His research interests include fluorescence molecular sensing and imaging with diffuse light, and the in vivo study of rare circulating tumour cells in vivo. Prior to joining Northeastern, he was a Post-Doctoral Fellow at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts Hospital. He received his Ph.D from the Department of Medical Biophysics at the University of Toronto, Canada and his B.Eng. in Engineering Physics from McMaster University, Canada. He is currently an Editorial Board member for the Journal of Biomedical Optics. He was a prior recipient of the Soreen Bus Outstanding Researcher Award at Northeastern University, the Massachusetts Life Sciences New Investigator Award, and the Terry Fox Postdoctoral Research Fellowship from the National Cancer Institute of Canada.