At Penn State, Kothapalli’s research laboratory focuses on developing novel optical, ultrasound and photoacoustic imaging/sensing technologies for both pre-clinical and clinical applications in cancer and neurological diseases. Equal emphasis is placed on translating these technologies to the Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center and Cancer Institute.

Current Research Projects:

High-resolution photoacoustic microscopy for imaging neural activity and cancer biomarkers in mice.

 

 

Combined ultrasound and photoacoustic imaging for simultaneously displaying respective anatomical and molecular contrasts of human organs (e.g., prostate, thyroid, brain, ovaries).