Affiliation: University of Massachusetts at Lowell, Department of Physics and Applied Physics, Massachusetts General Hospital, Department of Dermatology

Anna Yaroslavsky graduated summa cum laude from Saratov State University, Russia, in 1990 with BS in Physics. Between 1990 and 1999, she conducted research at Twente University in Enschede (The Netherlands), Heinrich-Heine University in Dusseldorf (Germany), and Louisiana State University Medical Center in Shreveport, LA (USA). During that time, she worked on the development of individualized, image-based methods of laser dosimetry and planning for brain tumor treatment, formulated concept and implemented full inverse Monte Carlo technique for reconstruction of tissue optical properties, and investigated light scattering by complex biological structures. In 1999, she earned PhD degree in Biophysics from Saratov State University. In 2000, she joined Wellman Center for Photomedicine at Harvard Medical School, where she progressed from Instructor to Assistant Professor of Dermatology. Her research at Wellman Center included the development of combined polarization, fluorescence, and elastic scattering imaging methods for diagnostics of cancers. In 2010, Anna accepted position of Associate Professor of Physics at the University of Massachusetts. Currently, her research focuses on the development and integration of experimental and theoretical multi-modal technologies and methods for functional and structural characterization of biological tissues and cells, as well as pathology detection and treatment. She published extensively in top-tier international journals and authored several patents. She serves as a reviewer on various NIH and NSF panels and has been elected fellow member of SPIE.