Darren Roblyer Named 2025 SPIE Fellow
The inductees this year represent high-profile leaders in academia, industry, and government, many of whom are prominent in their support of the optics and photonics community and mentorship of others.
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Jerome Mertz Wins Inaugural Dean’s Research Infrastructure Award
Boston University College of Engineering Dean ad interim Elise Morgan has announced the inaugural recipients of the Dean’s Research Infrastructure Awards (DRIA). Six faculty members, along with collaborators they identified, will receive funds under a program that aims to support innovative, high-impact research by enabling the upgrade, repair, or acquisition of critical equipment.
Neurophotonics Center Faculty Included in Brink’s Best Stories of 2024
COVID (still) and immigration draw the most views, but readers were also captivated by superagers sharing their secrets of living to 100 and a BU-developed device to help detect skin cancer.
Could Twisting Beams of Light Make the Internet Faster—and Greener?
BU engineer Siddharth Ramachandran is developing a technology that could cut the power needed to transmit data—and maybe one day improve brain imaging
Darren Roblyer and Team Featured on MedicalXpress
It might not be as simple as shining a phone flashlight on your finger, but the principles of diffusive glow apply to many of Roblyer’s medical device inventions for tracking health.
Helen Tager–Flusberg Interviewed for “U.S. News” Article on Climbing Autism Rates
Helen Tager-Flusberg, director of the Center for Autism Research Excellence at Boston University, spoke with U.S. News via email about the likely reasons behind the rise, why claims of a link between vaccines and autism persist, and how the Trump administration could impact autism research.
Kilachand Center Profile on Steve Ramirez – Decoding the Mechanisms of Memory
The Ramirez Group, led by Professor Steve Ramirez, investigates how we process and retrieve memories as well as how those memories might be artificially modulated to treat mental health disorders.
Ji-Xin Cheng Featured in Laser Focus World
Professor Cheng’s research team was recently featured on “Photonics Hot List” for their work on using microwaves to treat brain disease.
David Boas and Emily Stephen Win Kilachand Fund Awards
Functional magnetic resonance imaging, or fMRI, provides a noninvasive way to study human brain function
Professor Ramachandran Appointed Editor-in-Chief of Top Optics Journal
Distinguished Professor of Engineering Siddharth Ramachandran is about to take on a vital role as the Editor-in-Chief of Optics Express, beginning in January 2025.