Ishan Barman
Johns Hopkins University / The Barman Laboratory
Ishan Barman, a professor of mechanical engineering with joint appointments in the Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center and the Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, is an expert in biomedical imaging and bioengineering. His research program is dedicated to engineering innovation for the analysis of complex biological systems. His work involves engineering nanostructured probes for the ultrasensitive detection of specific molecular species through SERS, capturing intricate tissue changes predicting disease progression. Another focus is quantitative tissue microspectroscopy, aiming to identify differential spectral markers for cell types, early cancer detection, and objective cancer grading.