Olga Minaeva, PhD

Assistant Professor, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Biography

I received my B.Sc. (2004), M.Sc. (2006) and Ph.D. (2009) in Physics from the Moscow State Pedagogical University where I worked mostly on the development and characterization of novel Superconducting Single-Photon Counting Detectors based on NbN nanofilms. During the course of my Ph.D. studies I’ve extended my research interests into the field of single-photon detector applications to biophotonics. This involves Quantum Optical Coherence Tomography, Optical Coherence Tomography, Correlation Spectroscopy, as well as Quantum Optics in general. During the last two years of my doctoral program I worked as a Research Assistant with Prof. Alexander Sergienko in the Dept of Electrical & Computer Engineering and the Photonics Center at Boston University.

I joined Dr. Lee Goldstein’s group as a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Dept Biomedical Engineering in July 2009. I currently work on developing and characterizing Quasi-Elastic Light (QLS) scattering and confocal fluorescent correlation spectroscopy (cFCS) instruments with the purpose of developing early non-invasive diagnostics for Alzheimer's Disease and radiation exposure.

Publications

  • Published 8/14/2025

    Vlasova TI, Brodovskaya EP, Madonov KS, Kapitanova DA, Abelova AP, Kovalenko EN, Markina AE, Pinyaev SI, Minaeva OV, Vlasov AP. The Traits of the Regenerative Potential of Platelet-Rich Plasma from Donors with Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. Int J Mol Sci. 2025 Aug 14; 26(16). PMID: 40869177.

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  • Published 12/2/2024

    Minaeva O, Riese H, Booij SH, Lamers F, Giltay EJ, Scheer FAJL, Hu K. Fractal motor activity during wakefulness and sleep: a window into depression recency and symptom recurrence. Psychol Med. 2024 Dec 02; 54(15):1-9. PMID: 39620467.

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  • Published 2/2/2024

    Sarangi S, Minaeva O, Ledoux DM, Parsons DS, Moncaster JA, Black CA, Hollander J, Tripodis Y, Clark JI, Hunter DG, Goldstein LE. In vivo quasi-elastic light scattering detects molecular changes in the lenses of adolescents with Down syndrome. Exp Eye Res. 2024 Apr; 241:109818. PMID: 38422787.

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  • Published 10/4/2022

    Goto S, Grange RMH, Pinciroli R, Rosales IA, Li R, Boerboom SL, Ostrom KF, Marutani E, Wanderley HV, Bagchi A, Colvin RB, Berra L, Minaeva O, Goldstein LE, Malhotra R, Zapol WM, Ichinose F, Yu B. Electronic cigarette vaping with aged coils causes acute lung injury in mice. Arch Toxicol. 2022 Dec; 96(12):3363-3371. PMID: 36195745.

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  • Published 9/20/2022

    Hua N, Minaeva O, Lupoli N, Franz ES, Liu X, Moncaster JA, Babcock KJ, Jara H, Tripodis Y, Guermazi A, Soto JA, Anderson SW, Goldstein LE. Gadolinium Deposition in the Rat Brain Measured with Quantitative MRI versus Elemental Mass Spectrometry. Radiology. 2023 Jan; 306(1):244-251. PMID: 36125373.

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Education

  • Moscow State Pedagogical University, PhD
  • Moscow State Pedagogical University, MSc
  • Moscow State Pedagogical University, BS

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