Research Assistant Professor
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Case School of Engineering
Member
CWRU Center for Imaging Research
Brecken graduated Cornell University with a B.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering in 2015. She earned her PhD in 2021 working on OCT elastography.
Research Information
Research Interests
- Bio-photonics
- Medical optics
- Translational research
- Medical device development
- Point of care diagnostics
- Optical elastography
- Dynamic light scattering
- Corneal biomechanics and refractive surgery
- Optical coherence tomography (OCT)
- Optical spectroscopy
Awards and Honors
Best Poster
2024
International BioBrillouin Society Meeting
First Place
2023
Morgenthaler-Pavey Startup Competition
Translation Research Fellow
2021
Case Western Reserve University
Finalist
2019
Morgan Foundation's Pitch U: Elevator Pitch Competition
Founders Award Winner, Best Invited Paper Presentation
2019
Wavefront and Presbyopic Congress
First Place
2018
Galen Translational Health Competition
Travel Grant, Annual Meeting
2018
ARVO Knights Templar Eye Foundation
Associate Award, Best Free Paper Presentation
2017
Wavefront and Presbyopic Congress
Professional Memberships
SPIE, The International Society for Optics and Photonics
Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO)
External Appointments
Visiting Researcher, Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Co-founder, CSO, Lighthanded Enterprises
Co-founder, CSO, North Coast Photonics
Publications
Education
PhD
Biomedical Engineering
Case Western Reserve University
2021
BS
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Cornell University
2015