{"id":5,"date":"2012-10-25T22:04:15","date_gmt":"2012-10-25T22:04:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/template-faculty01\/?page_id=5"},"modified":"2026-02-25T16:45:04","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T16:45:04","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/susan-trammell\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Area of Research: Imaging and Spectroscopy for Biomedical Applications<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/susan-trammell\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/170\/2025\/04\/Trammell_photo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-86  alignright\" title=\"susan_trammell\" src=\"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/susan-trammell\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/170\/2025\/04\/Trammell_photo-282x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"178\" height=\"189\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/susan-trammell\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/170\/2025\/04\/Trammell_photo-282x300.jpg 282w, https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/susan-trammell\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/170\/2025\/04\/Trammell_photo-768x817.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/susan-trammell\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/170\/2025\/04\/Trammell_photo.jpg 962w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 178px) 100vw, 178px\" \/><\/a>Light-Assisted Drying for Biopreservation<\/li>\n<li>Enhanced Thermal Imaging<\/li>\n<li>Mid-IR\/Thermal Imaging in Medicine<\/li>\n<li>Surgical navigation<\/li>\n<li>Image-guided surgical interventions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Recent Courses Taught<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>PHYS 2101: Introductory Physics for Scientists and Engineers<\/li>\n<li>PHYS 3141: Introduction to Modern Physics<\/li>\n<li>PHYS 3160: Stellar Astrophysics<\/li>\n<li>PHYS 4140: Nuclear Physics<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Professional Experience<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Professor of Physics and Optical Science, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uncc.edu\/\">UNC Charlotte<\/a> (2020 &#8211; present)<\/li>\n<li>Associate Professor of Physics and Optical Science, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uncc.edu\/\">UNC Charlotte<\/a> (2004 &#8211; 2019)<\/li>\n<li>Undergraduate Coordinator, Department of Physics and Optical Science, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uncc.edu\/\">UNC Charlotte<\/a> (2003 &#8211; 2012)<\/li>\n<li>Assistant Professor of Physics and Optical Science, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uncc.edu\/\">UNC Charlotte<\/a> (1998 &#8211; 2004)<\/li>\n<li>Visiting Assistant. Professor of Physics and Optical Science, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uncc.edu\/\">UNC Charlotte<\/a> (1996-1998)<\/li>\n<li>Grainger Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Enrico Fermi Institute, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uchicago.edu\/\">University of Chicago<\/a> (1994-1996)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Education<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Ph.D., 1994, Astronomy, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.utexas.edu\/\">University of Texas at Austin<\/a><\/li>\n<li>M.A., 1991, Astronomy, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.utexas.edu\/\">University of Texas at Austin<\/a><\/li>\n<li>B.S., 1989, Physics with Highest Honors, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.unc.edu\/\">University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Honors and Awards<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Senior Member, National Academy of Inventors, February 2025<\/li>\n<li>Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University (PMU) \u2013 National Academy of Inventors International Patent Award, 3<sup>rd<\/sup> place, December 2024<\/li>\n<li>Winner of the International Society for Biological and Environmental Repositories<br \/>\n(ISBER) 2023 Best Paper Award for Light-Assisted Drying<\/li>\n<li>Bonnie Cone Fellowship, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 2007<\/li>\n<li>Oak Ridge Associated Universities Ralph E. 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