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Roarke Horstmeyer is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Duke University. His research focuses on developing advanced microscopes, cameras, and computer algorithms for a wide range of applications, including the formation of 3D reconstructions of organisms and the detection of neural activity in deep tissue. His areas of interest include optics, signal processing, optimization, and neuroscience. Horstmeyer has held prestigious appointments including a guest professorship at the University of Erlangen in Germany and an Einstein postdoctoral fellowship at Charité Medical School in Berlin. He obtained his PhD in electrical engineering from the California Institute of Technology in 2016, a Master of Science degree from the MIT Media Lab in 2011, and a Bachelor's degree in physics from Duke University in 2006. His work aims to create new optical devices to improve the utility of information gathering in various biomedical contexts, and he is actively involved in courses that bridge engineering and societal implications.
Department of Biomedical Engineering (MS program)