Dr Igor Meglinski
Lecturer in Biophotonics
Location: Cranfield Health, Vincent Building, Cranfield Campus
E: i.meglinski@cranfield.ac.uk
T: +44 (0)1234 758300
Current activities
Dr Meglinski's current work is focused on research and teaching related to the development of new modern non-invasive photon migration imaging/diagnostic techniques and their applications in medicine & biology, material science, environment, pharmacy, food and health care industries. The specific areas of Igor's current research include: Low-coherent non-invasive optical biopsy; Optical 3D tomography and topography of blood flow and blood microcirculation in skin, brain and tumours; Functional brain imaging and neuro-imaging diagnostics; Functional cellular and molecular fluorescence imaging; Optical spectroscopy for non-invasive medical diagnostics; Image reconstruction and computer modelling of radiation/waves propagation in complex random media, including bio-tissues; Further development of Diffusing Wave Spectroscopy (DWS), Coherent back-scattering, Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT), Optical & Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (NIRS) for the basic studies of cerebral and tumour physiology and associated clinical application; The environmental security remote sensing monitoring and Plants photonics.
Background
Head of Bio-Photonics & Bio-Medical Imaging, Cranfield Health, Cranfield University, UK (2007-present); Lecturer, Director of Bio-Photonics & Bio-Medical Optics Lab, School of Engineering, Cranfield University, UK (2001-2007); Visiting Professor, Institute of Optics & Bio-photonics, 2005-present; Principal Investigator of several research projects supported by Research Councils, NATO, Royal Society and commercial partners, 2003–present; Invited referee/expert for peer-reviewed scientific journals published by IoP, SPIE, AIP, OSA, IEE/IEEE, and Elsevier.Guest Editor of special issue of Quantum Electronics journal in Bio-Photonics (2006).
PhD with two honour fellowships, Physics Faculty, Saratov State University, Russia, 1997; Completed pre-doctoral research at the University of Pennsylvania, USA under Professors Britton Chance’s and Arjun Yodh’s supervision; MSc with distinction, Physics Faculty, Saratov State University, Saratov, Russia, 1992.
Selected publications
Laser light scattering in turbid media: Part I: Experimental and simulated results for the spatial intensity distribution.
Berrocal E, Sedarsky D, Paciaroni M, Meglinski I V and Linne M A
Optics Express, 2007, 15, 10649-10665.
New model of light propagation within highly inhomogeneous poly-disperse turbid medium: Application for dense sprays diagnostics
Berrocal E, Jermy M C and Meglinski I V
Optics Express, 2005, 13 (23): 9181-9195.
Amending of fluorescence sensor signal localization in human skin by matching of the refractive index.
Churmakov D Y, Meglinski I V and Greenhalgh D A
Journal of Biomedical Optics, 2004, 9 (2): 339-346.
Influence of refractive index matching on the photon diffuse reflectance.
Churmakov D Y, Meglinski I V and Greenhalgh D A
Physics in Medicine and Biology, 2002, 47 (23): 4271-4285.
