Sebastian Wachsmann-Hogiu did his undergraduate studies in Physics, with a major in Biophysics at the Bucharest University, Romania.  In 2000 he received his PhD in Experimental Physics from Humboldt University/Max-Born-Institute, Berlin, where he used time-resolved Raman/CARS spectroscopy to investigate elementary chemical reactions. 

After a two-years postdoctoral appointment in the Chemistry Department at Carnegie-Mellon University, where he performed Stark spectroscopy on conductive polymers and biological materials, he moved to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center as Research Scientist I.

In March 2005, he became faculty (assistant professor level) within the Surgery Department, and the Director of the Advanced Optical Imaging Laboratory within the Minimally Invasive Surgical Technologies Institute.  There, he was interested in translating novel optical technologies into viable tools for biomedical applications.

Since April 2007, he is the Facilities Director at the NSF Center for Biophotonics, Science and Technology, UC Davis. His research interests include time-resolved Raman spectroscopy/ imaging, nonlinear microscopy, and SERS-based biosensors.

In September of 2008 he was appointed as Associate Professor in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of California, Davis.

Sebastian co-authored more then 40 publications in refereed journals and book chapters and is actively participating in education programs at CBST and UC Davis. He is also interested in commercialization new technologies for the biomedical field.

Curriculum Vitae:

since 2008    Associate Professor in Residence, Department of Pathology and Laboratory
                    Medicine, University of California, Davis.          
since 2007    Facility Director, NSF Center for Science and Technology, UC Davis Medical
                    Center, Sacramento, CA.

2005-2007    Research Scientist I Faculty (equivalent of Assistant Professor), Cedars-Sinai
                     Medical Center, Minimally Invasive Surgical Technologies Institute (MISTI),
                     Los Angeles, CA

2005-2007    Director, Advanced Optical Imaging Laboratory, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center,
                     Los Angeles, CA.

2002-2005     Research Scientist I, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA.

2000-2002     postdoctoral training, chemical physics and biophysics, Carnegie Mellon
                      University, Pittsburgh, PA  

1997-2000    PhD work in Physics (Experimental Physics) at Max-Born-Institute and
                     Humboldt University Berlin, Germany (Prof. Thomas Elsaesser). Thesis on
                     “Vibronic coupling and ultrafast electron transfer studied by picosecond
                     time-resolved resonance Raman and Coherent Antistokes Raman Scattering
                     (CARS) spectroscopy”.

1996-1997    DAAD (Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst – German Academic
                     Exchange Program) Fellowship, Max-Born-Institute for Nonlinear Optics and
                     Ultrafast Spectroscopy, Berlin, Germany (Dr. Albrecht Lau, Dr. Wolfgang
                     Werncke).

1996-1996    Research Scientist at the Institute for Atomic Physics, Laser Department,                                     Bucharest, Romania.

1993-1996    Research Assistant at the Institute for Atomic Physics, Laser Department,                                  Bucharest, Romania.

1992             Diplom in Physics, specialization Biophysics, Bucharest University - Romania,
                     Faculty of Physics.
                       

Major Research Interests:

Technology development and applications to the biomedical field and renewable energies:
        - Time-resolved Raman spectroscopy and imaging,
        - plasmonics,
        - Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS),
        - biosensors,
        - fiber-based Raman endoscopes,
        - point of care diagnosis,
        - nonlinear microscopies,
        - high-resolution microscopy,
        - light conversion and energy storage.

Professional affiliations:

American Physical Society
Biophysical Society
American Chemical Society

Contact:

Sebastian Wachsmann-Hogiu
NSF Center for Biophotonics, Science and Technology
University of California, Davis
2700 Stockton Blvd., Suite 1400
Sacramento, CA 95817
Phone: 916-734-1774
Email: swachsmann@ucdavis.edu