Mark Niedre
Associate Professor and Associate Chair For Research,
Bioengineering
Office
- 217 ISEC
- 617.373.5410
Research Focus
Biomedical optics and non-invasive imaging, rare cell detection and tracking in the body, ultrafast time-domain diffuse optical imaging, image reconstruction and biomedical signal processing.
About
Post-Doctoral Fellowship: Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, 2005-2008 Ph.D., Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, 2005 B.Eng., Engineering Physics, McMaster University, 1998
Education
- PhD, University of Toronto, 2004
Honors & Awards
- 2015 COE Faculty Fellow
- 2015 Søren Buus Outstanding Research Award
- Massachusetts Life Sciences Center New Investigator Award
Research Overview
Biomedical optics and non-invasive imaging, rare cell detection and tracking in the body, ultrafast time-domain diffuse optical imaging, image reconstruction and biomedical signal processing.
Department Research Areas
Selected Publications
- V. Pera, X. Tan, J. Runnels, N. Sardesai, C.P. Lin, M. Niedre, Diffuse Fluorescence Fiber Probe for In Vivo Detection of Circulating Cells, Journal of Biomedical Optics, 22(3), 2017, 037004
- Y. Mu, V. Pera, M. Niedre, Multiplexed Fluorescence Mediated Tomography with Temporal and Spectral Data, Journal of Biomedical Optics, 21(10), 2016, 105001
- S. Markovic, S. Li, M. Niedre, Performance of Computer Vision In Vivo Flow Cytometry with Low Fluorescence Contrast, Journal of Biomedical Optics, 20(3), 2015, 35005
- V. Pera, D.H. Brooks, M. Niedre, On the use of Cramer-Rao Bounds in diffuse optical Tomography, Journal of Biomedical Optics, 19(2), 2014, 025002
- S. Markovic, B. Li, V. Pera, M. Sznaier, O. Camps, M. Niedre, A Computer Vision Approach to RareCell In Vivo Flow Cytometry, Cytometry A, 83A, 2013, 1113-1123
- N. Pestana, L. Mortensen, J. Runnels, M. Niedre, et al., An Improved Prototype Diffuse Fluorescence Flow Cytometer for High Sensitivity Detection of Rare Circulating Cells In Vivo, Journal of Biomedical Optics, 18(7), 2013, 77002
- Y. Mu, N. Valim, M. Niedre, Evaluation of a Fast Single-photon Avalanche Photodiode for Measurement of Early Transmitted Photons Through Diffusive Media, Optics Letters, 38(12), 2013, 2098-2100
- N. Valim, J. Brock, M. Leeser, M. Niedre, The Effect of Temporal Impulse Response on Experimental Reduction of Photon Scatter in Time-Resolved Diffuse Optical Tomography, Physics in Medicine and Biology, 58(2), 2013, 335-349
May 17, 2018
Niedre Awarded Patent
BioE Associate Professor Mark Niedre and ECE alum Eric Zettergren, ME’11, were awarded a patent for “Systems and methods for sensing, enumerating and imaging rare cells with diffuse light”.
Feb 06, 2018
Bioengineering Professors Clark and Niedre Awarded a 4 year, $1.4 Million Grant from the NIH
Bioengineering Professor Heather Clark and Associate Professor Mark Niedre awarded a $1.4M, 4-year NIH grant to develop circulating red blood cell based nanosensors for non-invasive optical drug monitoring.
Mar 23, 2017
FY18 TIER 1 Award Recipients
21 COE faculty and affiliates were recipients of FY18 TIER 1 Interdisciplinary Research Seed Grants for 12 different projects representing $600K dollars of investment in research.
Mar 22, 2016
FY17 TIER 1 Award Recipients
23 COE faculty and affiliates were recipients of FY17 TIER 1 Interdisciplinary Research Seed Grants for 12 different projects representing over $600K dollars of investment in research.
Aug 26, 2015
Niedre Awarded $1.5M Grant
ECE Associate Professor, Mark Niedre, received a $1.5M RO1 grant from the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute of NIH for Ultra-Rare Cell In Vivo Flow Cytometry.
May 07, 2015
2015 COE Faculty Fellows
Congratulations to this year’s class of COE Faculty Fellows: Yunsi Fei, Auroop Ganguly, Mark Niedre, and Ashkan Vaziri.
May 05, 2015
COE Faculty and Staff Award Winners
Congratulations to the 2015 winners of the COE Faculty and Staff Awards: Outstanding Teachers of First Year Engineering Students Thomas Gilbert, Chemistry Joshua Hertz, Engineering Marco Rainho, Mathematics Swastik Kar, Physics Martin W. Essigmann Outstanding Teaching Award Marvin Onabajo, ECE Outstanding Cooperative Education Coordinator Award Alison Nogueira, MIE Outstanding Staff Award Roy Dalsheim, Student Services Susan […]
May 05, 2015
COE Faculty & Staff Award Winners
Congratulations to the 2015 winners of the COE Faculty and Staff Awards.
Mar 19, 2015
FY16 TIER 1 Award Recipients
18 COE faculty and affiliates were recipients of FY16 TIER 1 Interdisciplinary Research Seed Grants for 11 different projects representing over $400K dollars of investment in research.
Mar 20, 2014
Congratulations to recipients of the FY15 TIER 1 Interdisciplinary Research Seed Grants
19 COE faculty were recipients of FY15 TIER 1 Interdisciplinary Research Seed Grants for 11 different projects representing over $500K dollars of investment in research.