NSF’s Science Nation Focuses on Photonics

Highlights use of light waves to diagnose and treat disease

March 11, 2015

The latest edition of Science Nation, the National Science Foundation’s online magazine, features a video describing the multidisciplinary research of Thomas Bifano, a Boston University College of Engineering (ENG) professor of mechanical engineering and director of BU’s Photonics Center; John Connor, associate professor of microbiology at BU’s School of Medicine and National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories virologist; Xue Han, ENG assistant professor of biomedical engineering; and Larry Ziegler, professor of chemistry at BU’s College of Arts & Sciences.

Also see: Diagnosing Disease before Symptoms Strike, What is Photonics, Anyway?, Using Light to Diagnose Parkinson’s

NSF’s Science Nation Focuses on Photonics

Highlights use of light waves to diagnose and treat disease

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