Vadim A. Markel, Dr.

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Associate Professor of Radiology
Department: Radiology

Contact information
405 LRSM, 3231 Walnut St.
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215-746-3014
Education:
M.Sc. (Phyics - Quantum Optics)
Novosibirsk State University, 1987.
Candidate (Physical and Mathematical Sciences)
Institute of Automation and Electrometry, Novosibirsk, Russia, 1993.
Ph.D. (Physics)
New Mexico State University, 1995.
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Description of Research Expertise

My research is devoted to studying the interaction of light with matter and to using light or other waves to probe the structure and properties of matter with applications to biomedical imaging and tomography. Specific areas I work on include diffuse optical tomography, transport of light in tissues, tomography with the broken-ray transform and its generalizations (applicable to X-ray imaging with the account of scattering), and associated inverse problems. I am very interested in devising various ways for solving the nonlinear inverse scattering problem, which is one of the main remaining frontiers in the field, and also in inverse problems with physical constraints. I have used numerical simulations throughout my career and it still plays a very important role in my research. I enjoy writing code and have 30 years of programming experience.

Selected Publications

H.Y.Ban, D.R.Busch, S.Pathak, F.A.Moscatelli, M.Machida, J.C.Schotland, V.A.Markel, and A.G.Yodh: Diffuse optical tomography in the presence of a chest wall Journal of Biomedical Optics. SPIE, 18(2): 026016, 2013.

X.Y.Z.Xiong, L.J.Jiang, V.A.Markel and I.Tsukerman: Surface waves in three-dimensional electromagnetic composites and their effect on homogenization. Optics Express. Optical Society of America, 21(9): 10412-10421, 2013.

V.A.Markel and J.C.Schotland : Homogenization of Maxwell's equations in periodic composites: Boundary effects and dispersion relations Physical Review E. American Physical Society, 85(6): 066603, 2012.

V.A.Markel and A.K.Sarychev: Comment on "Green's function theory for infinite and semi-infinite particle chains" Physical Review B. American Physical Society, 86(3): 037401, 2012.

L.Florescu, V.A.Markel and J.C.Schotland: Inversion formulas for the broken-ray Radon transform. Inverse Problems Institute of Physics (UK), 27: 025002, 2011 Notes: Selected for 2011 Inverse Problems Highlights.

A.A.Govyadinov, G.Y.Panasyuk, J.C.Schotland and V.A.Markel: Theoretical and numerical investigation of the size-dependent optical effects in metal nanoparticles Physical Review B. American Physical Society, 84(15): 155461, 2011.

A.E.Ershov, I.L.Isaev, P.N.Semina, V.A.Markel, and S.V.Karpov: Effects of size polydispersity on the extinction spectra of colloidal nanoparticle aggregates Physical Review B. American Physical Society, 85(4): 045421, 2011.

G.Y.Panasyuk, J.C.Schotland and V.A.Markel: Quantum theory of the electromagnetic response of metal nanofilms Physical Review B. American Physical Society, 84(5): 155460, 2011.

L.Florescu, V.A.Markel and J.C.Schotland: Single-scattering optical tomography: Simultaneous reconstruction of scattering and absorption Physical Review E. Americal Physical Society, 81(1): 016602, 2010.

V.A.Markel: Comment on "What is negative refraction" Journal of Modern Optics. Taylor and Francis, 57(20): 2098-2102; ibid 2109-2110 (rejoinder), 2010.

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