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companies developing and selling products based on BU discoveries

$ 574.25 M

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Featured Researchers

Meet the brilliant minds behind our groundbreaking research.

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  • Wilson Wong

    Wilson W. Wong

    College of Engineering Professor, Biomedical Engineering
  • Venetia Zachariou

    Venetia Zachariou

    Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine Edward Avedisian Professor and Chair, Pharmacology, Physiology & Biophysics
  • Nathan Jones

    Nathan Jones

    Wheelock College of Education & Human Development Associate Dean of Research Professor, Special Education
  • Deborah Carr

    Deborah Carr

    College of Arts & Sciences A&S Distinguished Professor, Sociology Director, Center of Innovation in Social Science
  • Image of Lucy Hutyra

    Lucy Hutyra

    College of Arts & Sciences Distinguished Professor, Chair, Earth & Environment
  • Elizabeth Bettini

    Elizabeth Bettini

    Wheelock College of Education & Human Development Associate Professor, Special Education
  • Image of Darrell Kotton

    Darrell Kotton

    Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine David C. Seldin Professor of Medicine, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Director, Center for Regenerative Medicine, Boston University
  • Jo R. King

    Jo R. King

    Wheelock College of Education & Human Development Assistant Professor, Educational Leadership & Policy Studies
  • Marcus A. Winters

    Marcus A. Winters

    Wheelock College of Education & Human Development Chair and Professor, Educational Leadership & Policy Studies Faculty Director, Wheelock Educational Policy Center
  • Kenneth Lutchen

    Kenneth Lutchen

    Vice President and Associate Provost for Research
  • Headshot of Michael Albro

    Michael Albro

    Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science & Engineering, Biomedical Engineering
  • Thomas Bifano

    Thomas Bifano

    College of Engineering Professor, Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science & Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, and Electrical & Computer Engineering Director, Photonics Center
  • David Bishop

    David Bishop

    College of Engineering Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Physics, Materials Science Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Biomedical Engineering Director, CELL-MET Engineering Research Center
  • Keith Brown

    Keith A. Brown

    College of Engineering Division Head, Materials Science & Engineering Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science & Engineering, and Physics
  • Daniel Cifuentes

    Daniel Cifuentes

    Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine Associate Professor, Biochemistry, and Virology, Immunology & Microbiology
  • Yuwei Fan

    Yuwei Fan

    Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine Research Associate Professor and Research Operations Director, Restorative Sciences & Biomaterials
  • Headshot of Miguel Jimenez

    Miguel Jimenez

    Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering, Materials Science & Engineering
  • John A. Porco, Jr.

    John A. Porco, Jr.

    College of Arts & Sciences Samour Family Professor, Organic Chemistry Director, Center for Molecular Discovery
  • Tommaso Ranzani

    Tommaso Ranzani

    Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science & Engineering, and Biomedical Engineering
  • Daniel Taub

    Daniel Taub

    Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine Assistant Professor, Pharmacology, Physiology & Biophysics
Wheelock Educational Policy Center researchers Nathan Jones, Marcus Winters, Jo R. King, and Elizabeth Bettini

Helping Create Special Education Policies to Benefit Students and Teachers

Researchers at Boston University’s Wheelock Educational Policy Center are studying ways to improve teacher retention and help more kids access special education

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