Kevin Dean
Assistant Professor at UT Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, Texas, United States
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Top SchoolKevin Dean is an Assistant Professor and imaging technology innovator with a decade of experience developing high-resolution microscopy, automation, and computational tools to advance cancer research. He leads interdisciplinary efforts at UT Southwestern to make cutting-edge imaging accessible to biologists, combining optical physics, computer vision, and molecular biology to interrogate tumor microenvironments at scale. His lab and prior roles have built and run campus-wide microscopy facilities, driven instrument development (including light-sheet and super-resolution systems), and translated methods into broadly usable platforms. Kevin’s work emphasizes dissemination and training, enabling over a hundred cross-departmental users and fostering collaborations that secure infrastructure and research funding. Notably, his background in directed-evolution of fluorescent proteins and single-cell fluorescence lifetime instrumentation informs practical improvements in probe photostability and imaging throughput. Based in Dallas, he bridges hands-on instrument engineering with computational analysis to reveal cellular mechanisms of cancer progression.
10 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Biochemistry, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Biochemistry at University of Colorado BoulderBachelor of Arts (B.A.), Chemistry, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Chemistry at Willamette University
Github Skills (36)
microscopy10
visualization9
image-viewer9
python8
numpy7
imagej7
image-data7
applet6
digital-pathology5
segmentation5
java5
spim5
tostring5
image-analysis5
nvidia4
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
TheDeanLab/CI-Nanocourse
Oct 2023 - Apr 2026
Introduction to Python Software Development on GitHub
Contributions:10 PRs, 33 pushes, 2 branches in 2 years 6 months
python
TheDeanLab/altair
May 2024 - Jul 2026
Modular, high-resolution light-sheet microscopes for accessible 3D subcellular imaging.
Contributions:1 release, 46 pushes, 4 branches in 2 years 2 months
3dimagingfluorescence-microscopylight-sheet-microcopy
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