Gabriel Popescu (scientist)

Gabriel Popescu
Born(1971-10-24)October 24, 1971
DiedJune 16, 2022(2022-06-16) (aged 50)
Prundu, Romania
Citizenship
  • Romania
  • United States
Alma mater
Known forQuantitative phase-contrast microscopy
Children2
Scientific career
Fields
Institutions
ThesisPropagation of low-coherence fields in inhomogeneous media (2002)
Doctoral advisorAristide Dogariu
Other academic advisorsMichael Stephen Feld

Gabriel Popescu (October 24, 1971 – June 16, 2022) was an American optical engineer, who was the William L. Everitt Distinguished Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. He was best known for his work on biomedical optics and quantitative phase-contrast microscopy.