Nimmi Ramanujam BS, MS, PhD

Dr. Ramanujam earned her Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Texas, Austin in 1995 and then trained as an NIH postdoctoral fellow at the University of Pennsylvania from 1996-2000. Prior to her tenure at Duke, she was an assistant professor in the Dept. Biomedical Engineering at the University of Wisconsin, Madison from 2000-2005.

Dr. Nimmi Ramanujam was promoted to full Professor. Her research group is developing and applying optically based tools for the non-invasive characterization of the biochemical and structural properties of human tissues. She has made major contributions to the development of novel optical techniques to detect tumors and has started a company called Zenalux to develop products to assist surgeons identify tumor margins at the time of mastectomy.

Ramanujam's research interests include optical spectroscopy, optical sectioning microscopy and molecular imaging. Her research group is developing and applying these optically based tools for the non-invasive characterization of the molecular, biochemical and structural properties of human tissues with the intent of improving cancer care.