§ 00 · Richard C. Prince, PhD
ETSU · Johnson City, Tenn.
Optics, microscopy, and open-hardware bioengineering.
I build optical tools and apply them to questions in biology, medicine, and the emerging bioeconomy — often all at once. I direct the LAMB at East Tennessee State University.
Research
Three interconnected lines of work.
01
Vibrational microscopy
Developing novel SRS and Raman-based methods to study microbial and mycological systems, including the oleaginous yeasts relevant to biomanufacturing. Label-free chemistry, imaged in living systems.
SRS
Raman
label-free
Raman
label-free
02
Nonlinear imaging of disease
Using nonlinear optical techniques to investigate how disease reshapes tissue at the molecular level, from lipid metabolism in cartilage to cardiac tissue recovery.
nonlinear
TSFG
tissue
TSFG
tissue
03
Open-source biomanufacturing
Designing open-hardware instruments and curricula to make precision bioengineering more accessible, particularly for the Appalachian region.
open-hardware
bioprocess
workforce
bioprocess
workforce
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Students, collaborators, and the plain curious are all welcome.