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