Laura Marcu
{{short description|American engineer}}
{{Infobox scientist
| name = Laura Marcu
| fields = Biomedical Imaging and BioPhotonics
| alma_mater = University of Southern California, Los Angeles
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Laura Marcu is an American scientist and a professor of biomedical engineering and neurological surgery at the University of California, Davis. She is also a Fellow of numerous professional societies: the Biomedical Engineering Society, SPIE, The Optical Society and the National Academy of Inventors.
Career and research
Professor Laura Marcu received her Diploma of Engineer in Mechanical Engineering from the Polytechnic Institute of Bucharest, Romania. She did a post-graduate specialization in Spectroscopy, Laser and Plasma Physics at the University of Bucharest, Romania. Marcu obtained her M.S and Ph.D. Diploma in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Southern California, Los Angeles.{{Cite web|title=Biography|url=https://faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu/marcu/biography/|access-date=2020-06-13|website=Marcu, Laura|language=en-US}}
Marcu's work focuses primarily on research for development of optical techniques for tissue diagnostics. Her laboratory has developed time-resolved fluorescence spectroscopy (TRFS) and fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy (FLIM) systems for in vivo tissue interrogation, including human patients. Her laboratory has a broad expertise in clinical translation of biophotonic technologies that play an important role in addressing challenges associate with tissue diagnostics and therapies.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bioopticsworld.com/home/contact/16434150/laura-marcu-phd|title=Laura Marcu, Ph.D.|date=2019-05-13|website=Bio Optics World|language=en|access-date=2019-09-05}} Her group also studies the application of semiconductor quantum dots to early detection of pathologic transformations in tissues as well as the application of ultrashort electric fields to cancer therapy.{{Cite web|title=Research Interests|url=https://faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu/marcu/research/|access-date=2020-06-13|website=Marcu, Laura|language=en-US}}
Marcu developed a catheter probe able to image arteries inside a living heart which could help cardiologists predict heart attacks more reliably.
Patents
- Single catheter system that provides both intravascular ultrasound and fluorescence lifetime imaging{{Cite web|title=US Patent Application for SINGLE CATHETER SYSTEM THAT PROVIDES BOTH INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND AND FLUORESCENCE LIFETIME IMAGING Patent Application (Application #20190374195 issued December 12, 2019) - Justia Patents Search|url=https://patents.justia.com/patent/20190374195|access-date=2020-06-13|website=patents.justia.com}}
- Biochemical marker detection device{{Cite web|title=US Patent Application for Biochemical marker detection device Patent Application (Application #20070048226 issued March 1, 2007) - Justia Patents Search|url=https://patents.justia.com/patent/20070048226|access-date=2020-06-13|website=patents.justia.com}}
- Internal biochemical sensing device{{Cite web|title=US Patent Application for Internal biochemical sensing device Patent Application (Application #20070010726 issued January 11, 2007) - Justia Patents Search|url=https://patents.justia.com/patent/20070010726|access-date=2020-06-13|website=patents.justia.com}}
- Method for intracellular modifications within living cells using pulsed electric fields{{Cite web|title=US Patent Application for Method for intracellular modifications within living cells using pulsed electric fields Patent Application (Application #20060062074 issued March 23, 2006) - Justia Patents Search|url=https://patents.justia.com/patent/20060062074|access-date=2020-06-13|website=patents.justia.com}}
- Time-resolved and wavelength-resolved spectroscopy for characterizing biological materials{{Cite web|title=US Patent for Time-resolved and wavelength-resolved spectroscopy for characterizing biological materials Patent (Patent # 8,089,625 issued January 3, 2012) - Justia Patents Search|url=https://patents.justia.com/patent/8089625|access-date=2020-06-13|website=patents.justia.com}}
Awards and honors
- Named a fellow by the National Academy of Inventors in 2017.{{Cite web|url=https://engineering.ucdavis.edu/blog/laura-marcu-named-national-academy-inventors-fellow/|title=Laura Marcu Named National Academy of Inventors Fellow|date=2017-12-12|website=College of Engineering UC Davis|language=en-US|access-date=2019-09-18}}
- Fellow of the Optical Society in 2014 for "the development and clinical translation of fluorescence lifetime spectroscopy and imaging techniques."{{Cite web|url=https://www.osa.org/en-us/awards_and_grants/fellow_members/recent_fellows/2014_fellows/|title=2014 OSA Fellows|last=|first=|date=|website=OSA|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}
- Fellow of SPIE in 2012.{{Cite web|url=https://spie.org/profile/Laura.Marcu-14802?SSO=1|title=Prof. Laura Marcu|last=|first=|date=|website=SPIE|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-09-20}}
- Fellow of the Biomedical Engineering Society in 2011.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bmes.org/content.asp?contentid=477|title=BMES List of Fellows|last=|first=|date=|website=Biomedical Engineering Society|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-09-20}}
- Senior Member of IEEE.{{Cite web|title=2020 OSA Senior Members|url=https://www.osa.org/en-us/membership/distinguished_honorary/senior/2020_osa_senior_members/|access-date=2021-03-31|website=OSA}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.osa.org/en-us/history/multimedia/video_audio/watch/?id=5626858897001 Marcu on becoming interested in optics] at osa.org
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