Josh Hamilton

Josh is a PhD student in the CompuMaine and Tilbury labs studying Biomedical Engineering. Josh grew up in the town of Alton, Maine and derives his passion for learning from personal experience with local economic disparities and the loss of loved ones from cancer.  His research currently focuses on the application of wavelet transforms to images of pancreatic and breast cancers, deriving information about the anisotropy of collagen in the tumor microenvironment. These images were collected using a two photon microscopy method known as Second Harmonic Generation on H&E stained slides provided by the Maine Medical Center Research Institute.  His goal is to improve humanities understanding of the tumor microenvironment through quantitative tools with the hopes of helping the development of, or improving, current cancer therapies.  The majority of Josh’s work is coded in R, FIJI, and a TCL program called XSmurf.  In his free time, Josh enjoys playing drum kit with his music major friends and competing in esports such as Super Smash Brother’s Melee where he is ranked #1 in Maine.

 

LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/josh-david-hamilton/