Faculty and Staff
Ashwin B. Parthasarathy, PhD
Research Interests
Dr. Parthasarathy's research interests are in the development of novel biophotonics techniques for the monitoring and imaging of tissue hemodynamics (blood flow and oxygenation), and the clinical translation of these medial devices for applications like bedside diagnoses/monitoring of brain injuries (e.g., strokes). The ultimate goal of Dr. Parthasarathy's research is utilize these custom clinical biomedical devices and directly measure tissue physiology at the bedside, thereby developing non-invasive biomarkers of disease, bedside disease models, and thus personalized optimization of treatment.
Biography
Ashwin Parthasarathy is an associate professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at USF. He graduated with his PhD in Biomedical Engineering from The University of Texas at Austin and completed postdoctoral research at Boston University and the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Parthasarathy's research has been supported by awards from the American Heart Association, National Institutes of Health, and National Science Foundation, including the NSF CAREER award in 2023. In 2021 he received the Cade Prize for his technology created to quantitatively measure blood flow via a wearable and non-invasive optical device. Dr. Parthasarathy currently holds 5 patents with 6 more pending applications. He has been a panel reviewer for grants at NIH and NSF and he is currently a member of IEEE (senior), Optica (senior), SPIE, and AHA.
Honors and Awards
| 2024 | USF Excellence in Innovation Award |
| 2023 | NSF CAREER Award |
| 2021 |
Cade Prize for Innovation (1st Place) Cade Museum for Creativity and Innovation, Gainesville, FL |
| 2021 | IEEE Senior Member |
| 2021 | Optica Senior Member (formerly Optical Society of America) |
Teaching
- EE Science II
- Biomedical Optics Imaging and Spectroscopy
- Lab II
Research
Dr. Parthasarathy’s research is focused on the development and application of novel optical/opto-electronic instrumentation for the diagnosis, monitoring, and characterization of diseases such as strokes, brain injuries and tumors. Our multidisciplinary approach combines principles/concepts in optics, physics, engineering, and computation to directly measure tissue physiology for applications that include:
- Non-invasive bedside monitoring of human physiology
- Non-invasive bedside monitoring of brain injuries
- Intraoperative imaging/monitoring of blood flow & characterization of tumors
- Therapeutic applications of light
We graciously acknowledge current research support from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the National Science Foundation (NSF).