About

Brian received his Ph.D. from the University of South Carolina (1998) followed by a postdoctoral stint at Oak Ridge National Laboratory prior to joining the faculty at UMBC in 2002.

Research interests

Optical Nanosensors
Chemical Imaging
Super Resolution Chemical Imaging
Optical Biopsy
Opto-acoustic spectroscopy
Vibrational Spectroscopy
Raman Spectroscopy
SERS
THORS
Optical Reflection of Sound
Nanoimaging
Materials
Biophotonics
Optical Sensing
Plasmonics

Teaching interests

Analytical Chemistry
Optical Spectroscopy
Optical Sensing

Education

  • Other, Chemistry/Life SciencesOak Ridge National Laboratory (2002)
  • Ph D, Chemistry and BiochemistryUniversity of South Carolina (1998)
    In-situ Optical Measurements for Characterization of Flame Species and Remote Sensing