Thomas Bifano

Dr. Bifano directs the Boston University Photonics Center (BUPC), a core facility and academic center of excellence comprised of forty-nine faculty members from eight academic departments and sixteen staff staff members. He leads BUPC programs for education, scholarly research and development of advanced photonics device prototypes for commercial and military applications. His research focuses on design, […]

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 (2023) Chip-scale Magnetocardiography (REM […]

Keith Brown

Dr. Brown primarily studies polymers and smart fluids in order to measure their useful properties, and the order in which they emerge, defining importance. Namely, he seeks to develop methods which increase the throughput of materials research using scanning probe lithography, autonomous experimentation, additive manufacturing, and combinatorial chemistry. Previous REU/RET Projects Include: Nanocombinatorial Electrochemistry for […]

Ji-Xin Cheng

Dr. Cheng’s research interests include neurophotonics, medical photonics, molecular spectroscopic imaging technologies, label-free microscopy, cancer metabolism, and photonics for infectious diseases. With a focus on the medical application of photonics, Dr. Cheng hopes to advance the field with his research and innovative technologies. Previous REU/RET Projects Include: Automating and Integrating Additive Manufacturing of Nanoengineered Materials […]

Pu-Ting Dong

Dr. Pu-Ting Dong was a graduate student in the Ji-Xin Cheng Lab. Previous REU/RET Projects include: Phototherapy of Drug-Resistant Bacteria (2019)

Chuanhua Duan

Previous REU/RET Projects Include: Developing a Nanofluidic Volatile Memory Cell (2022) Rapid Detection of Ultra-Low concentration of Nanoparticles using trapping-based Nanopore Sensing and Free-Flow Electrophoresis (2021) Nanofluidic Sensor for Clogging Monitoring (2019) High Permeable Graphene Oxide Membranes for Water Desalination and Purification (2017) Facile and Scalable Fabrication of PDMS-Glass Nanochannel Devices (2016) Exploring the Effect […]

Amartya Dutta

Dr. Amartya Dutta was a graduate student in the Yang Lab. Previous REU/RET Projects include: Synthesis of Core-Shell-Shell Gold Nano-Particles with Broader and Improved Raman Enhancement (2019)  

Jourdan Ewoldt

Dr. Jourdan Ewoldt was a graduate student in the Jeroen Eyckman Lab. Previous REU/RET Projects include: Effect of Adhesion and Substrate Stiffness on a Differentiation of Pluripotent Stem Cells (2021) Characterization of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM) on the Single-cell and Tissue Level (2019)  

Jeroen Eyckmans

Previous REU/RET Projects Include: Effect of Adhesion and Substrate Stiffness on Differentiation of Pluripotent Stem Cells (2021) Characterization of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM) on the Single-cell and Tissue Level (2019)