Irving Bigio, PhD

Undergraduate Chair (BME); Professor (BME, ECE, Physics, Medicine)

Office ERB 233
Email bigio@bu.edu
Phone (617) 358-1987
Website Biomedical Optics Laboratory

In the News

A Steel Ring and a Solemn Oath
May 20, 2026
After stirring and thought-provoking words from Irving Bigio about their coming responsibilities, nearly 350 graduating seniors recited the Obligation of the Order of the Engineer. [ More ]

Publications

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Honors and Awards

Fellow of the Optical Society of America
Fellow of SPIE
Fellow of the American Institute for Medical & Biological Engineering
Fellow of the American Society for Lasers In Medicine and Surgery
Senior Associate Editor, Journal of Biomedical Optics
Associate Editor, Lasers in the Life Sciences
Joseph W. Goodman Book Writing Award, 2020: OSA and SPIE, for QUANTITATIVE BIOMEDICAL OPTICS
Evans Center IBR Excellent Research Collaborator Award 2018
2016, 2007 Faculty Service Award
Edmund Optics Educational Award 2014
Distinguished Lecturer Award, Boston University College of Engineering (2010)
Invited Nominator, 2007 Nobel Prize in Physics
Guest Fellow, University of Oxford – Pembroke College & Dept. of Engineering Science 1994-95
Fulbright Senior Lectureship Award 1976-77 Visiting Prof at the Weizmann Inst. of Sci., Israel

Additional Affiliations

Neurophotonics Center
Photonics Center

Departments or Divisions: Biomedical Engineering, Electrical & Computer Engineering

Affiliations: Neuroscience & Neuroengineering, Photonics & Optical Systems, Primary & Affiliated Faculty

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