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Liisa Hirvonen is a Senior Lecturer and experimental physicist/biophysicist at the University of Western Australia (UWA), with a focus on Optical Microscopy. She obtained her Ph.D. in Physics from King's College London in 2008, specializing in developing Structured Illumination Microscopy (SIM) techniques. After completing her degree, she held postdoctoral positions at the University of Melbourne and King's College London, where she refined super-resolution time-resolved fluorescence microscopy methods. Since joining UWA in 2019, she has led the Optical Microscopy platform at the Centre for Microscopy, Characterisation and Analysis (CMCA), overseeing equipment and user training. Her research spans a broad range of optical microscopy techniques, with special interests in fluorescence microscopy methods and correlative multimodal imaging workflows. Educated in both Physics and Computer Science, she actively contributes to undergraduate teaching while developing and maintaining an online training program for new microscopy users. Her expertise is aligned with various fields, including biotechnology, medicine, and the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Her passion for finding novel imaging solutions propels her innovative approach in microscopy research and education.
University of Western Australia • Perth, Australia
Lead the Optical Microscopy platform, oversee equipment, and provide training for users.
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