Divers Alert Network Scholar
Contact Information:
Virginie Papadopoulou
331 Taylor Hall, 109 Mason Farm Road
Chapel Hill, NC 27599
(919)260-4533
Research Areas:
- Biomedical Imaging
- 2016 Ph.D. Bioengineering, Imperial College London, UK
- 2011 MSci Physics with Theoretical Physics, Imperial College London, UK
Bio
My research aims to bridge the different areas dealing with bubbles in the bloodstream, from environmentally triggered endogenous bubbles to engineered contrast agents for ultrasound imaging & therapy. Recent contributions focus on 1) Studying the circulatory bubble dynamics which can lead to decompression sickness; 2) Investigating how the tissue microenvironment acting on microbubbles affects ultrasound cardiovascular imaging and cancer treatment, in particular, how oxygen-loaded bubbles can modulate tumor hypoxia and improve radiotherapy.