Samuel Achilefu

Samuel Achilefu is a Nigerian-born Professor of Radiography and Biomedical engineering.^[1] He currently serves as a Professor of Medicine at Washington University School of Medicine^[2] and a research member at Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Center.^[3]

Researches

In 2014, Samuel received the prestigious St. Louis Award for creating and developing a set of high-tech cancer-visualizing goggles with the aim of helping surgeons see cancer cells in real-time while operating on patients.^[4][5]

References

1. B. D. Berezin; Mikhail Y. Berezin (24 November 2014). Nanotechnology for Biomedical Imaging and Diagnostics: From Nanoparticle Design to Clinical Applications. John Wiley & Sons. pp. 516–. ISBN 978-1-118-12118-4.
2. "Meet Dr Samuel Achilefu, award-winning Nigerian scientist and inventor of 'cancer goggles'". Rising Africa. 25 June 2015. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
3. "Samuel Achilefu, PhD". Siteman Cancer Center. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
4. Odittah, Chuka (24 June 2015). "Nigerian scientist wins award for developing cancer-visualising glasses". The Guardian. Abuja. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
5. Munz, Michele (14 January 2015). "Nigerian-born Wash U scientist wins annual St. Louis Award for his cancer-seeing glasses". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Retrieved 4 January 2016.

Bibliography

• Samuel I. Achilefu (2007). Genetically Engineered and Optical Probes for Biomedical Applications. SPIE.
• Samuel Achilefu; Ramesh Raghavachari (1 January 2012). Reporters, Markers, Dyes, Nanoparticles, and Molecular Probes for Biomedical Applications IV: 23-25 January 2012, San Francisco, California, United States. SPIE. ISBN 978-0-8194-8876-3.
• SAMUEL.. ACHILEFU (1991). SYNTHESE ET EVALUATION DE MOLECULES TENSIOACTIVES NON IONIQUES ESSENTIELLEMENT FLUOREES MONODISPERSES.