REU Projects & Mentors
2026 Mentors
This page will continue to be updated as mentors are confirmed and projects are received.
NSF REU Site in Integrated Nanomanufacturing
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Thomas Bifano
Center Director, Professor (BME, ECE, ME, MSE)
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William Boley
Assistant Professor (ME, MSE)
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Brianne Connizzo
Assistant Professor (BME, ME)
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Liang Hao
Assistant Professor (BME)
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Miguel Jimenez
Assistant Professor (BME, MSE)
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Daniel Lookadoo
Chief Scientific Officer, StataDX
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Roberto Paiella
Professor (ECE, MSE)
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Sheila Russo
Assistant Professor (ME, MSE)
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Jörg Werner
Assistant Professor (ME, MSE)
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Chen Yang
Associate Chair of Master Programs & Professor (ECE, Chem, MSE)
NSF REU Site in Translational Biophotonics
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Irving Bigio
Undergraduate Chair (BME); Professor (BME, ECE, Physics, Medicine)
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Ji-Xin Cheng
Professor, BME, ECE, MSE
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Anna Devor
Professor, (BME)
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Jerome Mertz
Professor (BME, ECE, Physics)
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Darren Roblyer
Associate Professor, (BME, ECE); Graduate Chair (BME)
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Michelle Sander
Associate Professor, BME, ECE, MSE
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Minjung Son
Assistant Professor (Chemistry)
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Lei Tian
Associate Professor (ECE, BME)
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Archana Venkataraman
Associate Professor (ECE, BME)
NSF Engineering Research Center in Cellular Metamaterials
2025 Projects
Each REU participant will join a research project led by a BU faculty member, or in some cases, a startup company lab based in the BU Photonics building.
NSF REU Site in Integrated Nanomanufacturing
NSF Engineering Research Center in Cellular Metamaterials
Materials Science Research Experiences for Undergraduates
Photonics Undergraduate Research Summer Experience
