He develops microscopes, cameras and computer algorithms for a wide range of applications, from forming 3D reconstructions of organisms to detecting neurons deep within tissue. Having first started working in the field of computational imaging nearly 10 years ago, his work currently lies at the intersection of optics, signal processing, optimization and biology. Most recently, Dr. Horstmeyer was a guest professor at the University of Erlangen in Germany and an Einstein International Postdoctoral Fellow at Charité Medical School in Berlin. Prior to his time in Germany, Dr. Horstmeyer earned a PhD from Caltech’s electrical engineering department in 2016, a master of science degree from the MIT Media Lab in 2011, and bachelor’s degrees in physics and Japanese from Duke University in 2006.