Ashok Samuel
Education
- 2006-2012 Ph.D. Raman Spectroscopy, Polymer Chemistry, Physical Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
Academic Positions
- 2023 - Present. Research Associate Professor, Department of Bioengineering, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign (UIUC), USA.
- 2017 - 2023. Assistant Professor (Research), Research Organization for Nano & Life Innovation, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan
Research Areas
- Biophotonics
- Cancer
- Live-cell imaging
- Molecular imaging
- Tumor microenvironments
Selected Articles in Journals
- Samuel, A. Z.,* Sugiyama, K., Takeyama, H. “Direct intracellular detection of biomolecule specific bound-water with Raman spectroscopy”. Spectrochim Acta A Mol. Biomol. Spectrosc. 2023.
- Samuel, A. Z.,* Sugiyama, K., Ando, M., Takeyama, H. “Direct imaging of intracellular RNA, DNA, and liquid-liquid phase separated membraneless organelles with Raman microspectroscopy”. Commun. Biol. 2022.
- Samuel, A. Z., Horii S., Nakashima, T., Ando, M., Takeyama, H. “Raman microspectroscopy imaging analysis of extracellular vesicles (EVs) biogenesis by filamentous fungus Penicilium chrysogenum”. Adv. Biology, 2022.(Cover page)
- Samuel, A. Z.,* Horii S., Ando, M., Takeyama, H. “Deconstruction of Obscure Features in SVD-Decomposed Raman Images from P. chrysogenum Reveals Complex Mixing of Spectra from Five Cellular Constituents”. Anal. Chem., 2021. (Cover page)
- Samuel, A. Z.,* “Direct estimation of polymer crystallinity with Raman spectroscopy using ratio of scattering cross-sections estimated from variable temperature measurements” Spectrochim. Acta A. 2020.
Honors
- Junior Research Fellowship, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India (2005)
- Dr. J. C. Ghosh medal, Indian Institute of Science, India (2013)
Research Honors
- Early Career Researcher Award, Society for Applied Spectroscopy, USA. (2013)