Current Members

Staff members


 Barry Cense A/Prof. Barry Cense
Director
barry.cense@uwa.edu.au

Barry Cense studied Applied Physics at the Fontys Hogeschool Eindhoven (1995). He holds a PhD degree from Twente University, the Netherlands (2005). His research has brought him from the Netherlands (Philips Corporate Research), to the USA (Massachusetts General Hospital, Indiana University), Japan (Utsunomiya University), Australia (University of Western Australia) and South Korea (Yonsei University). His research interests are related to the human retina and skeletal muscle, in particular in the application of PS-OCT and speckle contrast imaging.  Barry joined OBEL in March of 2018, and he is currently in Seoul for a 3-year fellowship at Yonsei University.


Michael Jona Hackmann 
PhD student
michael.hackmann@research.uwa.edu.au
+61 8 6488 2317

Michael joined OBEL as a Research Associate in June 2018 and has since embarked on his PhD journey in 2020. He received his BSc and MSc degree in Physics from the University of Münster (Germany) in 2013 and 2016, and a MSc in Advanced Physics from the University of Seville (Spain) in 2016.

Michael is interested in applications of polarization-sensitive OCT to study airway tissue remodeling, particularly airway smooth muscle, in Asthma. Working with a team of clinicians, engineers and physiologists he is bringing this technique into Australian clinics.

In his spare time he enjoys surfing and teaching kids to surf, and reading books (a favourite: Cosmic Banditos by Allan Weisbecker).


Qiang Wang QiangWangPhDstudentObel
PhD student

Qiang.wang@student.uwa.edu.au

Qiang joined OBEL as a PhD student in April of 2019. He is interested in developing vasculature imaging methods based on optical coherence tomography and laser speckle imaging.
He is currently working on new Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography (OCTA) methods to provide high quality 3D in-vivo blood vessel images.
Previously, Qiang graduated from Huazhong University of Science and Technology with a Bachelor degree of engineering in Optoelectronic Information, and graduated from the University of Western Australia with a Master degree of engineering in Electrical and Electronic Engineering.