Ashwin Parthasarathy is an associate professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at USF with affiliate appointments in the Department of Medical Engineering. He graduated with his PhD in Biomedical Engineering from The University of Texas at Austin and further completed postdoctoral research at Boston University and the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Parthasarathy leads the Translational Optics Imaging and Spectroscopy lab at USF, where he develops novel biophotonics instruments for quantitative imaging and monitoring of tissue blood flow. The development and clinical translation of these optical instruments will help doctors and surgeons directly measure tissue physiology at the bedside and permit personalization of treatment. Dr. Parthasarathy's research has been supported by awards from the National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation and the American Heart Association. His contributions to the fields of laser speckle imaging and Diffuse Correlation Spectroscopy have been recognized by best presentation awards by Optica. In 2021 he received the Cade Prize for his technology created to quantitatively measure blood flow via a wearable and non-invasive optical device. In 2023, he received the NSF CAREER award to develop a whole-head cerebral blood flow imager for humans. Dr. Parthasarathy currently holds 5 patents with 6 more pending applications. He has been a panel reviewer for grants at NIH and NSF and he is currently a member of IEEE (senior), Optica (senior), SPIE, and AHA.