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Susan Trammell

Physics and Optical Science
contrast agent
introductory astronomy
stellar astrophysics
surgical interventions

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
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