Kenneth Watkin, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Speech and Hearing Science
College of Applied Health Sciences
Email: watkin@illinois.edu
Phone:(217) 326-2512
Fax:(217) 326-2510
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Degree
Ph.D., Speech Physiology, University of Washington, 1971
Research and Professional Interests
Professor Watkin teaches coursework in the areas of speech acoustics, instrumentation, and diagnostic imaging in speech-language pathology.
Professor Watkin is the Director of the Medical Imaging Research Laboratory and also holds an appointment in the University of Illinois College
of Medicine at Urbana-Champaign. In addition, Dr Watkin is on the faculty of the Bio-imaging Science and Technology Group, Beckman Institute for
Advanced Science and Technology, where he directs the Targeted Imaging Laboratory. His research program includes high resolution 3-D multimodal
brain imaging, development of imaging contrast agents for image guided therapy, and ultrasonic image analysis and tissue characterization of
oro-pharyngeal cancer. His principal research area is biomedical imaging that includes:
Biomedical Imaging Areas:
- imaging various aspects of head and neck cancer including tissue
characterization (PDF), ultrasound (PDF), and
cancer (PDF)
- use of contrast agents for diagnostic purposes—microspheres
(PDF) and multimodal contrast agents (PDF)
- development of nanoparticles for image-guided delivery of therapeutics using ultrasound gene delivery: with and without images
- development of 3D medical multimodal imaging applications
- evaluation of alternative medicines based on cell dynamics for the treatment of head and neck cancer