Andreas Mandelis

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Nationality Greek, Canadian Alma mater Yale University		Name Andreas Mandelis Books Diffusion-wave fields Residence Toronto, Canada Fields Photonics, Physics

Born 22 June 1952 (age 72) Corfu ( 1952-06-22 ) Known for Photothermal spectroscopy, Photoacoustic spectroscopy
Institutions University of Toronto Notable awards Yeram S. Touloukian

Andreas Mandelis (born 22 June 1952), is a professor and researcher at the department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at the University of Toronto and director of the Center for Advanced Diffusion-Wave and Photoacoustic Technologies (CADIPT). He is an internationally recognized expert in thermophotonics. His research encompasses the non-destructive evaluation of materials with industrial and biomedical applications. He is considered a pioneer in the fields of diffusion-wave, photothermal and photoacoustic sciences and related technologies. He is the inventor of a photothermal imaging radar which can detect tooth decay at an early stage.

Early life and education

Mandelis was born in Corfu, Greece. In 1974, he obtained his Bachelor of Science degree in Physics from Yale University. Subsequently in 1979 he graduated from Princeton University obtaining his MA, MSE, and Ph.D. degrees from the Applied Physics and Materials Laboratory in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Princeton.

Career

After graduating from Princeton, Mandelis worked as a researcher at Bell-Northern Research Labs in Ottawa from 1980-1981. He has written and co-authored over 290 papers which have appeared in peer-reviewed journals and about 160 papers in scientific and technical proceedings.

He is the editor-in-chief of the book series "Progress in Photothermal and Photoacoustic Science and Technology" which is published by the Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE). He is the director of the Center for Advanced Diffusion-Wave and Photoacoustic Technologies (CADIPT) at the University of Toronto, formerly known as Centre for Advanced Diffusion-Wave Technologies (CADIFT). He has appeared as the guest editor in special publications in the area of photoacoustic, photothermal and diffusion-wave phenomena.

He is editor-in-chief of the Springer International Journal of Thermophysics. He is an associate editor for the AIP Journals Review of Scientific Instruments and the Journal of Applied Physics. He is also a member in the editorial and advisory boards of the SPIE Journal of Biomedical Optics, the Journal of Applied Physics, Applied Physics Letters, the International Journal of NDT&E, Analytical Sciences (J. Chem. Soc. Japan) and the Journal of Diffusion Fundamentals. He is contributing editor for Physics Today of the American Institute of Physics and member of the editorial board for the Journal of Biomedical Optics of the SPIE, in the areas of photothermal imaging, dental optics, and photoacoustic tomography.

Mandelis is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, a Fellow of the American Physical Society, a Fellow of the SPIE, a Fellow of the ASME, Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering, and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

He is an internationally recognized expert in applied photonics, imaging, optoelectronics, materials science and biophotonics. He is considered a pioneer in the fields of diffusion-wave, photothermal and photoacoustic sciences and related technologies and his research is recognized as having helped define and develop these areas. He also pioneered the Thermal-Wave Resonant Cavity, which has applications in the fields of molecular thermophysics, kinetic theory and the infrared emissivity of fluids. Mandelis has created the field of dental photonic engineering and the technique of photocarrier radiometry.

Andreas Mandelis currently works as a full professor at the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at the University of Toronto which he joined in 1981. He is also a professor at the Electrical and Computer Engineering department and the Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering at the same university. His current research in the field of biomaterials and biomedical engineering involves establishing the fields of biophotonics and biophotoacoustics as they apply to biological tissues.

Quantum Dental Technologies

Mandelis is co-founder and chief technology officer of Quantum Dental Technologies and he is the recipient of the 2012 CAP-INO Medal for Outstanding Achievement in Applied Photonics. The company's device, named the 'Canary System', uses laser pulses to detect tooth decay and is used as a non-invasive alternative to traditional methods including x-rays. The machine detects tooth demineralization at an early stage so that the damage can be repaired using remineralizing compounds and avoid the use of drils.

Memberships and awards

Alexander von Humboldt Research Award, Humboldt Foundation, Germany.

Member of K7 (ASME) International Committee on Thermophysics.

Associate Editor, AIP Review of Scientific Instruments.

2004 New Pioneers Award in Science and Technology, Skills for Change, City of Toronto.

Founder and Chair of SPIE BiOS (Photonics West) Conference on “Optics in Bone Biology and Diagnostics”.

Inaugural (2007) Premier’s Discovery Award in Science and Engineering, Ministry of Research and Innovation, Ontario.

Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) in Diffusion-Wave Sciences and Technologies (2008-2015).

2009 Senior Prize of the International Photoacoustic and Photothermal Association.

2009 Canadian Association of Physicists (CAP) Medal for Outstanding Achievement in Industrial and Applied Physics.

2009 Yeram S. Touloukian Award in Thermophysics, ASME.

Killam Research Fellowship.

2012 Joseph F. Keithley Award for Advances in Measurement Science. Citation: "For seminal contributions to the development of new experimental techniques based on photothermal science, and the application of these techniques to a variety of real-world problems."

2012 Canadian Association of Physicists (CAP)-INO Medal for Outstanding Achievement in Applied Photonics.

Founder of biennial Mediterranean International Workshop on Photoacoustic & Photothermal Phenomena (Professor Roberto Li Voti, University of Rome, co-founder), Center Ettore Majorana in Erice (Sicily, Italy).

2013 University of Toronto Inventor of the Year Award.

2014 Killam Prize.

Selected publications

List of selected publications:

A. Mandelis and M. Zver, "Theory of the Photopyroelectric Effect in Solids", J. Appl. Phys. 57 (9), 4421-4430 (May, 1985).

A. Mandelis, "Frequency Domain Photopyroelectric Spectroscopy of Condensed Phases: A New, Simple and Powerful Spectroscopic Technique", Chem. Phys. Lett. 108 (4), 388 - 392 (July, 1984).

J. Shen and A. Mandelis, "Thermal-Wave Resonator Cavity", Rev. Sci. Instrum. 66, 4999-5005 (October 1995).

A. Mandelis, S.B. Peralta and J. Thoen, "Photoacoustic Frequency Domain Depth Profiling of Continuously Inhomogeneous Condensed Phases. Theory and Simulations for the Inverse Problem", J. Appl. Phys. 70, 1761 - 1770 (August, 1991).

A. Mandelis, Y.C. Teng and B.S.H. Royce, "Phase Measurements in the Frequency Domain Photoacoustic Spectroscopy of Solids", J. Appl. Phys. 50 (11), 7138 - 7148 (November, 1979).

A. Mandelis, “Diffusion waves and their uses”, PHYSICS TODAY, Vol. 53 (8), 29-34 Part 1 (August, 2000).

A. Mandelis, J. Batista and D. Shaughnessy, "Infrared photo-carrier radiometry of semiconductors: Physical principles, quantitative depth profilometry and scanning imaging of deep sub-surface electronic defects", Phys. Rev. B 67, 205208-1-18 (May 2003).

L. Nicolaides, A. Mandelis and S. Abrams, "Novel Dental Dynamic Depth Profilometric Imaging using simultaneous Frequency-Domain Infrared Photothermal Radiometry and Laser Luminescence", J. Biomed. Opt. 5 (1), 31-39 (January 2000).

Y. Fan, G. Spirou, A. Mandelis and I. A. Vitkin, "Development of a laser photothermoacoustic frequency-swept system for subsurface imaging: theory and experiment", J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 116 (6), 3523 - 3533 (December 2004). Paper selected for inclusion in Virtual Journal of Biological Physics Research (www.vjbio.org), 8 (12) (Dec. 15, 2004).

S. A. Telenkov and A. Mandelis, “Fourier-domain biophotoacoustic subsurface depth selective amplitude and phase imaging of turbid phantoms and biological tissue”, J. Biomed. Opt. 11 (4), 044006 [10 pages](July/August, 2006).

N. Tabatabaei and A. Mandelis, “Thermal coherence tomography using match filter binary phase coded diffusion waves”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 165901 (14 October 2011) [5 pages]. Article highlighted by the Journal as being of special interest.

R. J. Jeon, C. Han, A. Mandelis, V. Sanchez and S.H. Abrams, “Diagnosis of Pit and Fissure Caries Using Frequency-Domain Infrared Photothermal Radiometry and Modulated Laser Luminescence”, Caries Res. 38,497–513 (2004).

C. Christofides and A. Mandelis, “Solid state sensors for trace hydrogen gas detection”, J. Appl. Phys. Revs. 68 (6) R1-R30 (Sept. 15, 1990).

A. Mandelis, “Laser infrared photothermal radiometry of semiconductors: Principles and applications to solid state electronics”, Solid-State Electron. 42 (1), 1-15 (Jan. 1998).

A. Mandelis, L. Nicolaides, and Y. Chen, “Structure and the reflectionless/refractionless nature of parabolic diffusion-wave fields”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 87 (2) 020801 [4 pages] (July 9, 2001).

J. Batista, A. Mandelis and D. Shaughnessy, “Temperature dependence of carrier mobility in Si wafers measured by infrared photocarrier radiometry”, Appl. Phys. Lett. 82, 4077-4079 (Jun. 9, 2003).

A. Mandelis, L.M.L. Borm and J. Tiessinga, "Frequency Modulated (FM) Time Delay Photoacoustic and Photothermal Wave Spectroscopies. Technique, Instrumentation and Detection. Part II: Mirage Effect Spectrometer Design and Performance", Rev. Sci. Instr. 57 (4), 622 - 629, April, 1986.

A. Mandelis "PHOTOACOUSTIC AND THERMAL WAVE PHENOMENA IN SEMICONDUCTORS". Published by NorthHolland Publishing Co., Inc., New York, 1987, ISBN 0-444-01226-5.

(Monograph) A. Mandelis, “DIFFUSION-WAVE FIELDS: MATHEMATICAL METHODS AND GREEN FUNCTIONS”, Springer-Verlag, New York, June 2001; 741 + xii pages 174 figs. ISBN 0-387-95149-0.

N. Tabatabaei, A. Mandelis and B. Amaechi, “Thermophotonic radar imaging; An emissivity-normalized modality with advantages over phase lock-in thermography”, Appl. Phys. Lett. 98, 163706 (1 – 3) (2011).

X. Guo, A. Mandelis, and B. Zinman, “Non-invasive glucose detection in human skin using wavelength modulated differential laser photothermal radiometry”, Biomed. Opt. Express 3 (11) 3012–3021

S. Kaiplavil and A. Mandelis, “Highly depth-resolved chirp pulse photothermal radar for bone diagnostics”, Rev. Sci. Instrum. 82, 074906 (1 – 9) (2011).

References

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