Avinash Upadhya
School of Biological Sciences
Faculty of Sciences, Engineering and Technology
Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD (as Co-Supervisor) - email supervisor to discuss availability.
Avinash is currently a post-doctoral researcher working across both the Centre of Light for Life as well as the Reproductive Success Group at the Robinson Research Institute. He focuses on developing gentle optical imaging techniques for long-term monitoring of various biological samples, from single cells, to oocytes and embryos. For this, he employs advanced methods such as Bessel beam two-photon light sheet microscopy, hyperspectral imaging, and innovative acquisition strategies like compressed sensing. Together with members from the Reproductive Success Group, he has developed novel optical instrumentation tailored to the study of the preimplantation mammalian embryo development.
Avinash earned his PhD in 2023 at the John Curtin School of Medical Research, Australian National University. During his doctoral studies, he investigated novel optical strategies to structure light for single-particle tracking and live-cell imaging. His expertise includes coherent and fluorescence optical imaging and wavefront shaping.
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Appointments
Date Position Institution name 2022 - ongoing Postdoctoral Researcher University of Adelaide -
Language Competencies
Language Competency English Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review Kannada Can read, write, speak and understand spoken -
Education
Date Institution name Country Title Australian National University Australia Bachelor of Engineering (Research and Development) Australian National University Australia Bachelor of Science -
Research Interests
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Journals
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Conference Papers
Year Citation 2022 Upadhya, A., Xu, T., Zhang, J., Lim, Y. J., Linnenberger, A., Mitchell, N., . . . Lee, W. M. (2022). Full-field imaging contrast with spatial interpixel light modulation for lightsheet. In Optics InfoBase Conference Papers. Online: Optica Publishing Group (formerly OSA). 2021 Upadhya, A., Zheng, Y., Li, L., & Lee, W. M. (2021). Extending tracking range through structured back focal plane interferometry. In Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering Vol. 11701 (pp. 8 pages). Online: SPIE.
DOI2021 Zhang, J., Upadhya, A., Xu, T., Zhang, Z., & Lee, W. M. (2021). INEXPENSIVE IMMERSIVE DISPLAY FOR 3D IMAGING FLOW ASSAYS. In MicroTAS 2021 - 25th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences (pp. 1541-1542). 2014 Lee, W. M., Upadhya, A., & Phan, T. (2014). Mobile microscopy on the move. In N. Sampat, R. Tezaur, S. Battiato, B. A. Fowler, T. G. Georgiev, F. H. Imai, . . . D. Wuller (Eds.), Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering Vol. 9023 (pp. 7 pages). CA, San Francisco: SPIE-INT SOC OPTICAL ENGINEERING.
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Conference Items
Year Citation 2019 Upadhya, A., Zheng, Y., Li, L., & Lee, W. M. (2019). Structured back focal plane interferometry (S-BFPI). Poster session presented at the meeting of Proceedings of SPIE 11202, Biophotonics Australasia. Bellingham, Washington: Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers.
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Preprint
Year Citation 2023 Chow, D. J. X., Schartner, E. P., Corsetti, S., Upadhya, A., Morizet, J., Gunn-Moore, F. J., . . . Dholakia, K. (2023). Assessing DNA damage during optical imaging of the preimplantation embryo: a comparison between light sheet and confocal microscopy.
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Current Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)
Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name 2024 Co-Supervisor Visualising images at depth using patterned illumination Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Emi Cora Valmai Hughes 2023 Co-Supervisor Advanced Methods of Beam Shaping and Their Implementation in Multiphoton Microscopy Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Ramses Eduardo Bautista Gonzalez
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Memberships
Date Role Membership Country 2019 - ongoing Member Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers Australia
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