06/24/26: Dr. Navid Ibtehaj Nizam successfully defended his thesis "Novel Techniques in Fluorescence Diffuse Optical Imaging".

05/07/2025: He won the 2nd place award for his podium presentation during RPI BME’s Graduate Research Symposium.

04/10/2025: Ismail and Vikas successfully completed the National Science Foundation (NSF) I-Corps Regional Program, earning eligibility for the $50,000 NSF I-Corps Teams Program. The I-Corps Regional Program prepares academic teams to apply for this highly competitive grant, designed to support the commercialization of innovative research. In addition, they secured immediate funding through a travel grant of up to $3,000. This grant supports research-based teams in attending industry conferences and engaging with potential customers and partners.

02/28/2025: Their article titled "No Time to Lose: Enabling Real-Time Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging on Resource-constrained FPGAs Through Efficient Scheduling" has been selected to appear in the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Showcase on Kudos. For his contributions to the ACM community, Ismail has also been awarded a complimentary ACM membership!

01/23/2025: Their manuscript titled "Design and Characterization of an Optical Phantom for Mesoscopic Multimodal Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging and Optical Coherence Elastography" has been accepted for publication in Biomedical Optics Express!