Netherlands
Wim Verkruysse, PhD, senior scientist, Philips Medical Systems, Eindhoven.
In Amsterdam I did a masters in experimental physics and received a PhD in medical physics. In my dissertation I focused on optimizing dermatological laser therapies. Diagnostic and therapeutic techniques were explored and further improved using experimental and modeling techniques (e.g. Monte Carlo) to estimate light transport in skin tissue.
In the United States, where I met my wife and started a family, I worked as a post-doc and research scientist at UC Irvine (Beckman Laser Institute), and UNC-Chapel Hill (department of environmental sciences and public health). Topics included remote detection of Ammonia over hog lagoons, skin pigmentation measurement methods, and early experiments with contactless PPG: measuring micro-blushes with a camera.
Fifteen years ago I moved with my family back to the Netherlands where I have further explored contactless pulse-oximetery. More recently I have also been involved in addressing racial bias in conventional contact pulse oximetry, at Philips Research, Eindhoven but also in various committees such as ISO and OpenOximetry.