OMPI member, Dr. Sangeeta Murugkar, who leads the Light-Assisted Medical Physics and Engineering Laboratory at Carleton University, was recently featured in the Ottawa Citizen. The article highlights Dr. Murugkar’s groundbreaking research using Raman spectroscopy and imaging to detect cancerous cells and to measure the cellular response to radiation. A link to the article can be found below:
https://epaper.ottawacitizen.com/ottawa-citizen/20250717/281492167346578/textview
Dr. Murugkar and OMPI member, Prof. Rowan Thomson, were also the subjects of a recent local news story at Carleton highlighting their collaboration on a grant from the government of Canada’s New Frontiers in Research Fund (NFRF):
Congratulations, Dr. Murugkar and Dr. Thomson!