Siddharth Ramachandran
Professor Ramachandran and team focus their research around nonlinear, ultrafast and quantum photonics,, fundamentals of light-matter interactions, fibers and guided-wave devices, super-resolution & brain imaging, classical & quantum networks. Previous REU/RET Projects: Generation, Transmission and Manipulation of Optical Skyrmions (2025, REU) Machine Learning Optimization of OAM-mediated Nonlinear Fiber Optics (2024, REU) Sculpting Light in Space […]
Jerome Mertz
2026 REU Project: In vivo blood flow imaging in mice Dr. Mertz and team work on the development of new microscopy techniques for biomedical imaging in their lab. Previous REU/RET Projects Include: Imaging Cardiac Organoids with Laser Speckle (REU, 2024) Imaging Gas Vesicle Dynamics (REU, 2023) Imaging Neuromelanin With Darkfield Differential Interference Contrast Microscopy (REU, […]
Roberto Paiella
2026 REU Project: Semiconductor nanofabrication process development for computational image sensors Professor Paiella’s research interests include plasmonics, nanophotonics, and metasurface-enhanced optoelectronics, terahertz photonics, and device physics and applications of semiconductor quantum structures and 2D materials. Previous REU/RET Projects Include: Manufacturing of Lens-Free Image Sensors for Ultrasmall Compound-Eye Cameras (REU, 2016) Manufacturing of Group-IV Semiconductor Nanomembranes […]
Darren Roblyer
2026 REU Project: Fabricating customizable anisotropic phantoms for the assessment of clinical optical technologies Dr. Roblyer’s research group develops new label free imaging modalities to diagnose disease and monitor therapies. A main thrust of the lab is development of new wearable and handheld technologies that can provide earlier assessments of therapy effectiveness for cancer, cardiovascular […]
Jian Yin
Dr. Jian Yin was a graduate student in the Paiella Lab. Previous REU/RET Projects include: Manufacturing of Group-IV Semiconductor Nanomembranes for Laser Applications (2015)
David Bishop
In addition to a focus on low temperature physics, Dr. Bishop has a wide variety of research interests, including the study of cardiac tissue engineering, micro-electromechanical (MEMS) systems and nano-electromechanical systems (NEMS), the Casimir Effect, superconductivity and superfluidity, nanotechnology, and feedforward control theory algorithms. Previous REU/RET Projects Include: Coupled Oscillator Simulations (RET, 2023) Chip-scale Magnetocardiography […]
Thomas Bifano
2026 REU Project: In a Heartbeat 2026 RET Project: Light in the Bucket Dr. Thomas Bifano directs the Bifano Lab and the Boston University Photonics Center. His research focuses on modeling, design, production, and use of micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) in optical instruments and photonic devices. He also works on biomedical imaging applications and microscopy. Previous […]