BU’s Innovator of the Year Has Pioneered Devices to Advance Astronomy, Microscopy, Eye Exams
Photonics Center Director Thomas Bifano recognized for helping others nurture their ideas and for “always trying to solve problems”
Scientist Profile – Professor Matthias Stangl
Matthias Stangl Diversifies Techniques for Studying the Human Brain Matthias Stangl, Ph.D. – Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering The Stangl Lab studies the neural basis of human cognition and behavior using a variety of neuroimaging techniques, several of which his team has pioneered.
Photonics Pioneer Siddharth Ramachandran Among Three BU Faculty Recognized by World’s Largest Scientific Society
A pioneer of spiral-shaped light beams that might improve internet capacity, medical imaging, and more, Distinguished Professor of Engineering Siddharth Ramachandran (ECE, MSE) has been selected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). The world’s largest general scientific society, AAAS annually bestows this honor on scientists, engineers, and innovators in recognition of scientifically and socially […]
BU’s Core Organoid Research Spans CRC & MED Campuses to Restore Organ Function
By Danny Giancioppo and Jack Osmond | Photos Supplied by Martin Thunemann, Ella Zeldich, and Ben Wolozin Organoids are a growing trend in biomedical research fields internationally––but what are they? As the name suggests, it’s a simplified model of an organ made up of cells, studied both in vitro (outside a living organism) and in […]
Siddharth Ramachandran Elected AAAS Fellow Alongside Two Other BU Faculty
World’s largest scientific society gives lifetime honor to BU biologist, engineer, and physicist
Professor Cheng Receives Spectrochemical Analysis Award
Professor Ji-Xin Cheng has been named the recipient of this year’s American Chemical Society Division of Analytical Chemistry Spectrochemical Analysis Award, which will be presented at the Fall ACS meeting in Denver, Colorado. This honor is awarded to those whose work has advanced the fields of spectrochemical analysis and optical spectrometry through instrumentation, novel methodologies, […]
Scientist Profile – Professor Swathi Kiran
The Center for Brain Recovery is Boston University’s new research hub dedicated to enhancing diagnosis and improving treatments for people with neurological disorders including stroke, traumatic brain injury, and dementia. The center’s founding director, Professor Swathi Kiran (who is also affiliated with the Cognitive Neuroimaging Center, the Center for Systems Neuroscience, and the Neurophotonics Center) discussed her passion for studying neuroplasticity as it […]
Ji-Xin Cheng, 2023 Innovator of the Year, Gives DeLisi Lecture to a Full House
Last night, the Photonics Center was packed for Ji-Xin Cheng’s DeLisi Lecture, hosted by the Boston University College of Engineering. Faculty, staff, and students of Boston University filled the room to celebrate Professor Cheng and Assistant Professor Rabia Tugce Yazicigil, winner of the Early Career Research Excellence Award.
New Article from Boas, Yücel, and Sen
Professors Boas, Yücel, Sen, et al. were recently featured in a Frontiers article on “fNIRS dataset during complex scene analysis”
Bringing the Brain Into Focus
Professor Tianyu Wang has received a new grant from the Chan-Zuckerberg Initiative for a collaborative project on multi-photon microscopy, a technology used for deep-tissue imaging.