J. Quincy Brown

Research in our laboratory focuses on the application and translation of quantitative spectroscopy and imaging tools for the improvement of cancer management in the clinical setting. We develop translatable optical methods to directly address gaps in clinical care, and carry those through to clinical validation in humans alongside our physician collaborators. A major theme in this work is the use of imaging devices to improve patient outcomes in surgical tumor removal in a number of organs. We also develop enabling tools and strategies using optics to answer interesting biological questions in cell and animal models.

Selected Honors and Awards

• NIH NRSA Individual Postdoctoral Fellowship (1F32 CA124058-01), National Cancer Institute 2006
• Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center Young Investigator Award 2007
• AEMB Teacher of the Year, Biomedical Engineering Dept., Tulane University 2013
• AEMB Teacher of the Year, Biomedical Engineering Dept., Tulane University 2014
• AEMB Teacher of the Year, Biomedical Engineering Dept., Tulane University 2018
• Conference Chair, European Conferences on Biomedical Optics: Clinical and Preclinical Optical Diagnostics Conference 2018-19
• General Chair, Novel Techniques in Microscopy Conference, OSA Biophotonics Congress 2019
• AEMB Teacher of the Year, Biomedical Engineering Dept., Tulane University 2019
• Y Combinator (Instapath Inc, YC W19) 2019
• Publication Award, Tulane University Research, Scholarship, and Artistic Achievement Awards  2021
• Chartered member, NIH Imaging Technology Development SRG 2021-27
• Associate Professor – All Around Award, Tulane University School of Science and Engineering 2022
• National Academy of Inventors Fellowship 2025