<HTML> <HEAD><TITLE>Nicholas P. Barry, Ph.D.</TITLE></HEAD> <BODY> <body bgcolor=#f5ccb0> <img src="images/barry.jpg" align=left alt="Name" width="100" height="133"> <H3><CENTER><I>Curriculum vitae</I></CENTER></H3> <H2><CENTER>Nicholas P. Barry, Ph.D.</CENTER></h2> <h4 style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">Assistant Professor<br> Division of Renal Disease and Hypertension</h4> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><b>University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center</b></p> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><b>School of Medicine, Room 4520</b></p> <h4 style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">Campus Box C281. Tel (303) 315-0455. Fax (303)315-4852.<BR></h4> <ADDRESS style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> Email <A HREF=MAILTO:nicholas.barary@UCHSC.edu>nicholas.barry@UCHSC.edu</A>. </ADDRESS> <a href="../index.htm#people2">Back</a><HR> <B>Education</B> <LI>1981-1984 BSc: Queen Elizabeth College University of London; Physics <LI>1988-1989 MSc: University of Reading; Applied Optics <LI>1990-1993 PhD: Imperial College, University of London; Non Linear Optics<HR> <B>Professional experience</B> <LI>1984-1988 Engineer: E.E.V. Chelmsford Essex.<BR> Design of test equipment for image intensifiers, various vacuum imaging tubes, CCD cameras and LCD displays. <LI>1993-1997 Research Assistant: Femtosecond Optics Group, Imperial College, London.<BR> Experience in nonlinear optical materials, ultrafast laser technology, development of diode pumped and all solid state laser systems. Application of these technologies to biomedical imaging including fluorescence and imaging in scattering media. <LI>1997-2000 Research Assistant: Laboratory for Fluorescence Dynamics,University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign <LI>2000-2002 Research Physicist: Laboratory for Fluorescence Dynamics,University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign<BR> Assisting users and managing infrastructure in an NIH funded facility. Providing expertise in novel fluorescence techniques and imaging systems to the bio-sciences community. Development of a two-photon excitation, scanning microscope with multifunctional detection capabilities such as measurement of emission spectra, fluorescence lifetime, two-photon excitation cross-section and fluctuation correlation spectroscopy. Development of novel laser and spectroscopic techniques for applications in the field of biomedical optics. <LI>2002-to date: Assistant Professor, Renal Division University of Colorado Health Sciences Center<BR> Application of advanced fluorescence techniques to the understanding of renal disease.<HR> <B>Publications</B> <LI>M. J. Behne, J. W. Meyer, K. M. Hanson, N. P. Barry, S. Murata, D. Crumrine, R. M. Clegg, E. Gratton, W. M. Holleran, P. M. Elias and T. M. Mauro.  NHE1 regulates the stratum corneum permeability barrier homeostasis. Microenvironment acidification assessed with fluorescence lifetime imaging. <I>J. Biol. Chem.</I> 277(49), 47399, 2002. <LI>K.M. Hanson, N.P. Barry, M.J. Behne, T.M. Mauro, E. Gratton and R.M. Clegg.  Two-Photon Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging of the Skin Stratum Corneum pH Gradient <I>Biophys. J.</I> 83(3), 1682, 2002. <LI>E. Gratton, N.P. Barry, S. Beretta and A. Celli.  Multiphoton fluorescence microscopy <I>Methods (Duluth)</I> 25(1), 103, 2001. <LI>E. Rogozhina, G. Belomoin, A. Smith, L. Abuhassan, N. Barry, O. Akcakir, P.V. Braun and M.H. Nayfeh.  Si-N linkage in ultrabright, ultrasmall Si nanoparticles <I>Appl. Phys. Lett.</I> 78(23), 3711, 2001. <LI>M.H. Nayfeh, N. Barry, J. Therrien, O. Akcakir, E. Gratton and G. Belomoin.  Stimulated blue emission in reconstituted films of ultrasmall silicon nanoparticles <I>Appl. Phys. Lett.</I> 78(8), 1131, 2001. <LI>M.H. Nayfeh, O. Akcakir, G. Belomoin, N. Barry, J. Therrien and E. Gratton.  Second harmonic generation in microcrystallite films of ultrasmall Si nanoparticles <I>Appl. Phys. Lett.</I> 77(25), 4086, 2000. <LI>O. Akcakir, J. Therrien, G. Belomoin, N. Barry, J.D. Muller, E. Gratton and M.H. Nayfeh.  Detection of luminescent single ultrasmall silicon nanoparticles using fluctuation correlation spectroscopy <I>Appl. Phys. Lett.</I> 76(14), 1857, 2000. <LI>M. Nayfeh, O. Akcakir, J. Therrien, Z. Yamani, N. Barry, W. Yu and E. Gratton.  Highly nonlinear photoluminescence threshold in porous silicon <I>Appl. Phys. Lett.</I> 75(26), 4112, 1999. <LI>R. Jones, N.P. Barry, S.C.W. Hyde, M. Tziraki, J.C. Dainty, P.M.W. French, D.D. Nolte, K.M. Kwolek and M.R. Melloch  Real-time 3-D holographic imaging using photorefractive media including multiple-quantum-well devices <I>IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics</I> 4(2), 360, 1998. <LI>N.P. Barry, S.C.W. Hyde, R. Jones, R. Mellish, Y.P. Tong, P.M.W. French and J.R. Taylor  Generation of ultrashort pulses from solid state lasers <I>IEICE Trans. Electron.</I> E81-C(2), 103, 1998. <LI>R. Jones, N.P. Barry, S.C.W. Hyde, P.M.W. French, K.W. Kwolek, D.D. Nolte and M.R. Melloch  Direct-to-video holographic read-out in quantum wells for 3-D imaging through turbid media <I>Opt. Lett.</I> 23(2), 103,1998. <LI>N.P. Barry, R. Jones, S.C.W. Hyde, J.C. Dainty and P.M.W. French  High background holographic imaging using photorefractive barium titanate <I>Electronics Letters</I> 33(20), 1732, 1997. <LI>R. Mellish, S.C.W. Hyde, N.P. Barry, R. Jones, P.M.W. French, J.R. Taylor, C.J. Van der Poel and A. Valster.  All-solid state diode pumped Cr:LiSAF femtosecond oscillator and regenerative amplifier <LI>Appl. Phys. B.</I> 65(2), 221, 1997. <LI>S.C.W. Hyde, N.P. Barry, R. Jones, J.C. Dainty, P.M.W. French, K.M. Kwolek, D.D. Nolte and M.R. Melloch. "Depth-resolved holography through turbid media using photorefraction" <I>IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics</I> 2(4), 965, 1996. <LI>R. Jones, S.C.W. Hyde, M.J. Lynn, N.P. Barry, J.C. Dainty, P.M.W. French, K.M. Kwolek, D.D. Nolte and M.R. Melloch. "Holographic storage and high background imaging using photorefractive multiple quantum wells" <LI>Appl. Phys. Lett.</I> 69(13), 1837, 1996. <LI>J. Solis, C.N. Afonso, S.C.W. Hyde, N.P. Barry and P.M.W. French. "Existence of electronic excitation enhanced crystallisation in GeSb amorphous thin films upon ultrashort laser pulse irradiation" <I>Phys. Rev. Lett.</I> 76(14), 2519, 1996. <LI>J. Solis, J. Siegel, C.N. Afonso, N.P. Barry, R. Mellish and P.M.W. French. "Experimental study of a self-starting Kerr-Lens mode-locked titanium-doped sapphire laser" <I>Optics Comms.</I> 123(4-6), 547, 1996. <LI>S.C.W. Hyde, N.P. Barry, R. Jones, J.C. Dainty and P.M.W. French. "High resolution depth resolved imaging through scattering media using time resolved holography" <I>Optics Comms.</I> 122(4-6), 111, 1996. <LI>R. Mellish, N.P. Barry, S.C.W. Hyde, R. Jones, P.M.W. French, J.R. Taylor, C.J. Vanderpoel and A. Valster. "Diode-pumped Cr:LiSAF all-solid-state femtosecond oscillator and regenerative amplifier" <I>Opt. Lett.</I> 20(22), 2312, 1995. <LI>S.C.W. Hyde, N.P. Barry, R. Jones, J.C. Dainty and P.M.W. French. "Sub-100-mðm depth-resolved holographic imaging through scattering media in the near infrared" <I>Opt. Lett.</I> 20(22), 2330, 1995. <LI>S.C.W. Hyde, N.P. Barry, R. Jones, J.C. Dainty, P.M.W. French, M.B. Klein and B.A. Wechsler "Depth-resolved holographic imaging through scattering media by photorefraction" <I>Opt. Lett.</I> 20(11), 1331, 1995. <LI>N.C. Bruce, F.E.W. Schmidt, J.C. Dainty, N.P. Barry, S.C.W. Hyde and P. M. W. French. "Investigation of the temporal spread of an ultrashort light pulse on transmission through a highly scattering medium" <I>Appl. Optics</I> 34(25), 5823, 1995. <LI>S.C.W. Hyde, N.P. Barry, R. Mellish, P.M.W. French and J.R. Taylor. "Argon-ion-pumped and diode-pumped all-solid-state femtosecond Cr:LiSrAlF6 regenerative amplifiers" <I>Opt. Lett.</I> 20(2), 160, 1995. <LI>M.J. Damzen, N.P. Barry and M. Buttinger.  High-intensity effects in self-pumped photorefractive phase conjugation using nanosecond pulses <I>J. Mod. Opt.</I> 42(10), 2051, 1995. <LI>N.P. Barry, S.C.W. Hyde, R. Mellish, P.M.W. French, J.R. Taylor, C.J. Vanderpoel and A. Valster. "All-solid-state femtosecond diode-pumped Cr:LiSAF regenerative amplifier" <I>Electronics Letters</I> 30(21), 1761, 1994. <LI>N.P. Barry, L. Duffault, R. Troth, R. Ramos-Garcia and M.J. Damzen.  Comparison between continuous-wave and pulsed photorefraction in barium titanate <I>J. Opt. Soc. Am. B </I> 11(9), 1758, 1994. <LI>M.J. Damzen and N. Barry.  Intensity-dependent hole-electron competition and photocarrier saturation in BaTiO3 when using intense laser pulses <I>J. Opt. Soc. Am. B</I> 10(4), 600, 1993. <LI>N. Barry and M.J. Damzen  Two-beam coupling and response-time measurements in barium titanate using high-intensity laser pulses <I>J. Opt. Soc. Am. B</I> 9(8), 1488, 1992.<br> <HR> <a href="../index.htm#people2">Back</a><HR> <BR> </BODY> </HTML>