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Daniel Palanker
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Contact info: Address: Hansen Experimental Physics Laboratory 452 Lomita Mall, room 135 Stanford, CA 94305-4085, USA ( Phone:
(650) 725-0059 (Fax:
(650) 725-8311 |
Associate Professor
Department of Ophthalmology,
Hansen Experimental Physics
Laboratory, Stanford University
Professional interests
Mechanisms
of interaction of electric field and light with biological cells and tissues,
and applications of these interactions to medicine and biology:
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Effects
of pulsed electric field on ion channels and cellular membranes
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Interface
of electronics with neural cells and tissues
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Laser-tissue
interactions
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Plasma-mediated
microsurgical technologies
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Minimally-invasive
therapeutic technologies
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Optical
imaging and spectroscopy
Current research projects
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Artificial Sight
- Optoelectronic Retinal Prosthesis
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Pulsed
Electron Avalanche Knife (PEAK)
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Optical
Detection of Cellular stress
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Coherent Anti-Stocks Raman Scattering (CARS) Microscopy
Some of the previous research projects
Ø Plasma-mediated electroporation [46, N-20]
Ø Pulsed liquid microjet [27,31, N-10]
Ø Near-field Infrared Microscopy with
transient optical elements [29,32,34,
N-8]
Ø Near-field Infrared Microscopy with:
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Tapered
fibers [21,25, N-9]
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Microfabricated
solid-immersion lenses [24,28]
Ø ArF excimer laser-based system for
vitreoretinal surgery [6,11,13, N-1,
N-3, N-4]
Ø ArF excimer laser-based system for
controlled debridement of the burned skin [22]
Ø Ablation of zona pellucida in oocytes
for in-vitro fertilization:
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Photolysis
using the ArF excimer laser-based system [3,7,8,
N-2]
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Thermolysis
using a microheater-based system [N-7]
Ø Laser poration of cellular membrane:
parallel permeabilization of millions of cells using an array of microapertures
[9]
Ø Statistical approach to sub-wavelength
measurements with a conventional light microscope [4]
Teaching
Basic Science
Course in Ophthalmology (lectures on Ophthalmic Lasers)
Making Sense of the Human
Senses (part related to restoration of sight through biotechnology)
Education
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1996 - 1998: |
Postdoctoral fellowship at Picosecond Free Electron Laser
Center, “Photo-induced transient optical elements for
near-field IR microscopy” |
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1989 - 1995: |
Ph.D. in Physics (with highest honors), Hebrew University of
Jerusalem, |
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1979 - 1984: |
M.Sc. in Physics, Yerevan State University, Thesis: "Scattering of X-rays on Crystals with
Various Types of Deformations" |
