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Susan Trammell
Area of Research: Imaging and Spectroscopy for Biomedical Applications
Mid-Infrared imaging
- Biomedical imaging techniques
- Laser-tissue interactions
- Image-guided surgical interventions
Recent Courses Taught
- PHYS 1130: Introductory Astronomy
- PHYS 3141: Introduction to Modern Physics
- PHYS 3160: Stellar Astrophysics
- PHYS 4140: Nuclear Physics
Professional Experience
- Associate Professor of Physics and Optical Science, UNC Charlotte (2004 – present)
- Undergraduate Coordinator, Department of Physics and Optical Science, UNC Charlotte (2003 – 2012)
- Assistant Professor of Physics and Optical Science, UNC Charlotte (1998 – 2004)
- Visiting Assistant. Professor of Physics and Optical Science, UNC Charlotte (1996-1998)
- Grainger Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Enrico Fermi Institute, University of Chicago (1994-1996)
Education
- Ph.D., 1994, Astronomy, University of Texas at Austin
- M.A., 1991, Astronomy, University of Texas at Austin
- B.S., 1989, Physics with Highest Honors, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Honors and Awards
- Bonnie Cone Fellowship, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 2007
- Oak Ridge Associated Universities Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award, 1999
- Grainger Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, University of Chicago, 1994-1996
- University of Texas Graduate Fellowship, 1993 – 1994
- Honors Research Assistant Fellowship, University of Texas, 1989 – 1990
- Chancellor’s Award in Physics, University of North Carolina, 1989
Memberships
- Society of Photo-Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE)
- American Astronomical Society
- International Astronomical Union
- Sigma Pi Sigma
- Phi Kappa Phi
Research Funding
- CLAS Small Grant, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, ” Using Heat as a Contrast Agent to Image Blood Vessels in the Thermal IR ” 2012 – 2103.
- CLAS Seed Grant, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, ” Using Heat as a Contrast Agent to Image Blood Vessels in the Thermal IR ” 2012 – 2103
- Faculty Research Grant, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, “Heat as a Contrast Agent in Biomedical Imaging” 2012 – 2103
- Bonnie Cone Fellowship, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, ” A Change in Research Direction: Observational Astronomy to Bio-Imaging” 2007 – 2008
- Space Telescope Science Institute/NASA, “The Role of Jets in Shaping Planetary Nebulae” 2002 – 2007
- Research Corporation Cottrell College Science Award, “Aspherical Structure in Young Planetary Nebulae: An Observational Study,” 1999 – 2002
- Oak Ridge Associated Universities Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award, “Probing the Early Phases of Planetary Nebula Formation,” 1999 – 2000
- Space Telescope Science Institute/NASA, “Unscrambling the Near-IR Properties of Young Planetary Nebulae,” 1997 – 2001
- Space Telescope Science Institute/NASA, “The Origin of Shock Emission in Proto-Planetary Nebulae,” 1996 – 2001
- Space Telescope Science Institute/NASA, “The Early Onset of Aspherical Structure in the Planetary Nebula Formation Process,” 1996 – 2001