Luke J. Mortensen, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

I-STEM 1, Room 2040G
302 E Campus Rd
Athens, Georgia 30602
United States

Designing next-gen cellular therapeutics

Dr. Mortensen holds a joint appointment with the UGA College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, department of animal and dairy science. As a researcher at UGA’s Regenerative Bioscience Center, he’s working to unlock the body’s potential to heal itself.

Education

Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering, University of Rochester, 2011
M.S., Biomedical Engineering, University of Rochester, 2006
B.S., Bioengineering, University of Toledo, 2003

Professional Appointments

Associate Professor, University of Georgia, 2024 – Present
Assistant Professor, University of Georgia, 2014 – 2024

Other Professional Experience

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, The Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, 2011 – 2014
Graduate Student, University of Rochester, 2005 – 2011
Engineer, Matrix Technologies, Inc., 2004 – 2005
Engineering Co-op, Pfizer Pharmaceuticals, 2003 – 2003
Engineering Co-op, Wayne State University School of Medicine, 2002 – 2002
Engineering Co-op, University of Toledo, 2001 – 2001

Areas of Expertise

Intravital imaging
Multi photon microscopy
Confocal microscopy
Laser ablation
Cell therapy
Regenerative medicine

Publications

Google Scholar Page

Patents

Label-free third harmonic generation imaging of neural activity
September 20, 2019
Fiber optic based Spherical dome illumination device for high-resolution large field-of-view microscopy
May 9, 2019