{{short description|Greek physicist (b. 1952)}} {{Infobox scientist | name = Andreas Mandelis | image = File:Andreas Mandelis.JPG | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1952|6|22}} | birth_place = Corfu, Greece | death_date = | death_place = | field = Photonics, physics, biophotonics | work_institution = University of Toronto | education = Yale University (B.S.) <br /> Princeton University (Ph.D.) | doctoral_advisor = | doctoral_students = | known_for = Photothermal spectroscopy, Photoacoustic spectroscopy | prizes = Alexander von Humboldt Research Award, Yeram S. Touloukian Award, Killam Prize }} '''Andreas Mandelis''', FRSC,<ref name="ASME Fellow"/> FAAAS,<ref name="ASME Fellow"/> DF-IETI,<ref name="ASME Fellow"/> FCAE,<ref name="ASME Fellow"/> FAPS,<ref name="ASME Fellow">{{cite web |title=Andreas Mandelis, Ph.D. |url=https://event.asme.org/IMECE-2021/Program/Andreas-Mandelis |website=ASME |access-date=25 August 2025}}</ref> FSPIE,<ref name="SPIE Fellow">{{cite web |title=Prof. Andreas Mandelis |url=https://spie.org/profile/Andreas.Mandelis-5976 |website=SPIE |access-date=25 August 2025}}</ref> FASME,<ref name="ASME"/><ref name="CADIPT Fellow">{{cite web|title=Professor Andreas Mandelis, PhD, F.R.S.C., F.A.P.S., F.S.P.I.E., F.A.A.A.S., F.A.S.M.E. |url=https://cadipt.mie.utoronto.ca/personnel/mandelis-andreas/ |website=Center for Advanced Diffusion-Wave and Photoacoustic Technologies – CADIPT |publisher=CADIPT |access-date=25 August 2025}}</ref> ({{langx|el|Ανδρέας Μανδέλης}}; born 22 June 1952)<ref name="CADIFT">{{cite web |title=Andreas Mandelis' CV |url=http://cadift.mie.utoronto.ca/Mandelis-CV.pdf |publisher=CADIPT}}</ref> is a Greek-Canadian physicist who is a professor and researcher in the department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at the University of Toronto. He is the director of the Center for Advanced Diffusion-Wave and Photoacoustic Technologies (CADIPT).<ref name="CADIPT">{{cite web|title=Center for Advanced Diffusion-Wave and Photoacoustic Technologies (CADIPT)|url=https://cadipt.mie.utoronto.ca/|publisher=CADIPT}}</ref> and of the Institute for Advanced Non-Destructive and Non-Invasive Diagnostic Technologies (IANDIT) at the University of Toronto.<ref name="IANDIT">{{cite web|title=Institute for Advanced Non-Destructive and Non-Invasive Diagnostic Technologies (IANDIT)|url=https://iandit.mie.utoronto.ca/|publisher=IANDIT}}</ref>
He is an expert in thermophotonics<ref name="shinygreece">{{cite web|title=shinygreece|date=26 July 2017 |url=https://www.shinygreece.com/post/andreas-mandelis-scientist/|publisher=shinygreece}}</ref> and is considered a pioneer in the fields of diffusion wave, photothermal, and photoacoustic sciences and related technologies.<ref name=CAP1>{{cite journal|journal=Physics in Canada|title=CAP-INO Medal for Outstanding Achievement in Applied Photonics|date=July–September 2012|volume=68|issue=3|pages=162–168|url=http://www.cap.ca/sites/cap.ca/files/article/2379/july2012-2012-medallists.pdf}}</ref><ref name="Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering">{{cite news|title=Thirteen U of T Engineers Inducted into the Canadian Academy of Engineering |url=http://www.engineering.utoronto.ca/About/Engineering_in_the_News/Thirteen_U_of_T_Engineers_Inducted_into_the_Canadian_Academy_of_Engineering.htm?PageMode=Print |newspaper=Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering University of Toronto |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140421101511/http://www.engineering.utoronto.ca/About/Engineering_in_the_News/Thirteen_U_of_T_Engineers_Inducted_into_the_Canadian_Academy_of_Engineering.htm?PageMode=Print |archive-date=2014-04-21 }}</ref> His research interests encompass studies of physical energy conversion processes in condensed and biological matter as they impact instrumentation science and signal generation technologies with applications spanning the development of a wide spectrum of novel instrumentation, measurement and imaging techniques using optical-to-thermal, thermoelastic, electronic, ultrasonic and/or photonic energy conversion high-dynamic-range and high-sensitivity analytical methodologies, leading to advanced non-destructive/non-invasive diagnostic, inspection and monitoring technologies<ref name="CADIFT"/><ref name="CADIPT"/><ref name="IANDIT"/> with major focus on advanced dynamic imaging instrumentation for industrial and biomedical applications.<ref name="CADIPT"/> He is the inventor of a photothermal imaging radar which can detect tooth decay at an early stage, can detect the onset of cancerous lesions in soft tissues, cracks in teeth and monitor dental structural integrity over time.<ref name="Toronto Star"/><ref name="UofT Magazine">{{cite news|title=Fighting Tooth Decay|url=http://www.magazine.utoronto.ca/leading-edge/andrea-mandeli-photo-thermal-imaging-radar-detecting-tooth-decay-quantum-dental-technology/|newspaper=UofT Magazine|author=Dan Falk}}</ref> His research team also pioneered and patented 22 analytical instrumentation and measurement methodologies and metrologies.<ref name="CADIFT"/>
==Early life and education== Mandelis was born in Corfu, Greece. He received his B.S. in physics (Magna cum Laude) from Yale University in 1974. He then pursued graduate studies at Princeton University, where he received a Ph.D. in Applied Physics and Materials Science in 1980 after completing a doctoral dissertation titled "Theory of the frequency and time domain photoacoustic spectroscopy of condensed phases."<ref>{{Cite book|last=Mandelis|first=Andreas|url=https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/1547694|title=Theory of the frequency and time domain photoacoustic spectroscopy of condensed phases|date=1980|language=English}}</ref><ref name=SPIE/><ref name="APS">{{cite web |title=Andreas Mandelis University of Toronto |url=http://www.aps.org/programs/honors/prizes/prizerecipient.cfm?last_nm=Mandelis&first_nm=Andreas&year=2012 |publisher=American Physical Society}}</ref>
==Career== After graduating from Princeton, Mandelis worked as a researcher at Bell-Northern Research Labs in Ottawa from 1980 to 1981.<ref name=SPIE/> He has authored and co-authored over 475 papers which have appeared in world-class peer-reviewed journals and more than 190 papers in scientific and technical proceedings.<ref name=SPIE/> He has several inventions, 43 patents and patents pending in the areas of photothermal tomographic imaging, signal processing and measurement, hydrogen sensors, dental and soft and hard tissue laser diagnostics (biothermophotonics), several semiconductor optoelectronic non-destructive diagnostic technologies and laser biophotoacoustic and biothermophotonic imaging.
He has been editor-in-chief of the book series "[https://spie.org/Publications/Book/358120#_=_ Progress in Photothermal and Photoacoustic Science and Technology] " which was published by the Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE). He is the director of the Center for Advanced Diffusion-Wave and Photoacoustic Technologies (CADIPT) at the University of Toronto,<ref name="CADIPT" /> formerly known as Centre for Advanced Diffusion-Wave Technologies (CADIFT).<ref name="Toronto Star">{{cite news|title=A Quantum leap for treating tooth decay|url=https://www.thestar.com/business/2007/07/02/a_quantum_leap_for_treating_tooth_decay.html|newspaper=The Toronto Star|date=Jul 2, 2007|author=Tyler Hamilton}}</ref><ref name="SPIE">{{cite web|title=Prof. Andreas Mandelis|url=http://spie.org/profile/Andreas.Mandelis-5976|publisher=Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE)}}</ref> He is also the director of the Institute for Advanced Non-Destructive and Non-Invasive Diagnostic Technologies (IANDIT) in the Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering at the University of Toronto.<ref name="IANDIT" /> He has appeared as the guest editor in special publications in the area of photoacoustic, photothermal and diffusion-wave phenomena.<ref name="SPIE" />
He has been editor-in-chief of the Springer International Journal of Thermophysics.<ref name="SpringerEB1">{{cite web|title=Editorial Board|url=https://www.springer.com/materials/journal/10765?detailsPage=editorialBoard|publisher=SpringerEB1}}</ref> (2014–19) (Currently Editor-in-Chief Emeritus,<ref name="SpringerEB2">{{cite web|title=Springer Editors|url= https://link.springer.com/journal/10765/editors/|publisher= SpringerEB2 }}</ref>), Topical Editor of the OSA Journal Optics Letters (2012-18), and on the editorial board of the International Journal of Thermophysics<ref name="SpringerEB1"/> and the SPIE Journal of Biomedical Optics (2010-23). He is Contributing Editor of the AIP flagship magazine Physics Today. He is also an associate editor for the American Institute of Physics (AIP) journals Review of Scientific Instruments and the Journal of Applied Physics,<ref name="AIP">{{cite web|title= API|url= https://pubs.aip.org/aip/jap/pages/editorial_board/|publisher= AIP}}</ref> on the scientific advisory board of the online <ins>j</ins>ournal Diffusion Fundamentals<ref>{{Cite web |title=diffusion-fundamentals.org {{!}} conference page |url=https://diffusion-fundamentals.org/journal/board.html |access-date=2024-05-29 |website=diffusion-fundamentals.org}}</ref> and on the Scientific Advisory Board of Quantitative InfraRed Thermography (QIRT) Journal (Lavoisier Press, France).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mandelis |first=Andreas |title=Quantitative InfraRed Thermography Journal |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?show=editorialBoard&journalCode=tqrt20 |access-date=29 May 2024 |website=tandfonline.com}}</ref> He has also been a member in the editorial and advisory boards of the SPIE Journal of Biomedical Optics in the areas of photothermal imaging, dental optics, and photoacoustic tomography,<ref name="APS" /> Applied Physics Letters, NDT&E International, and Analytical Sciences (J. Chem. Soc. Japan).<ref name="CADIFT" /> He is contributing editor for ''Physics Today'' of the American Institute of Physics.
Mandelis is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS), a Fellow of the SPIE,<ref name="SPIE" /> a Fellow of the ASME,<ref name=ASME>{{cite web|title=ASME Fellows List|url=https://www.asme.org/wwwasmeorg/media/ResourceFiles/AboutASME/Honors%20Awards/Fellows/Fellows-All-2013.pdf|publisher=ASME}}</ref> Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering,<ref name="Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering">{{cite news|title=Thirteen U of T Engineers Inducted into the Canadian Academy of Engineering |url=http://www.engineering.utoronto.ca/About/Engineering_in_the_News/Thirteen_U_of_T_Engineers_Inducted_into_the_Canadian_Academy_of_Engineering.htm?PageMode=Print |newspaper=Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering University of Toronto |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140421101511/http://www.engineering.utoronto.ca/About/Engineering_in_the_News/Thirteen_U_of_T_Engineers_Inducted_into_the_Canadian_Academy_of_Engineering.htm?PageMode=Print |archive-date=2014-04-21 }}</ref> and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.<ref name=FAS>{{cite news|title=Three U of T Engineers Elected Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science |url=http://www.engineering.utoronto.ca/About/Engineering_in_the_News/Three_U_of_T_Engineers_Elected_Fellows_of_the_American_Association_for_the_Advancement_of_Science.htm |newspaper=Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140421101459/http://www.engineering.utoronto.ca/About/Engineering_in_the_News/Three_U_of_T_Engineers_Elected_Fellows_of_the_American_Association_for_the_Advancement_of_Science.htm |archive-date=2014-04-21 }}</ref> and a Distinguished Fellow of the International Engineering and Technology Institute (IETI).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mandelis |first=Andreas |title=Distinguished Fellow of the International Engineering and Technology Institute (IETI). |url=https://www.ieti.net/pro/memberdetail.aspx?ID=458 |access-date=29 May 2024 |website=ieti.net}}</ref>
He is an expert in applied photonics, imaging, optoelectronics, materials science and biophotonics. He is considered a pioneer in the fields of diffusion-wave, photothermal and photoacoustic sciences and related technologies and his research is recognized as having helped define and develop these areas.<ref name=CAP1/><ref name=APS/><ref name=CAP2>{{cite web|title=The 2009 CAP Medal for Outstanding Achievement in Industrial and Applied Physics is awarded to Dr. Andreas Mandelis|url=http://www.cap.ca/medal/publicity/press.php?year=2009&medal_id=2|publisher=Canadian Association of Physicists|access-date=2014-04-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140421050722/http://www.cap.ca/medal/publicity/press.php?year=2009&medal_id=2|archive-date=2014-04-21}}</ref> He also pioneered the Thermal-Wave Resonant Cavity, which has applications in the fields of molecular thermophysics, kinetic theory and the infrared emissivity of fluids.<ref name=Newsletter>{{cite news|title=Professor Andreas Mandelis Receives Medal from the Canadian Association of Physicists|url=http://www.enews.engineering.utoronto.ca/april22/news1.html|newspaper=The UofT Engineering Newsletter}}</ref> Mandelis has created the field of dental photonic engineering and the optoelectronic technique of photocarrier radiometry.<ref name="Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering"/> Mandelis and his research group achieved three-dimensional thermophonic super resolution imaging by spatiotemporal diffusion reversal methods, a breakthrough in photothermal (thermophotonic) imaging<ref name=" Science Advances">{{cite journal|last1= Thapa|first1= D.|last2= Tavakolian|first2= P.|last3= Zhou|first3= G.|last4= Zhang|first4= A.|last5= Abdelgawad|first5= A.|last6= Shokouhi|first6= E. B.|last7= Sivagurunathan|first7= K.|last8= Mandelis|first8= A.|title= Science Advances 9 (51), eadi1899 (9 pages) (2023) |date= 2023|volume= 9|issue= 51|article-number= eadi1899|journal= Science Advances |doi= 10.1126/sciadv.adi1899|pmid= 38134277|pmc= 10745684}}</ref> which has historically been severely limited in resolution by the physics of diffusive blurring.
Andreas Mandelis is a full professor at the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at the University of Toronto which he joined in 1981.<ref name=APS/> He is also a professor at the Electrical and Computer Engineering department and the Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering at the same university.<ref name="APS" /> His current research interests include building theoretical and experimental foundations of thermophysical, biothermophotonic and biophotoacoustic transport phenomena, high-performance diagnostic imaging techniques and advanced signal generation and processing methods ("waveform engineering") for semiconductors, photovoltaic solar cells, hard (dental, bone) and soft tissues, novel photothermal biosensors, and defect inspection in industrial materials.<ref name="CADIFT"/><ref name=APS/> Examples of applications are in the fields of alternative clean energy conversion devices (e.g. solar cells, nano-optoelectronics devices), industrial manufactured products (steels, metal composites, nano-coatings), thermophysical inverse problems in solids and industrial materials, and biomedical and dental disease diagnostics, with major focus on advanced dynamic imaging instrumentation.<ref name="CADIFT"/>
== Quantum Dental Technologies == Mandelis is co-founder and chief technology officer of Quantum Dental Technologies (QDT)<ref name="The Canary System">{{cite web|title= The Canary System, Quantum Dental Technologies |date= January 2007|url= https://ca.linkedin.com/company/quantum-dental-technologies/|publisher=The Canary System }}</ref><ref name="QDT">{{cite web|title=Quantum Dental Technologies |url= http://www.thecanarysystem.com/home.php/|publisher=QDT }}</ref> The QDT device, named the "Canary System", uses laser pulses to detect tooth decay and is used as a non-invasive alternative to traditional methods including x-rays.<ref name="Toronto Star"/><ref name=" QDT "/> The machine detects tooth demineralization at an early stage so that the damage can be repaired using remineralization components and avoiding the use of drills.<ref name="UofT Magazine" /><ref name="The Canary System" />
== Diffusion-Wave Diagnostic Technologies == Mandelis is also the founder of Diffusion-Wave Diagnostic Technologies (DWDT).<ref name="diffusewavetech">{{cite web |title=Diffusion-Wave Diagnostic Technologies |url=https://diffusewavetech.com/ |publisher=diffusewavetech}}</ref> Current focus of DWDT<ref name="diffusewavetech" /> is in design and assembly of solar cell and optoelectronic material/device imaging modalities developed at the Center for Advanced Diffusion-Wave and Photoacoustic Technologies, University of Toronto: lock-In carrierography (LIC) non-destructive imagers; thermophotonic (photothermal coherence tomography) dynamic thermal-wave radar based and lock-in thermography non-destructive imagers; biomedical photoacoustic endoscopy and hard tissue imagers; non-invasive blood glucose and cannabis biosensors; signal processing development for software lock-in systems.
==Memberships and awards== *Academician: Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, Academy of Science (2006)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Member Directory |url=https://rsc-src.ca/en/find-rsc-member/results |access-date=2024-05-27 |website=The Royal Society of Canada |language=en}}</ref> *Academician: Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering (2014).<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Canadian Academy of Engineering / L'Académie canadienne du génie |url=https://www.cae-acg.ca/?s=Mandelis |access-date=2024-05-27 |language=en-US}}</ref> *Fellow, American Physical Society (1993).<ref>{{Citation |title=APS Fellows Archive|date=2025-04-04 |work=American Physical Society Fellowship recipients|url=https://www.aps.org/funding-recognition/aps-fellowship?award_fellowship%5Bpage%5D=136 |access-date=2025-04-04 |language=en}}</ref>
* 2004 New Pioneers Award in Science and Technology, Skills for Change, City of Toronto.<ref name="APS" /> *Alexander von Humboldt Research Award, Humboldt Foundation, Germany.<ref name="CADIFT" /> *Member of K7 (ASME) International Committee on Thermophysics.<ref name="CADIFT" /> *Fellow, International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE) (2003)<ref name="SPIE" /> *Premier's Inaugural Discovery Award in Science and Engineering, Ministry of Research and Innovation, Ontario (2007).<ref>{{Cite web |title=University of Toronto |url=https://discover.research.utoronto.ca/4740-andreas-mandelis |access-date=2024-05-27 |website=discover.research.utoronto.ca}}</ref> *Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) in Diffusion-Wave Sciences and Technologies (2008-2015-2022).<ref name="CRC">{{cite web |date=2012-11-29 |title=Andreas Mandelis |url=http://www.chairs-chaires.gc.ca/chairholders-titulaires/profile-eng.aspx?profileId=2540 |website=Canada Research Chairs |publisher=Government of Canada}}</ref> *2009 Yeram S. Touloukian Award in Thermophysics, ASME.<ref name="Electrical">{{cite web |title=A Mandelis Cross-Appointed Professor |url=http://www.ece.utoronto.ca/people/mandelis-a/ |publisher=Electrical & Computer Engineering University of Toronto}}</ref> *2009 Senior Prize of the International Photoacoustic and Photothermal Association.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Complete List of Prize Winners {{!}} Center for Advanced Diffusion-Wave and Photoacoustic Technologies - CADIPTCenter for Advanced Diffusion-Wave and Photoacoustic Technologies – CADIPT |url=https://cadipt.mie.utoronto.ca/ippa/complete-list-of-prize-winners/ |access-date=2024-05-27 |language=en-US}}</ref> *2009 Canadian Association of Physicists (CAP) Medal for Outstanding Achievement in Industrial and Applied Physics.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Canadian Association of Physicists CAP Medal for Outstanding Achievement in Industrial and Applied Physics – Previous Winners |url=https://cap.ca/programs/recognitions/post-graduate-physicists/industrial-applied-achievement/previous-iap-winners/ |access-date=2024-05-27 |language=en-US}}</ref> *2010 Chair of the Board and President of the International Photoacoustic and Photothermal Association.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Roberts |first=Andrea Suozzo, Alec Glassford, Ash Ngu, Brandon |date=2013-05-09 |title=International Photoacoustic And Photothermal Association - Nonprofit Explorer |url=https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/50518533 |access-date=2024-06-17 |website=ProPublica |language=en}}</ref> *Canada Council for the Arts Killam Research Fellowship.<ref name="Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering" /> *2012 Joseph F. Keithley Award For Advances in Measurement Science. Citation: "For seminal contributions to the development of new experimental techniques based on photothermal science, and the application of these techniques to a variety of real-world problems."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Joseph F. Keithley Award For Advances in Measurement Science |url=https://www.aps.org/funding-recognition/award/joseph-keithley |access-date=2024-05-27 |website=www.aps.org |language=en}}</ref> *2012 Canadian Association of Physicists (CAP)-INO Medal for Outstanding Achievement in Applied Photonics.<ref>{{Cite web |title=CAP Medal Press Release - 2012 INO |url=https://services.cap.ca/medal/publicity/press.php?year=2012&medal_id=7&num=1 |access-date=2024-05-27 |website=services.cap.ca}}</ref> *Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (2012).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mandelis |first=Andreas |title=AAAS Members Elected as Fellows |url=https://www.aaas.org/news/aaas-members-elected-fellows-1 |access-date=27 May 2024 |website=aaas.org}}</ref> *2013 University of Toronto Inventor of the Year Award.<ref name="University of Toronto">{{cite news |date=May 16, 2013 |title=Ten scientists honoured as U of T's Inventors of the Year |url=http://www.research.utoronto.ca/ten-scientists-honoured-as-u-of-ts-inventors-of-the-year/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140421100137/http://www.research.utoronto.ca/ten-scientists-honoured-as-u-of-ts-inventors-of-the-year/ |archive-date=April 21, 2014 |newspaper=University of Toronto}}</ref> *Fellow, American Society for Mechanical Engineering (2013).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mandelis |first=Andreas |title=AAAS Members Elected as Fellows |url=https://www.asme.org/getmedia/8b85a79d-05aa-412f-848d-30314a772431/fellows-all-updated-december-2023.pdf |access-date=27 May 2024 |website=asme.org}}</ref> *2014 Killam Prize<ref name="TheStar">{{cite news |author=Antonia Zerbisias |date=April 9, 2014 |title=Toronto Killam Prize winners trap the light elastic Two University of Toronto researchers — physicist Sajeev John and engineer Andreas Mandelis — have each won a $100,000 2014 Killam Prize |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2014/04/09/toronto_killam_prize_winners_trap_the_light_elastic.html |newspaper=The Toronto Star}}</ref> *Recipient of the Inaugural Canadian NDT Research Award (2017).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mandelis |first=Andreas |title=Canadian NDT Research Award 2017 |url=https://www.cinde.ca/awards.php |access-date=27 May 2024 |website=cinde.ca}}</ref> *Distinguished Fellow, International Engineering & Technology Institute (IETI) (2018).<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Mandelis |first=Andreas |title=International Engineering and Technology Institute (IETI) Annual Scientific Award 2020 |url=https://www.ieti.net/awards/detail.aspx?ID=275 |access-date=27 May 2024 |website=ieti.net}}</ref> *5th International Engineering and Technology Institute (IETI) Annual Scientific Award Winner (2020).<ref name=":0" /> *Career Award, ULTRASONICS 2020, PROTEOMASS Scientific Society, Portugal.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Proteomass Awards – BIOSCOPE Research Group {{!}} PROTEOMASS Scientific Society |url=https://www.bioscopegroup.org/proteomass-awards/ |access-date=2024-05-27 |language=en-US}}</ref> *Fellowship, Constatiniana Academy of Arts and Sciences (Accademia Angelico Costantitiana di Lettere Arti e Scienze) (Italy).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Accademia Angelico Costantiniana |url=https://www.accademiaangelicocostantiniana.org/ |access-date=2024-05-27 |website=www.accademiaangelicocostantiniana.org}}</ref> *Founder and Co-director of biennial Mediterranean International School of Quantum Electronics, Progress in Photoacoustic & Photothermal Phenomena, Center Ettore Majorana in Erice (Sicily, Italy).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Erice Workshop - Photoacoustic-Photothermal |url=https://www.sbai.uniroma1.it/conferenze/photoacoustic-photothermal/ |access-date=2024-05-27 |website=www.sbai.uniroma1.it}}</ref> *Andreas Mandelis has been honored by the American Institute of Physics (AIP) Journal of Applied Physics with a Festschrift on the occasion of his 70th birthday (2022).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mandelis |first=Andreas |title=Non-Invasive and Non-Destructive Methods and Applications Part I — Festschrift- Andreas Mandelis |url=https://pubs.aip.org/jap/collection/1279/Non-Invasive-and-Non-Destructive-Methods-and |access-date=2024-05-27 |website=pubs.aip.org}}</ref> *ScholarGPS Highly Ranked Scholar status: "[Andreas Mandelis'] prolific publication record, the high impact of his work, and the outstanding quality of [his] scholarly contributions have placed [him] in the top 0.01% in Engineering and Computer Science and 0.03% in digital imaging."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mandelis |first=Andreas |title=Scholar GPS Ranking Analytics |url=https://scholargps.com/scholars/97554771946743/andreas-mandelis?e_ref=f9c46e25e45aee8661e4 |access-date=27 May 2024 |website=scholargps.com}}</ref> *Recipient of VIII [https://www.panndt.org Pan-American Congress on Non-Destructive Testing Research Award], awarded every 4 years: "For outstanding and sustained excellence within NDT research and development that has contributed to innovation and/or breakthroughs that have benefited society and industry partners", June 11, 2025, Niagara Falls, ON, Canada. *Advanced Materials Laureate 2025, International Association of Advanced Materials (IAAM), Ulrika, Sweden<ref>{{Cite web |title=Advanced Materials Laureate {{!}} IAAM Awards |url=https://www.iaamonline.org/advanced-materials-laureate |access-date=2026-02-28 |website=IAAM |language=en}}</ref>, "for many novel instrumentation and measurement methodologies in the advanced field of biothermophotonics which he pioneered". August 18, 2025, Stockholm, Sweden.
==Selected publications== List of selected publications:<ref name="CADIFT" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Mandelis |url=https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=3oKdBQUAAAAJ&view_op=list_works&pagesize=100 |access-date=2024-05-28 |website=scholar.google.com}}</ref> *{{cite journal | last1=Mandelis | first1=Andreas | last2=Zver | first2=Martin M. | title=Theory of photopyroelectric spectroscopy of solids | journal=Journal of Applied Physics | publisher=AIP Publishing | volume=57 | issue=9 | year=1985 | issn=0021-8979 | doi=10.1063/1.334565 | pages=4421–4430| bibcode=1985JAP....57.4421M }} *{{cite journal | last=Mandelis | first=Andreas | title=Frequency-domain photopyroelectric spectroscopy of condensed phases (PPES): A new, simple and powerful spectroscopic technique | journal=Chemical Physics Letters | publisher=Elsevier BV | volume=108 | issue=4 | year=1984 | issn=0009-2614 | doi=10.1016/0009-2614(84)85212-4 | pages=388–392| bibcode=1984CPL...108..388M }} *{{cite journal | last1=Mandelis | first1=A. | last2=Teng | first2=Y. C. | last3=Royce | first3=B. S. H. | title=Phase measurements in the frequency domain photoacoustic spectroscopy of solids | journal=Journal of Applied Physics | publisher=AIP Publishing | volume=50 | issue=11 | year=1979 | issn=0021-8979 | doi=10.1063/1.325823 | pages=7138–7146| bibcode=1979JAP....50.7138M }} *{{cite journal | last=Mandelis | first=Andreas | title=Diffusion Waves and their Uses | journal=Physics Today | publisher=AIP Publishing | volume=53 | issue=8 | year=2000 | issn=0031-9228 | doi=10.1063/1.1310118 | pages=29–34| bibcode=2000PhT....53h..29M | doi-access=free }} *{{cite journal | last1=Mandelis | first1=Andreas | last2=Batista | first2=Jerias | last3=Shaughnessy | first3=Derrick | title=Infrared photocarrier radiometry of semiconductors: Physical principles, quantitative depth profilometry, and scanning imaging of deep subsurface electronic defects | journal=Physical Review B | publisher=American Physical Society (APS) | volume=67 | issue=20 | date=2003-05-21 | issn=0163-1829 | doi=10.1103/physrevb.67.205208 | article-number=205208| bibcode=2003PhRvB..67t5208M }} *{{cite journal | last1=Fan | first1=Ying | last2=Mandelis | first2=Andreas | last3=Spirou | first3=Gloria | last4=Alex Vitkin | first4=I. | title=Development of a laser photothermoacoustic frequency-swept system for subsurface imaging: Theory and experiment | journal=The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America | publisher=Acoustical Society of America (ASA) | volume=116 | issue=6 | year=2004 | issn=0001-4966 | doi=10.1121/1.1819393 | pages=3523–3533| pmid=15658704 | bibcode=2004ASAJ..116.3523F }} Paper selected for inclusion in Virtual Journal of Biological Physics Research (www.vjbio.org), 8 (12) (Dec. 15, 2004). *{{cite journal | last1=Jeon | first1=R.J. | last2=Han | first2=C. | last3=Mandelis | first3=A. | last4=Sanchez | first4=V. | last5=Abrams | first5=S.H. | title=Diagnosis of Pit and Fissure Caries Using Frequency-Domain Infrared Photothermal Radiometry and Modulated Laser Luminescence | journal=Caries Research | publisher=S. Karger AG | volume=38 | issue=6 | year=2004 | issn=0008-6568 | doi=10.1159/000080579 | pages=497–513| pmid=15528904 | s2cid=7353804 }} *{{cite journal | last1=Christofides | first1=Constantinos | last2=Mandelis | first2=Andreas | title=Solid-state sensors for trace hydrogen gas detection | journal=Journal of Applied Physics | publisher=AIP Publishing | volume=68 | issue=6 | date=1990-09-15 | issn=0021-8979 | doi=10.1063/1.346398 | pages=R1–R30| bibcode=1990JAP....68R...1C }} *{{cite journal | last1=Tabatabaei | first1=Nima | last2=Mandelis | first2=Andreas | last3=Amaechi | first3=Bennett T. | title=Thermophotonic radar imaging: An emissivity-normalized modality with advantages over phase lock-in thermography | journal=Applied Physics Letters | publisher=AIP Publishing | volume=98 | issue=16 | date=2011-04-18 | issn=0003-6951 | doi=10.1063/1.3582243 | page=163706| bibcode=2011ApPhL..98p3706T }} *{{cite journal | last1=Guo | first1=Xinxin | last2=Mandelis | first2=Andreas | last3=Zinman | first3=Bernard | title=Noninvasive glucose detection in human skin using wavelength modulated differential laser photothermal radiometry | journal=Biomedical Optics Express | publisher=The Optical Society | volume=3 | issue=11 | date=2012-10-29 | pages=3012–21 | issn=2156-7085 | doi=10.1364/boe.3.003012 | pmid=23162736 | pmc=3493219 |doi-access=free}} *S. Kaiplavil and A. Mandelis, "Truncated-correlation photothermal coherence tomography for deep subsurface analysis", Nature Photonics DOI: 10.10.1038/NPHOTON.2014.111 (1 – 8) (June 29, 2014). *L. Hu, A. Mandelis, X. Lan, A. Melnikov, S. Hoogland, and E. H.Sargent, "Imbalanced Hole Mobility and Schottky Junction Induced Anomalous Current-Voltage Characteristics of Excitonic PbS Colloidal Quantum Dot Solar Cells", Solar Energy Materials Solar Cells 155, 155-165 (2016) <nowiki>http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2016.06.012</nowiki> *P. Tavakolian, K. Sivagurunathan, and A. Mandelis, "Enhanced truncated-correlation photothermal coherence tomography with application to deep subsurface defect imaging and 3-dimensional reconstructions", J. Appl. Phys. 122, 023103 (2017); doi: 10.1063/1.4992807. *P. Tavakolian, S. Roointan, A. Mandelis and W. Shi, « Non-Invasive In-Vivo 3-D Imaging of Small Animals Using Spatially Filtered Enhanced Truncated-Correlation Photothermal Coherence Tomography », (Nature) Scientific Reports 10, 13743 (10 pages) (2020). <nowiki>https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-70815-3</nowiki> *S. Roointan, P. Tavakolian, K. S. Sivagurunathan, M. Floryan, A. Mandelis, and S. H. Abrams, "3D Dental Subsurface Imaging Using Enhanced Truncated-Correlation Photothermal Coherence Tomography", (Nature) Scientific Reports 9, 16788 (12 pages) (2019). <nowiki>https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-53170-w</nowiki> *X. Guo, D. Zhang, K. Shojaei-Asanjan, K. Sivagurunathan, A. Melnikov, P. Song, and A. Mandelis « Noninvasive in-vivo glucose detection in human finger interstitial fluid using wavelength-modulated differential photothermal radiometry », J. Biophotonics 12 : e201800441), 1 – 8 (July 2019) / doi.org: 10.1002/jbio.201800441 *D. Thapa, P. Tavakolian, G. Zhou, A. Zhang, A. Abdelgawad, E. Baradaran Shokouhi1, K. Sivagurunathan and A. Mandelis, « Three-dimensional thermophotonic super-resolution imaging by spatiotemporal diffusion reversal methods », Science Advances 9 (51), eadi1899 (9 pages) (22 Dec. 2023), DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adi1899 *D. Thapa, K. Sivagurunathan, A. Melnikov, and A. Mandelis, "Three-dimensional super-resolution crack imaging in industrial manufactured components: A truncated correlation photothermal coherence tomography approach", NDT&E Int. 146, 103145 (10 pages), May 2024; <nowiki>https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ndteint.2024.103145</nowiki>
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