Isabelle Puccio
Isabelle is a Biomedical Engineering PhD student in the CompuMAINE lab at the 91±¬ÁÏ. She grew up in Wilmington, Massachusetts, and graduated from 91±¬ÁÏ in 2026 with a B.S. in Biomedical Engineering in the Honors College.
Her background is in applying the 2D wavelet transform modulus maxima (WTMM) anisotropy method to H&E digital pathology slides of human breast and ovarian cancer, work that combines color normalization, deconvolution, and advanced signal processing to study tissue structure. Currently, as a Maine Space Grant Consortium fellow, she is extending that multifractal framework into astrophysics, applying 2D WTMM analysis to HI radio emission data from the Canadian Galactic Plane Survey to characterize turbulent structure in the interstellar medium and its connection to star formation. Together, these projects work toward a broader goal of testing whether the same mathematical signatures that mark active reorganization in cancer tissue also appear in regions of active star formation, pointing to universal organizing principles that may transcend the boundary between biological and astrophysical systems.
In her free time, Isabelle enjoys playing the French horn, exploring the outdoors, and spending time with family and friends.
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