{"id":92274,"date":"2019-12-19T09:10:58","date_gmt":"2019-12-19T13:10:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/?p=92274"},"modified":"2024-03-05T13:09:14","modified_gmt":"2024-03-05T18:09:14","slug":"boston-university-faculty-rank-among-the-worlds-most-influential-researchers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/2019\/12\/19\/boston-university-faculty-rank-among-the-worlds-most-influential-researchers\/","title":{"rendered":"Boston University Faculty Published Some of the World\u2019s Most Highly-Cited Research"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/eng\/files\/2022\/09\/Canva-Black-Pen-on-White-Book-Page-636x478.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"636\" height=\"478\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-92276 aligncenter\" \/>Some of the world&#8217;s most influential scientific research in 2019 was produced by the faculty of ECE at Boston University. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Web of Science Group by Clarivate Analytics acknowledges highly cited papers with a trophy listed next to the number of citations. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To qualify, <a href=\"https:\/\/esi.clarivate.com\/IndicatorsAction.action?wsid=8BEuMCcSxMAYLLAofWe&amp;Init=Yes&amp;SrcApp=IC2LS&amp;SID=H2-HlVJ8o1UJ4nVr9tPADmlhZJgKWYEF4sj-18x2dhwK3A4sx2FLYSix2BC4bxxs5fRAx3Dx3DwhTZ6db3iG5dQLvdXyeThAx3Dx3D-WwpRYkX4Gz8e7T4uNl5SUQx3Dx3D-wBEj1mx2B0mykql8H4kstFLwx3Dx3D\">Clarivate calculates<\/a> whose work was most often referenced in other scientific research papers for the preceding decade. This 2019 acknowledgement therefore accounts for citations between 2008-2018.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These researchers&#8217; papers place\u00a0<\/span>them in the top 1% of their academic field<\/span><span>\u00a0based on a highly cited threshold for the field and publication year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The current Boston University ECE faculty featured are:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/profile\/luca-dal-negro\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Luca Dal Negro<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, (ECE, MSE, Physics)<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/abs\/10.1021\/nn800836f\"><span>Engineered SERS Substrates With Multiscale Signal Enhancement: Nanoplarticle Cluster Arrays<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/profile\/douglas-densmore\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Douglas Densmore<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Associate Professor (ECE, BME)<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/nbt.3063\"><span>Functional optimization of gene clusters by combinatorial design and assembly<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li>\n<div xmlns:ts=\"http:\/\/ts.thomson.com\/framework\/xml\/transform\" xmlns:set=\"http:\/\/exslt.org\/sets\" xmlns:bean=\"http:\/\/ts.thomson.com\/ua\/bean\" class=\"title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/science.sciencemag.org\/content\/352\/6281\/aac7341\">Genetic circuit design automation<\/a><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/profile\/mark-horenstein\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mark Horenstein<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Professor (ECE)<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0038092X1400259X\"><span>Energy yield loss caused by dust deposition on photovoltaic panels<\/span><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/profile\/malay-mazumder\/\"><span><\/span><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.webofknowledge.com\/CitedFullRecord.do?product=WOS&amp;colName=WOS&amp;SID=6BZP7S31BpHfu7zJUTR&amp;search_mode=CitedFullRecord&amp;isickref=WOS:000340304600053\"><span><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/profile\/malay-mazumder\/\"><span>Malay Mazumder<\/span><\/a><span>, Research Professor (ECE, MSE)<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0038092X1400259X\"><span>Energy yield loss caused by dust deposition on photovoltaic panels<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/profile\/milos-popovic\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Milo\u0161 Popovi\u0107<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Associate Professor (ECE)<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/nature16454\"><span>Single-chip microprocessor that communicates directly using light<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41586-018-0028-z\"><span>Integrating photonics with silicon nanoelectronics for the next generation of systems on a chip<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/nphoton.2013.185\"><span>What is &#8211; and what is not &#8211; an optical isolator<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/profile\/siddharth-ramachandran\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Siddharth Ramachandran<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Professor (ECE, MSE)<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1126\/science.1237861\" target=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1126\/science.1237861\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"style79\"><u>Terabit-Scale Orbital Angular Momentum Mode Division Multiplexing in Fibers<\/u><\/span><\/a><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1364\/OPTICA.2.000267\" target=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1364\/OE.23.003721\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"style25\"><u>Conservation of orbital angular momentum in air-core optical fibers<\/u><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.webofknowledge.com\/CitedFullRecord.do?product=WOS&amp;colName=WOS&amp;SID=6BZP7S31BpHfu7zJUTR&amp;search_mode=CitedFullRecord&amp;isickref=WOS:000269815400048\"><span><\/span><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1364\/OL.34.002525\" target=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1364\/OL.34.002525\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"style25\"><u>Generation and propagation of radially polarized beams in optical fibers<\/u><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1515\/nanoph-2013-0047\" target=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1515\/nanoph-2013-0047\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"style25\"><u>Optical vortices in fiber<\/u><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.opticsinfobase.org\/aop\/abstract.cfm?URI=aop-7-1-66\" target=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1364\/OE.23.003721\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"style25\"><u>Optical communications using orbital angular momentum beams<\/u><\/span><\/a><em><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/profile\/sahar-sharifzadeh\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sahar Sharifzadeh<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Assistant Professor (ECE, MSE)<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/journals.aps.org\/prl\/abstract\/10.1103\/PhysRevLett.109.226405\"><span>Quasiparticle Spectra from a Nonempirical Optimally Tuned Range-Separated Hybrid Density Functional<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/profile\/anna-swan\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Anna Swan<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,Associate Professor (ECE, Physics, MSE), Associate Chair of Doctoral Programs<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/10.1021\/nn201207c\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Transfer of CVD-Grown Monolayer Graphene onto Arbitrary Substrates<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/profile\/lei-tian\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lei Tian<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Assistant Professor (ECE)<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC4102371\/\"><span>Multiplexed coded illumination for Fourier Ptychography with an LED array microscope<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some of the world&#8217;s most influential scientific research in 2019 was produced by the faculty of ECE at Boston University. Web of Science Group by Clarivate Analytics acknowledges highly cited papers with a trophy listed next to the number of citations. To qualify, Clarivate calculates whose work was most often referenced in other scientific research [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17167,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[236,1171,1051,240,1066,1143,1156,1119,1168,1056],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92274"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17167"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92274"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92274\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":149822,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92274\/revisions\/149822"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92274"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}