Principal Scientist, VisEn Medical
Greater Boston Area
- Current
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- Principal Scientist at VisEn Medical
- Past
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- Visiting Assistant Professor at Bowdoin College
- Postdoctoral Fellow at Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
- Education
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- University of Virginia
- University of Virginia
- Oberlin College
- Connections
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- Industry
- Biotechnology
- Websites
Joshua Kempner’s Summary
Physicist with experience in photon diffusion in biological tissue and a background in astrophysics. Active in software design, architecture and development for pre-clinical imaging application.
Joshua Kempner’s Experience
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Principal Scientist
VisEn Medical
(Privately Held; Biotechnology industry)
October 2006 — Present (2 years 10 months)
Develop and implement tomographic reconstruction and image processing algorithms for fluorescent molecular tomography (FMT) system. Participate in design, implementation, and production of hardware and software for next-generation FMT imaging systems. Support and enhance existing systems. Manage software development team.
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Visiting Assistant Professor
Bowdoin College
(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)
July 2004 — August 2006 (2 years 2 months)
Teach 2 physics/astronomy courses per semester, maintain program of original astrophysics research, supervise undergraduate researchers
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Postdoctoral Fellow
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
(Research industry)
August 2002 — July 2004 (2 years)
Original astrophysics research on clusters of galaxies, software development for small research group
Joshua Kempner’s Education
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University of Virginia
Ph.D. , Astronomy , 1998 — 2002
Thesis: Thermal and Nonthermal Effects in Merging Clusters of Galaxies
- Activities and Societies:
- Graduate student government, Society of Fellows, Faculty Senate committees
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University of Virginia
M.A. , Astronomy , 1997 — 1998
Thesis: Analysis of the Si IV Spectra of U Sge
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Oberlin College
B.A. , Physics , 1993 — 1997
