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Sisson, Cynthia J. (1994) |
| Chair Chemistry & Physics, Professor of Physics |
| Ph.D. University of South Carolina |
Office: |
SC 112B |
Phone: |
(318) 797-5246 |
E-mail: |
cynthia.sisson@lsus.edu |
Vita: |
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I received my undergraduate degree in Physics with a Computer Science minor at New Mexico Tech, then went on to get a PhD in Computational Condensed Matter Physics at the University of South Carolina in 1993. After teaching at Appalachian State University for a year, I joined my husband Paul at LSUS in 1994. In 2003 I became Chair of the Department of Chemistry and Physics.
Most recently my research has involved Monte Carlo simulations of the diffusion of near-infrared photons in human tissue. This research has the ultimate goal of producing a new non-invasive, non-ionizing modality for imaging the brain - in particular blood oxygenation within the brain (important for the diagnosis of stroke) and CSF thickness (possibly useful in the diagnosis of edema in the brain).
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