Arash Darafsheh, Ph.D, is an assistant professor of Radiation Oncology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. He completed his medical physics post-graduate certificate and residency in the University of Pennsylvania in 2015 and 2017, respectively. He holds a Ph.D. and M.Sc. in Optical Science and Engineering, and an M.Sc. in Radiation Medicine Engineering. His research interests are in the areas of Medical Physics, Optics and Photonics, specifically in fiber optic dosimetry and super-resolution microscopy. He has published over 70 journal and conference papers, two book chapters, and one patent. He was recently awarded an SSTR grant from the NIH. He is a member of AAPM, OSA, and SPIE and has served as a reviewer for numerous scientific journals including Scientific Reports, ACS Photonics, Medical Physics, and Physics in Medicine & Biology.