Scholars

Maitland, Kristen

Associate Professor

Positions:

Director, Microscopy and Imaging Center
Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering

Research Areas:

Optics, Biomedical engineering, Microscopes, Microscopy

UN Sustainable Development Goals:

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kmaitland@tamu.edu

1 979 845 1864

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ORCID

0000-0003-0931-0622

UN Sustainable Development Goals:

Research Areas:

Optics, Biomedical engineering, Microscopes, Microscopy

overview

The focus of Dr. Maitland's research is on the development of light-based technologies for applications in medicine and biology. Technologies include novel light sources, optical fiber based imaging systems, handheld microscopes, multiscale optical microscopes, volumetric imaging systems, portable spectrometers, and point-of-care devices.

education and training

Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin - (Austin, Texas, United States) 2006
B.S. in Electrical Engineering, California Polytechnic State University - (San Luis Obispo, California, United States) 2002
M.S. in Electrical Engineering, California Polytechnic State University - (San Luis Obispo, California, United States) 2002

selected publications

Academic Articles42

Gibbs, H. C., Mota, S. M., Hart, N. A., Min, S. W., Vernino, A. O., Pritchard, A. L., ... Perez, L. M. (2021). Navigating the Light-Sheet Image Analysis Software Landscape: Concepts for Driving Cohesion From Data Acquisition to Analysis.. Front Cell Dev Biol. 9, 739079.
Rogers, R. E., Haskell, A., White, B. P., Dalal, S., Lopez, M., Tahan, D., ... Kaunas, R. (2021). A scalable system for generation of mesenchymal stem cells derived from induced pluripotent cells employing bioreactors and degradable microcarriers.. Stem Cells Transl Med. 10(12), 1650-1665.
Mota, S. M., Rogers, R. E., Haskell, A. W., McNeill, E. P., Kaunas, R., Gregory, C. A., Giger, M. L., & Maitland, K. C. (2021). Automated mesenchymal stem cell segmentation and machine learning-based phenotype classification using morphometric and textural analysis.. J Med Imaging (Bellingham). 8(1), 014503-014503.
Hinsdale, T. A., Malik, B. H., Cheng, S., Benavides, O. R., Giger, M. L., Wright, J. M., ... Maitland, K. C. (2021). Enhanced detection of oral dysplasia by structured illumination fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy.. Sci Rep. 11(1), 4984.
Duran-Sierra, E., Cheng, S., Cuenca-Martinez, R., Malik, B., Maitland, K. C., Lisa Cheng, Y. S., ... Jo, J. A. (2020). Clinical label-free biochemical and metabolic fluorescence lifetime endoscopic imaging of precancerous and cancerous oral lesions.. Oral Oncol. 105, 104635-104635.

Conference Papers45

Soliman, C., Paterson, S., McShane, M., Cot, G., & Maitland, K. (2021). Toward a multi-modal Raman and fluorescence spectroscopic platform at the point-of-care. Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging, Optics and Biophotonics in Low-Resource Settings VII. 11632, 116320m-116320m-6.
ter Hofstede, B., Glowczwski, A., Lovelady, A., & Maitland, K. C. (2021). Modeling and optimization of immersion medium for phototherapeutic light-emitting diode array for uniform light distribution. DESIGN AND QUALITY FOR BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES XIV, Design and Quality for Biomedical Technologies XIV. 11633, 116330c-116330c-5.
Mota, S. M., Rogers, R. E., Haskell, A. W., McNeill, E. P., Kaunas, R., Gregory, C. A., Giger, M. L., & Maitland, K. C. (2021). U-Net based image segmentation of mesenchymal stem cells. Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging, Imaging, Manipulation, and Analysis of Biomolecules, Cells, and Tissues XIX. 11647, 116470v-116470v-7.
Benavides, O. R., Gibbs, H. C., Gregory, C. A., & Maitland, K. C. (2021). Custom Imaging Chamber for Multimodal Volumetric Microscopy. Biophotonics Congress 2021, Biophotonics Congress 2021. dth2a.4.
Lin, P. T., Cot, G. L., Maitland, K., Jin, T., Zhou, J., Gordon, P., & Soliman, C. (2019). Optical waveguides for on-chip fluorescence measurements (Conference Presentation). Optical Diagnostics and Sensing XIX: Toward Point-of-Care Diagnostics, Optical Diagnostics and Sensing XIX: Toward Point-of-Care Diagnostics. 22.