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Lucas Berens

Lucas Berens
Matriculation Year 2021: B.S. in Physics, Rochester Institute of Technology (2021)
Advisor: Chin-Tu Chen
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.