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 […]

Jakub Czuchnowski

Previous REU/RET Projects include: Imaging Cardiac Organoids with Laser Speckle (2024)

Jeff Demas

Dr. Jeff Demas was a Research Assistant Professor in the Ramachandran Lab. Previous REU/RET Projects include: Machine Learning Optimization of OAM-mediated Nonlinear Fiber Optics (2024) Sculpting Light in Space (2023)  

Xining Gao

Xining Gao is a graduate student in the Chen Lab. Previous REU/RET Projects include: Optimizing a 2D Culture Device for Characterization of iPSC-derived Cardiomyocytes (2022)  

Ariane Garrett

Ariane Garrett is a graduate student in the Biomedical Optical Technologies Lab. Previous REU/RET Projects include: Speckle Contrast Optical Spectroscopy for Cuffless Blood Pressure Measurements (2024)

Ruifeng Hu

Ruifeng Hu is a graduate student in the Bifano Lab. Previous REU/RET Projects include: Breaking the Mold (2024) Making Heart Tissue Dance (2023) Scaffold Manufacturing for Heart Tissues (2022)

Masha Kamenetska

The Kamenetska research group develops and uses novel single molecule nano-manipulation, detection and spectroscopy techniques to understand and control how the structure of the intermolecular interface affects function in biological and man-made devices. Previous REU/RET Projects Include: Develop a PCR Protocol for Preparing “sticky end” DNA Handles for Single Molecule Force Spectroscopy Measurements (2024)

Lorenzo Kinnicutt

Lorenzo Kinnicutt was a graduate student in the Morphable Biorobotics Lab. Previous REU/RET Projects include: Design of a Soft Manipulator for Beating Heart Procedures (2024)