on Optics\u0026rdquo; recognition. Centered on the master\u0026rsquo;s thesis research of Kulkarni in Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE), the paper\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/opg.optica.org\/ao\/fulltext.cfm?uri=ao-61-12-3409\u0026amp;id=471354\u0022\u003E\u0026ldquo;Annular illumination in 2D quantitative phase imaging: a systematic evaluation\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;[1]\u0026nbsp;has received special recognition in\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;OPG\u0026rsquo;s \u0026ldquo;Applied Optics\u0026rdquo; publication.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAccording to OPG, \u0026ldquo;only two papers are highlighted from [the publishing groups] respective journals each month from among the scores of fine articles published.\u0026rdquo; The notable paper discusses quantitative phase imaging (QPI), and its significant impact in biomedical research revealing heretofore invisible details of cellular composition and function.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EEarly onset detection of numerous diseases including breast cancer and prostate cancer has resulted from the application of QPI. The important technology is having a significant impact in the study of cells in biomedical research, however, a systematic study of QPI resolution has been missing until Kulkarni\u0026rsquo;s research.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Quantitative phase imaging (QPI) takes another step forward\u0026nbsp;with this interesting study on the influence of annular illumination,\u0026rdquo; wrote professor David Paganin of Monash University (Australia) in his critical review of the paper. \u0026ldquo;Understood in its broadest sense, QPI has made important contributions to optics over many decades, for a variety of radiation and matter-wave fields. This family includes visible light, electrons, x-rays and neutrons.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EECE Regents Professor Tom Gaylord was Kulkarni\u0026rsquo;s master\u0026rsquo;s advisor and Bao\u0026rsquo;s Ph.D. advisor.\u0026nbsp; Kulkarni is now at Intel and Bao has a postdoctoral position at Duke University.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch5\u003E\u003Cem\u003E[1]\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;P. P. Kulkarni, Y. Bao, and T. K. Gaylord, \u0026quot;Annular illumination in 2D quantitative phase imaging: a systematic evaluation,\u0026quot; Appl. Opt., vol. 61, pp. 3409-3418, Apr. 20, 2022.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/h5\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Centered on the master\u2019s thesis research of Kulkarni, the noted paper\u00a0has received special recognition in\u00a0\u00a0OPG\u2019s \u201cApplied Optics\u201d publication."}],"uid":"36172","created_gmt":"2022-06-30 18:26:24","changed_gmt":"2022-06-30 18:26:24","author":"dwatson71","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2022-06-30T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2022-06-30T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"659196":{"id":"659196","type":"image","title":"Pranav Kulkarni, Georgia Tech\u2019s School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE)","body":null,"created":"1656613299","gmt_created":"2022-06-30 18:21:39","changed":"1656613299","gmt_changed":"2022-06-30 18:21:39","alt":"Pranav Kulkarni, Georgia Tech\u2019s School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE)","file":{"fid":"249875","name":"PPKulkarni-1c.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/PPKulkarni-1c.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/PPKulkarni-1c.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":717893,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/PPKulkarni-1c.jpg?itok=fN3iFDlD"}}},"media_ids":["659196"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/faculty-staff-directory\/thomas-k-gaylord","title":"Tom Gaylord "},{"url":"https:\/\/opg.optica.org\/ao\/home.cfm","title":"Applied Optics "}],"groups":[{"id":"1255","name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"8862","name":"Student Research"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"}],"keywords":[{"id":"190878","name":"Pranav Kulkarni"},{"id":"190879","name":"Yijin Bao"},{"id":"182728","name":"Tom Gaylord"},{"id":"190880","name":"Optica Publishing Group"},{"id":"190881","name":"Applied Optics"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39441","name":"Bioengineering and Bioscience"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDan Watson\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/dwatson@ece.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Edwatson@ece.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["dwatson@ece.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}