Research Interests
Globally affordable blood testing
Interference microscopy
Optical properties of cells and tissues
Cancer diagnosis
Neuronal dynamics
Biomedical Optics/ Biophotonics
Quantitative phase imaging of cells and tissues
Research Areas
Biomedical imaging
Biomedical Imaging, Bioengineering, and Acoustics
Electromagnetics and Optics

Dr. Popescu served as an Associate Editor of Optics Express and Biomedical Optics Express, Editorial Board Member for Journal of Biomedical Optics, and Scientific Reports. He authored a book, edited another book, authored 170 journal publications, 210 conference presentations, 38 patents, gave 220 invited/keynote/plenary talks. Dr. Popescu founded Phi Optics, Inc., a start-up company that commercializes quantitative phase imaging technology. He is OSA Fellow and SPIE Fellow.