Filiz Yesilkoy

From early-stage fundamental research to everyday clinical practice, sensors that can specifically and accurately quantify analytes from biosamples are essential analytical tools in the biomedical sciences. In medicine, for example, biomarker profiling for prognostics and diagnostics is rapidly becoming more important with the ever-growing discoveries of disease-indicating biomarkers.

In our multidisciplinary group, we conduct basic, applied, and translational research at the cross-sections of photonics, nanotechnology and biomedical sciences towards the development of novel instruments that will impact next-generation healthcare practice and foundational biomedical research. We benefit from a variety of disciplines, including physical, chemical, material, data and life sciences, to i) engineer optical biochemical sensors, molecular identification and imaging systems, ii) enhance the analytical performance of state-of-the-art instruments, and iii) develop field-deployable and cost-effective tools for applications including personalized medicine and global health.