I am Simon Mahler, a postdoctoral scholar research associate at California Institute of Technology, in the Biophotonics Lab of Professor Changhuei Yang. Before that, I was a PhD student at Weizmann Institute of Science, in the Coupled Lasers Lab of Professors Nir Davidson and Asher A. Friesem. My research concentrates on the intersection of bio-imaging and optics, with focus on how light interacts with biological samples (biophotonics) and interests in engineering, device design, the integration of artificial intelligence, the development of novel light sources, and translational research. My goal is to develop innovative imaging techniques to visualize dynamic biological processes, such as blood dynamics with applications ranging from neurological diseases to embryonic development. For that, I am using laser speckle imaging.