Fadwa Joud EL Merabi, PhD

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Research Interests

​Dr. Joud’s role is to develop innovative non-conventional high resolution optical microscopy techniques mainly for sub-micrometric biological investigations

Selected Publications

  • ​Imaging velocities of a vibrating object by Stroboscopic Sideband Holography
    F. Verpillat, F. Joud, M. Atlan, M. Gross
    Optics Express, 20, 22860-22871, (2012)
  • Dark-field digital holographic microscopy for 3D-tracking of gold Nanoparticles
    F. Verpillat, F. Joud, P. Desbiolles, M. Gross
    Optics Express, 19, 26044-26055, (2011)
  • Coherent microscopy by laser optical feedback imaging (LOFI) technique
    O. Hugon, F. Joud, E. Lacot, O. Jacquin, H. Guillet de Chatellus
    Ultramicroscopy, 111, 1557-1563, (2011)
  • 3D exploration of light scattering from live cell in the presence of gold nanomarkers using holographic microscopy
    F. Joud, N. Warnasooriya, P. Bun, F. Verpillat, S. Y. Suck, G. Tessier, M. Atlan, P. Desbiolles, M. Coppey-Moisan, M. Abboud, M. Gross
    3D Research Journal, Springer, 2, 1-8, (2011)
  • Digital holography at shot noise level
    F. Verpillat, F. Joud, M. Atlan, M. Gross
    IEEE Journal of Display Technology, 6, 455-464, (2010)
  • Shot noise in digital holography
    F. Joud, F. Verpillat, M. Atlan, P. A. Taillard, M. Gross
    Information Optics & Photonics: Algorithms, Systems & Applications, T. Fournel & B. Javidi, ed., 163-174, Springer, (2010)
  • Imaging gold nanoparticles in living cell environments using heterodyne digital holographic microscopy
    F. Joud, N. Warnasooriya, P. Bun, G. Tessier, M. Atlan, P. Desbiolles, M. Coppey-Moisan, M. Abboud, M. Gross
    Optics Express, 18, 3264-3273, (2010)
  • Fringe free holographic measurements of large amplitude vibrations
    F. Joud, F. Verpillat, F. Laloë, M. Atlan, J. Hare, M. Gross
    Optics Letters, 34, 3698-3700, (2009)
  • Imaging a vibrating object by Sideband Digital Holography
    F. Joud, F. Laloë, M. Atlan, J. Hare, M. Gross
    Optics Express, 17, 2774-2779, (2009)

Education

  • ​Ph.D., Physics: Optics-Biophotonics-Nanophotonics, École Normale Supérieure & Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France, 2011
  • M.Sc., Physics: Condensed Matter and Radiation, Université Joseph Fourier, Grenoble, France, 2008
  • B.Sc., Physics, Université Saint-Joseph, Beirut, Lebanon, 2006

Professional Profile

  • ​2013 – Current: Post-Doctoral Researcher, Laboratory for Cellular Imaging and Energetics, KAUST, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
  • 2011 – 2012 : Adjunct Faculty, Université Saint-Joseph and Lebanese American University, Beirut, Lebanon

Awards

  • ​Best Project Award (3𝑟𝑑 place) : Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman Scattering Microscopy (CARS) for identifying axons and myelin sheath in slices of mouse spinal cord
  • Frontiers in Neurophotonics Summer School, Neurophotonics Centre, Québec City, Canada, 2014

KAUST Affiliations

​Biological and Environmental 
Science & Engineering Division (BESE)

Research Interests Keywords

Biophotonics Non-linear optics Digital holographic microscopy Multimodal microscopy Quantum optics