Rafal Fudala, PhD

Dr. Fudala received a Masters degree in Clinical Biochemistry (1999; major B-Cell Leukemia) from the University of Lodz, Poland and Ph.D. in Microbiology and Immunology at the same University (2004; Urinary Tract Infection). Dr. Fudala joined the laboratory at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler, which specialized in studying host reactions to various injuries, including acute lung injuries/acute respiratory distress syndrome (ALI/ARDS) for his first post-doctoral training appointment (2004-2010). For his second post-doctoral training appointment (2010-2012), Dr. Fudala joined the laboratory within the Department of Molecular Biology and Immunology at University of North Texas Health Science Center (UNTHSC) where he was engaged in developing new fluorescence, plasmonics, and nanotechnology techniques in biomedical applications. Currently Dr. Rafal Fudala holds the position of Assistant Professor in the Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Genetics in The Graduate School of Biomedical Science, University of North Texas Health Science Center. Over the last 10 years, Dr. Fudala has worked in the field of fluorescence and probe development. Dr. Fudala is using fluorescence-based methods such as laser confocal microscopy, fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET), fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy (FLIM), fluorescence correlation spectroscopy (FCS) and cellular imaging, as well as polarization-based techniques in his current, ongoing studies. Recently, his interests have expanded to include fluorescence-based methods in molecular and cellular imaging, as well as biochemical/biophysical applications of new nanophotonics processes in the biomedical and diagnostic fields’ especially to develop rHDL based delivery systems to cure several cancers.