Dr. Farid G. Mitri received the B.S. degree in physics from the Faculty of Sciences 2, Lebanese University, Beirut, Lebanon, in 2000, and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in biomedical engineering (with highest honors and committee distinction) from the University Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Lyon, France, in 2001 and 2004, respectively.
He was awarded a fellowship from the City of Lyon, France, to continue his M.S. research studies at the Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Imaging Laboratory, Lyon, France. He was also awarded a fellowship from the National Institute of Health and Medical Research (INSERM), Lyon, to pursue his Ph.D. thesis at the Laboratory of Therapeutic Applications of Ultrasound. In October 2004, he joined the Ultrasound Research Laboratory, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, where he was an associate professor of biomedical engineering. In March 2010, he joined Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM, where he is currently a Director's fellow.
Dr. Mitri is the recipient of the 2005 Lyon City Young Investigator Award, the 2007 Edward C. Kendall (Nobel Prize for Physiology and Medicine, 1950) Award from Mayo Clinic, the Director's fellowship from LANL, as well as seven travel awards for participation in international meetings. In September 2007, he was awarded the National Order of the Cedar at the Officer level, the highest civilian award in his native Lebanon. He is a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), the Acoustical Society of America (ASA), the French Acoustical Society (SFA), Sigma Xi, and the Mayo Clinic Alumni Association.
Research interests
▪ Acoustic radiation force theory and applications in medical imaging, drug delivery and particle manipulation
▪ Acoustic radiation torque and related applications
▪ Linear and non-linear acoustic scattering in fluid media
▪ Electromagnetic wave scattering
▪ Acoustic wave propagation in porous media
▪ Biomedical ultrasound elasticity imaging and biological tissue characterization techniques
▪ Bone characterization through ultrasonic methods combined with inverse problems
▪ Dynamic acoustic radiation force in biomedical and nondestructive imaging of materials
▪ Theory and applications of paraxial and non-paraxial non-diffracting electromagnetic and acoustic beams (generalized Bessel vortex and trigonometric, Laguerre-Gauss, hypergeometric beams, etc.)
▪ Vibrations in biomedical applications and characterization via inverse problems
▪ Acoustic assembly and development of nano-composite metamaterials featuring exotic properties (i.e., negative refraction, superlensing, production of ballistic waves, cloaking, etc.)
▪ Optical scattering and mechanical effects of light (radiation force, radiation torque, orbital angular momentum)
