Title: Quantitative nonlinear optical imaging based on dephasing of raman active vibrations

Biography: Feruz Ganikhanov is an Associate Professor with the Department of Physics, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island, USA. Dr. Ganikhanov has obtained his BS, MS and PhD degrees, all in physics, from M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University. He pursues research projects within broad areas of quantum electronics, nonlinear and ultrafast optics and spectroscopy, multiphoton imaging and tunable lasers. Dr. Ganikhanov has been a recipient of number of research awards from the US funding agencies such as NSF, DoD, NIH. He teaches number of undergraduate and graduate courses in physics at the University of Rhode Island and advises several PhD students.