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Lucas Berens

Lucas Berens
Graduation Year: 2026
Advisor: Chien-Min Kao
Advisor: Howard Halpern

Hello! I joined the GPMP after completing a major in physics and a minor in mathematics from Rochester Institute of Technology in 2021. My advisors are Dr. Chien-Min Kao and Dr. Howard Halpern, and I am researching oxygen imaging using mainly PET. Specifically, I am investigating positronium lifetimes as biomarkers for hypoxia, and am attempting to predict hypoxic fraction data produced by EPR using a combination of positronium, FMISO PET, and MRI data. 

When not in the lab, I enjoy climbing, board games, D&D, and condensing my research description into two sentences.