{{short description|Physicist}} {{Infobox scientist | name = Elizabeth Hillman | birth_name = Elizabeth Marjorie Clare Hillman | workplaces = [[Harvard Medical School]] <br>[[Columbia University]] | alma_mater = [[University College London]] (BSc, PhD) | thesis_title = Experimental and theoretical investigations of near infrared tomographic imaging methods and clinical applications | doctoral_advisor = Jeremy C. Hebden<br>[[David Delpy]]<ref name=phd/> | awards = [[Adolph Lomb Medal]] (2011) | thesis_url = http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.268884 | thesis_year = 2002 | website = {{URL|http://orion.bme.columbia.edu/~hillman}} }}

'''Elizabeth M. C. Hillman''' is a British-born academic who is Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Radiology at [[Columbia University]].<ref name=gs>{{Google scholar id}}</ref> She was awarded the 2011 [[Adolph Lomb Medal]] from [[The Optical Society]] and the 2018 [[SPIE]] Biophotonics Technology Innovator Award.

== Education == Hillman studied physics at [[University College London]], and graduated with a combined B.Sc. and M.Sc. degree in 1998.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://orion.bme.columbia.edu/~hillman/Hillman.html|title=Hillman Lab: Biomedical Engineering: Columbia University: Elizabeth Hillman|website=orion.bme.columbia.edu|language=en|access-date=2018-08-20|archive-date=2018-08-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180829021158/http://orion.bme.columbia.edu/~hillman/Hillman.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> She earned her PhD in Medical Physics and Bioengineering in 2002.<ref name=":0" /> After completing her thesis, supervised by Jeremy C. Hebden and [[David Delpy]],<ref name=phd/> she joined a [[biotechnology|biotech]] [[startup company|start-up]] in [[Boston]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://datascience.columbia.edu/elizabeth-hillman|title=Elizabeth Hillman|website=datascience.columbia.edu|language=en|access-date=2018-08-20}}</ref><ref name=phd>{{Cite thesis|degree=PhD|url=http://orion.bme.columbia.edu/~hillman/Elizabeth_Hillman_PhDthesis2002.pdf|title=Experimental and theoretical investigations of near infrared tomographic imaging methods and clinical applications|last=Hillman|first=Elizabeth|date=2002|publisher=University College London|id={{EThOS|uk.bl.ethos.268884}}|oclc=1000838839|access-date=2018-08-19|archive-date=2014-05-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140508195849/http://orion.bme.columbia.edu/~hillman/Elizabeth_Hillman_PhDthesis2002.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> During her PhD, she used [[optical tomography]] to image [[Tissue (biology)|biological tissue]].<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Hebden|first1=Jeremy|last2=Bland|first2=T.|last3=Hillman|first3=Elizabeth M. C.|last4=Gibson|first4=A.|last5=Everdell|first5=N.|last6=Delpy|first6=David T.|last7=Arridge|first7=Simon R.|last8=Douek|first8=M.|title=Biomedical Topical Meeting |chapter=Optical tomography of the breast using a 32-channel time-resolved imager |date=2002-04-07 |url=https://www.osapublishing.org/abstract.cfm?uri=BIO-2002-SuE5 |language=EN|pages=SuE5|doi=10.1364/BIO.2002.SuE5 |isbn=1-55752-702-4 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last1=Hebden|first1=Jeremy C.|last2=Schmidt|first2=Florian E. W.|last3=Fry|first3=Martin E.|last4=Hillman|first4=Elizabeth M. C.|last5=Schweiger|first5=Martin|last6=Delpy|first6=David T.|title=Biomedical Optics |chapter=Imaging of tissue-equivalent phantoms using the UCL multi-channel time-resolved instrument |date=1999-06-14 |chapter-url=https://www.osapublishing.org/abstract.cfm?uri=BIO-1999-AMC4 |language=EN|pages=AMC4|doi=10.1364/BIO.1999.AMC4}}</ref>

== Career == Hillman joined [[Massachusetts General Hospital]] as a [[postdoctoral]] [[research fellow]] in 2003. She was appointed assistant professor at [[Columbia University]] in 2006.<ref name=":0" /> She set up the Laboratory for Functional Optical Imaging and developed new techniques for ''[[in vivo]]'' optical imaging. She developed an optical imaging technique that used dynamic contrast to image the anatomy of small animals.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Hillman|first1=Elizabeth M. C.|last2=Moore|first2=Anna|date=2007-08-19|title=All-optical anatomical co-registration for molecular imaging of small animals using dynamic contrast|journal=Nature Photonics|language=En|volume=1|issue=9|pages=526–530|doi=10.1038/nphoton.2007.146|pmid=18974848|pmc=2575379|issn=1749-4885|bibcode=2007NaPho...1..526H}}</ref> She licensed this ''Dynamic Contrast'' molecular imaging technique to CRi, now [[PerkinElmer]]. In 2008, she was awarded the Columbia Rodriguez Junior Faculty Award.<ref name=":0" /> She was awarded the [[The Optical Society|Optical Society of America]]’s [[Adolph Lomb Medal|Adolph Lomb medal]] in 2011.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://bme.columbia.edu/professor-elizabeth-hillman-wins-osa-adolph-lomb-medal-0|title=Professor Elizabeth Hillman wins OSA Adolph Lomb Medal|website=bme.columbia.edu|language=en|access-date=2018-08-20|archive-date=2018-06-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180621111034/http://bme.columbia.edu/professor-elizabeth-hillman-wins-osa-adolph-lomb-medal-0|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2010, she was awarded a [[National Science Foundation CAREER Award]] to study ''in vivo'' Interventional Microscopy.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0954796|title=NSF Award Search: Award#0954796 - CAREER: Interventional Microscopy for In-vivo Investigations of Brain Function|website=www.nsf.gov|access-date=2018-08-20}}</ref> She has explored several optical imaging techniques for biomedical research.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Hillman|first1=Elizabeth M. C.|last2=Amoozegar|first2=Cyrus B.|last3=Wang|first3=Tracy|last4=McCaslin|first4=Addason F. H.|last5=Bouchard|first5=Matthew B.|last6=Mansfield|first6=James|last7=Levenson|first7=Richard M.|date=2011-11-28|title=In vivo optical imaging and dynamic contrast methods for biomedical research|pmc=3263788|journal=Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A|language=en|volume=369|issue=1955|pages=4620–4643|doi=10.1098/rsta.2011.0264|issn=1364-503X|pmid=22006910|bibcode=2011RSPTA.369.4620H}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://royalsociety.org/science-events-and-lectures/2010/biomedical-optics/|title=Making light work: illuminating the future of biomedical optics {{!}} Royal Society|website=royalsociety.org|language=en-GB|access-date=2018-08-20}}</ref> She has received over thirty large grants to support her research.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://grantome.com/search|title=Grantome: Search|website=Grantome|language=en|access-date=2018-08-20}}</ref>

In 2017, Hillman began to work at Columbia's [[Mortimer Zuckerman|Zuckerman]] Mind Brain Behavior Institute.<ref name=":0" /> With Francesco Pavone, Hillman founded [[The Optical Society]] Optics and the Brain Topical Meeting in 2015.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://grants.uberresearch.com/100000084/1540895/Optics-and-the-Brain-Topical-Meeting|title=ÜberResearch - Optics and the Brain Topical Meeting|website=grants.uberresearch.com|language=en|access-date=2018-08-20}}</ref> She identified that the vascular [[endothelium]] is important in regulation of blood flow in the brain.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-06-brain-power-insight-blood.html|title=Brain power: New insight into how the brain regulates its blood flow|access-date=2018-08-20}}</ref> She has written for ''[[Scientific American]]''.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Hillman|first=Elizabeth M. C.|date=2014-06-12|title=Out for Blood|journal=Scientific American Mind|language=en|volume=25|issue=4|pages=58–65|doi=10.1038/scientificamericanmind0714-58|issn=1555-2284}}</ref> She was elected to the [[American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering]] in 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://aimbe.org/press/Hillman-COF-2140.pdf|title=Elizabeth M.C. Hillman to be Inducted into Medical and Biological Engineering Elite|website=AIMBE|access-date=2018-08-20}}</ref> She has developed tools for high speed imaging of the activity in the whole brain.<ref>{{Citation|last=Center|first=Laser Biomedical Research|title=2/27/18: Elizabeth M.C. Hillman - &quot;High-speed imaging of whole-brain activity&quot; (3/3)|date=2018-03-19|url=https://vimeo.com/260787906|access-date=2018-08-20}}</ref> Hillman pioneered Swept, Confocally-Aligned Planar Excitation (SCAPE) [[microscopy]], which combines light-sheet microscopy and laser scanning [[confocal microscopy]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://grants.uberresearch.com/100000065/U01NS094296/SCAPE-microscopy-for-high-speed-in-vivo-volumetric-microscopy-in-behaving-organisms|title=ÜberResearch - SCAPE microscopy for high-speed in-vivo volumetric microscopy in behaving organisms|website=grants.uberresearch.com|language=en|access-date=2018-08-20}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last1=Yu|first1=Hang|last2=Galwaduge|first2=P. Thilanka|last3=Voleti|first3=Venkatakaushik|last4=Patel|first4=Kripa B.|last5=Shaik|first5=Mohammed A.|last6=Li|first6=Wenze|last7=Hillman|first7=Elizabeth M. C.|title=Biophotonics Congress: Biomedical Optics Congress 2018 (Microscopy/Translational/Brain/OTS) |chapter=Combining Near-infrared Excitation with Swept Confocally-aligned Planar Excitation (SCAPE) Microscopy for Fast, Volumetric Imaging in Mouse Brain |date=2018-04-03 |url=https://www.osapublishing.org/abstract.cfm?uri=BRAIN-2018-BF3C.3 |language=EN|pages=BF3C.3|doi=10.1364/BRAIN.2018.BF3C.3|isbn=978-1-943580-41-5}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Bouchard|first1=Matthew B.|last2=Voleti|first2=Venkatakaushik|last3=Mendes|first3=César S.|last4=Lacefield|first4=Clay|last5=Grueber|first5=Wesley B.|last6=Mann|first6=Richard S.|last7=Bruno|first7=Randy M.|last8=Hillman|first8=Elizabeth M. C.|date=2015-01-19|title=Swept confocally-aligned planar excitation (SCAPE) microscopy for high-speed volumetric imaging of behaving organisms|journal=Nature Photonics|language=En|volume=9|issue=2|pages=113–119|doi=10.1038/nphoton.2014.323|pmid=25663846|pmc=4317333|issn=1749-4885|bibcode=2015NaPho...9..113B}}</ref> The technique uses a single objective lens to excite and detect fluorescence from a sample.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://orion.bme.columbia.edu/~hillman/SCAPE_imgal.html|title=Hillman Lab: Biomedical Engineering: Columbia University: Research|website=orion.bme.columbia.edu|language=en|access-date=2018-08-20|archive-date=2018-09-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180901095957/http://orion.bme.columbia.edu/~hillman/SCAPE_imgal.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> She has also developed laminar optical tomography and advanced applications of two-photon microscopy.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.spie.org/about-spie/advocacy/women-in-optics/women-in-optics-videos?videoId=1644688779001&SSO=1|title=Women in Optics {{!}} Video Interviews|website=[[SPIE]]|access-date=2018-08-20}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Hillman|first1=Elizabeth M. C.|last2=Burgess|first2=Sean A.|date=2009-02-01|title=Sub-millimeter resolution 3D optical imaging of living tissue using laminar optical tomography|journal=Laser & Photonics Reviews|volume=3|issue=1–2|pages=159–179|doi=10.1002/lpor.200810031|issn=1863-8880|pmc=2763333|pmid=19844595|bibcode=2009LPRv....3..159H}}</ref>

==Awards and honors== * 2007, [[Wallace H. Coulter|Wallace H Coulter]] Foundation Early Career Award<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Hillman Lab: Biomedical Engineering: Columbia University: Elizabeth Hillman|url=http://orion.bme.columbia.edu/~hillman/Hillman.html|website=orion.bme.columbia.edu|access-date=2020-05-10|archive-date=2018-08-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180829021158/http://orion.bme.columbia.edu/~hillman/Hillman.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> *2007, Human Frontier of Science Program Young Investigator Award<ref name=":1" /> *2008, Columbia Rodriguez Junior Faculty Award<ref name=":1" /> * 2010, [[National Science Foundation]] Career award<ref name=":1" /> * 2011, [[Adolph Lomb Medal]] from [[The Optical Society]]<ref name=":1" /> * 2015, Fellow of [[Optica (society)|The Optical Society]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Elizabeth M.C. Hillman {{!}} Optica |url=https://www.optica.org/history/biographies/bios/elizabeth_m_c_hillman/ |access-date=2024-08-27 |website=www.optica.org}}</ref> * 2018, [[SPIE]] Biophotonics Technology Innovator Award<ref name=":1" />

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