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Wibool Piyawattanametha

Wibool Piyawattanametha (Thai: วิบูลย์ ปิยวัฒนเมธา) is the head of Advanced Imaging Research (AIR) Center, King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang, Thailand.[1][2]

Wibool Piyawattanametha
Wibool in 2023
NationalityThai
Alma mater
Known forMEMS-based endoscopic imaging in human
Scientific career
FieldsMEMS, optical imaging, NEMS, AI, cancer diagnosis

Education

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Piyawattanametha completed his Bachelor of Electronics Engineering (magna cum laude) from the King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang, Bangkok, Thailand.[3][failed verification] He completed his post graduate degrees in Electrical engineering from University of California, Los Angeles, USA in 1999 (MS) and 2004 (PhD).[4][failed verification]

Career

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Piyawattanametha worked as a senior scientist and later became a research associate at Stanford University's Bio-X Program. He was a director of the advanced imaging research center and an adjunct professor in department of internal medicine at Chulalongkorn University, Faculty of medicine, Thailand from 2009 until 2014.[5] He was a Fraunhofer Bessel awardee which provided him an opportunity to work as a technology consultant in microsystem technology at Fraunhofer IPMS, Dresden, Germany.[6]

He is the head of Advanced Imaging Research (AIR) Center, King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang, Thailand.[7][8] He is also an adjunct professor at Institute for Quantitative Health Science & Engineering, Michigan State University, US.[9]

Committee and conference connections

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He co-founded and served on the executive board of the Global Young Academy (GYA) in Berlin, Germany, from 2010 to 2012.[10] He is a current conference chairman for the Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) in MOEMS and Miniaturized Systems XIII of The Photonics West Conference in California, USA.[11] He served as a committee member on Addressing Inaccurate and Misleading Information about Biological Threats through Scientific Collaboration and Communication, The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Washington DC, USA, from 2021 to 2022.[12]

Research

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Piyawattanametha's research interests are in the fields of micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS), cancer diagnosis, molecular imaging, AI, optical microscopy, and nanotechnology.[13][14][15][16][17]

Awards and honors

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References

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  1. ^ "TEAM & COLLABORATORS – airc.in.th". airc.in.th. Retrieved 2023-06-02.
  2. ^ "Faculty & Staff – Biomedical Engineering, KMITL".
  3. ^ "King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang". www.kmitl.io. Retrieved 2023-07-06.
  4. ^ "Alumni in Academia | Samueli Electrical and Computer Engineering". Retrieved 2023-08-09.
  5. ^ "MEMS Report 1/2013" (PDF).
  6. ^ "Fraunhofer Institute for Photonic microsystem IPMS" (PDF).
  7. ^ "TEAM & COLLABORATORS – airc.in.th". airc.in.th. Retrieved 2023-06-02.
  8. ^ "Faculty & Staff – Biomedical Engineering, KMITL".
  9. ^ "Wibool Piyawattanametha | College of Engineering". www.egr.msu.edu. Retrieved 2023-06-02.
  10. ^ "Executive Committee 2011/12". Global Young Academy. Retrieved 2023-07-31.
  11. ^ "Wibool Piyawattanametha". spie.org. Retrieved 2023-07-07.
  12. ^ "Addressing Inaccurate and Misleading Information about Biological Threats through Scientific Collaboration and Communication". www.nationalacademies.org. Retrieved 2023-06-07.
  13. ^ Piyawattanametha, Wibool; Wang, Thomas D. (2010). "MEMS-Based Dual Axes Confocal Microendoscopy". IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics. 16 (4): 804–814. Bibcode:2010IJSTQ..16..804P. doi:10.1109/JSTQE.2009.2032785. PMC 3242380. PMID 22190845.
  14. ^ Piyawattanametha, Wibool; Ra, Hyejun; Qiu, Zhen; Friedland, Shai; Liu, Jonathan T. C.; Loewke, Kevin; Kino, Gordon S.; Solgaard, Olav; Wang, Thomas D.; Mandella, Michael J.; Contag, Christopher H. (2012). "In vivo near-infrared dual-axis confocal microendoscopy in the human lower gastrointestinal tract". Journal of Biomedical Optics. 17 (2): 021102–021102–4. Bibcode:2012JBO....17b1102P. doi:10.1117/1.JBO.17.2.021102. PMC 3380818. PMID 22463020.
  15. ^ Juhong, Aniwat; Li, Bo; Yao, Cheng-You; Yang, Chia-Wei; Agnew, Dalen W.; Lei, Yu Leo; Huang, Xuefei; Piyawattanametha, Wibool; Qiu, Zhen (2023-01-01). "Super-resolution and segmentation deep learning for breast cancer histopathology image analysis". Biomedical Optics Express. 14 (1): 18–36. doi:10.1364/BOE.463839. ISSN 2156-7085. PMC 9841988. PMID 36698665.
  16. ^ Qiu, Zhen; Piyawattanamatha, Wibool (2017-07-02). "New Endoscopic Imaging Technology Based on MEMS Sensors and Actuators". Micromachines. 8 (7): 210. doi:10.3390/mi8070210. ISSN 2072-666X. PMC 6190023. PMID 30400401.
  17. ^ Khemthongcharoen, Numfon; Jolivot, Romuald; Rattanavarin, Santi; Piyawattanametha, Wibool (2014). "Advances in imaging probes and optical microendoscopic imaging techniques for early in vivo cancer assessment". Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews. 74: 53–74. doi:10.1016/j.addr.2013.09.012. PMID 24120351.
  18. ^ "Wibool Piyawattanametha".
  19. ^ "The Optical Society Announces 2011 Class of Senior Members".
  20. ^ "WEF_YoungScientists_Profiles_2013" (PDF). The World Economic Forum. p. 9.
  21. ^ "Activity report on the 1st Regional Meeting of Asian Young Scientists Association –Status and Future of Young Scientists in Asia" (PDF).
  22. ^ "Recherche im Humboldt-Netzwerk". www.humboldt-foundation.de (in German). Retrieved 2023-07-31.
  23. ^ "Researcher Links | British Council".
  24. ^ "King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang". Times Higher Education (THE). 2021-11-20. Retrieved 2023-06-03.
  25. ^ "Prof. Wibool Piyawattanametha". World Science Forum. Retrieved 2023-06-03.
  26. ^ "Complete list of SPIE Fellows". spie.org. Retrieved 2023-07-31.
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