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Vince Rossi

Biography

Vincent M. Rossi received his Ph.D. in Physics from Oregon State University (OSU) in 2015. His Ph.D. research included work in Digital Fourier Holographic Microscopy, Optical Scatter Imaging, Light-Tissue Interactions, Monte Carlo simulations, Diffusion Theory, Diffuse Reflectance Spectroscopy and Photodynamic Therapy of osteosarcoma. Much of his research was carried out via the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Oregon Health & Science University, where he was a visiting graduate student and research assistant. His dissertation is titled Digital Fourier Holographic Microscopy and Potential Applications Towards the Design of Photodynamic Therapy of Osteosarcoma.

Vince received the Department of Physics Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award for the 2006-07 academic year while at OSU. Vince has held positions as an adjunct Instructor at Linn-Benton Community College and Portland Community College, Instructor and STEM Program Coordinator at Kimball Union Academy, Visiting Assistant Professor at Pacific University and Visiting Instructor at Texas A&M University.

Vince also worked as a Post-Doctoral Fellow for the Center for Imaging Medicine through the Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth College. His research there involved Multi-Spectral Imaging as applied towards Fluorescence Microscopy of breast cancer models. Prior to coming to Utah Valley University, Vince was an Assistant Professor of Physics & Astronomy at Washburn University, where he built his biophotonics laboratory.

In 2023, Vince moved his biophotonics lab to Utah Valley University, where he is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics. Vince places an emphasis on teaching and incorporating undergraduate research into his biophotonics laboratory.

Education

PhD, Oregon State University, 2015

Major: Physics

BS, Oregon State University, 2003

Major: Philosophy

BS, Oregon State University, 2003

Major: Physics

BA, Southern Oregon University, 1998

Major: English

AA/AS, College of the Siskiyous, 1996

Major: General Studies/Associates

Teaching

PHYS 2020

College Physics II, Fall 2025

PHYS 2020

College Physics II, Fall 2025

PHYS 4920R

Topics in Physics, Fall 2025

PHYS 1010

Elementary Physics PP, Summer 2025

PHYS 1010

Elementary Physics PP, Spring 2025

PHYS 2210

Physics for Scientists and Engineers I PP, Spring 2025

PHYS 4520

Quantum Mechanics II, Spring 2025

PHYS 490R

Seminar, Spring 2025

PHYS 489R

Undergraduate Research in Physics, Spring 2025

Presentations

Rossi, Vince (Presenter & Author), USU Department of Physics Colloquium, "Holographic & Scatter Imaging for Detection & Characterization of Diseased Cells", Utah State University Department of Physics, Logan, UT. (November 4, 2025)
Ostler, Isaac (Presenter & Author), Kearns, Bridger (Co-Chair), Okojie, Jeffrey (Co-Author), Barrott, Jared (Co-Author), Rossi, Vincent Michele (Co-Author), 2025 Annual Meeting of the APS Four Corners Section, "Photons, Physics, and Phantoms—Oh My! Modeling Light Diffusion in Tissue with Monte Carlo Simulations", American Physical Society, Greeley, CO. (October 11, 2025)
Williams, Marren (Presenter & Author), Clawson, Bryce (Co-Author), Rossi, Vincent Michele (Co-Author), 2025 Annual Meeting of the APS Four Corners Section, "Increased Angle Space for a Fourier Goniometric Flow Cytometer (FGFC) system via Simultaneous Axial and Off-Axis Imaging", American Physical Society, Greeley, CO. (October 10, 2025)
Rossi, Vince (Presenter & Author), Utah Cancer Research Symposium, "Improved cancer detection modeled via Fourier Goniometric Flow Cytometry over traditional scatter-based Flow Cytometry", BYU Simmons Center for Cancer Research, Provo, UT. (August 11, 2025)
Rossi, Vince (Presenter & Author), Intermountain Engineering, Technology and Computation Conference (i-ETC), "Computational model of Fermat’s Principle via PathIntegration to illustrate the Law of Reflection,Snell’s Law and dispersion in a prism", IEEE, Orem, UT. (May 9, 2025)
Brown, Spencer (Presenter & Author), Rossi, Vincent M (Author Only), Intermountain Engineering, Technology and Computation Conference (i-ETC), "Design Optimization and Improvement for Quantitative Phase Imaging Incubators", IEEE, Orem, UT. (May 9, 2025)

Scholarly/Creative Works

Rossi, Vincent M, (2025) "Fourier Goniometric Flow Cytometry modeled to show improved particle differentiation beyond forward and side scatter signals in traditional flow cytometry" (Issue: 16, vol. 50). Optics Letters. https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.563054
Rossi, Vincent M, (2025) "Employing a Student-Centric Approach to Managing an Undergraduate Research Labat a PUI" (Issue: 1, vol. 13). Elon, NC: Perspectives on Undergraduate Research & Mentoring. https://eloncdn.blob.core.windows.net/eu3/sites/923/2025/07/T2507.pdf
Rossi, Vincent M, (2025) "Computational model of Fermat's Principle via Path Integration to illustrate the Law of Reflection, Snell's Law and dispersion in a prism" (vol. 2025 Intermountain Engineering, Technology and Computing (IETC)). IEEE Xplore. https://doi.org/10.1109/IETC64455.2025.11039483
Rossi, Vincent M, (2025) "A Pedagogical Approach to Modeling Diffractive Phenomena via Discrete Implementation of the Huygens-Fresnel Principle" (vol. 2025 Intermountain Engineering, Technology and Computing (IETC)). IEEE Xplore. https://doi.org/10.1109/IETC64455.2025.11039349
Rossi, Vince , "Low-Cost Instrumentation and Control Using Arduino Microcontrollers" . Bellingham, WA: SPIE Press.
Rossi, Vincent M, (2023) "A Quantum Mechanical Description of Photosensitization in Photodynamic Therapy using a Two-Electron Molecule Approximation" (Issue: 1-2, vol. 126). Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science.