James defended his PhD thesis in June, 2002. He worked as a postdoctoral research associate for 3 years at MIT. He is now an assistant professor in the Biomedical Engineering department at UT Austin. His webpage while at Rice is provided below:
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My
research focuses on non-ablative cutaneous laser therapies such as the
removal
of hypervascular malformations, leg veins, unwanted hair, and facial
rhytides.
We use cryogen spray cooling to cool the skin surface while using laser
light
to induce a therapeutic response deep within the skin. We utilize three
main tools
of investigation: (1) theoretical calculations, (2) experimental
investigations,
and (3) clinical studies. We use mathematical models to investigate the
light
distribution and heat transfer in skin due to laser irradiation. In the
laboratory,
we use tissue phantoms to study the heat transfer mechanisms of cryogen
spray cooling and laser irradiation in vitro. Finally, we conduct in
vivo clinical
studies in collaboration with researchers in the Plastic Surgery
Department
at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center just across the
street
from the Rice University campus.
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Research
Interests: Biomedical
optics, light propagation in tissue, photo-thermal tissue interactions,
dermatologic laser therapy, bio-heat transfer
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James
W Tunnell
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