Mihaela Balu Post-doctoral Research Associate Beckman Laser Institute University of California, Irvine 1002 Health Sciences Rd. Irvine, CA, 92612 ph: 949 824 8797 fax: 949 824 8413 mihaela.b@uci.edu

I received my PhD degree in Optics from CREOL-The College of Optics and Photonics at University of Central Florida in 2006, under Prof. Eric Van Stryland's and Prof. David Hagan's supervision. I joined Beckman Laser Institute, University of California, Irvine in February 2007, as a post-doctoral research associate in Prof. Bruce Tromberg's group. My research interests lie in the area of ultrafast laser based nonlinear optical microscopy and endoscopy for biomedical applications.