{"id":6064,"date":"2025-02-26T14:44:54","date_gmt":"2025-02-26T19:44:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/photonics-programs\/?page_id=6064"},"modified":"2026-10-31T08:06:05","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T12:06:05","slug":"projects","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/photonics-programs\/reu\/projects\/","title":{"rendered":"REU\/RET Projects &#038; Mentors"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>2027 Summer Research Faculty Mentors<em><\/em><\/h1>\n<h4>PLEASE NOTE: Additional faculty will be added over the next few months.<\/h4>\n\n\t<ul class=\"profile-listing profile-format-advanced\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"profile-item profile-item-advanced has-title post-4312 profile type-profile status-publish hentry departments-bme departments-ece departments-mse-dept departments-me affiliation-faculty affiliation-staff program-year-yr-2015 program-year-yr-2016 program-year-yr-2017 program-year-yr-2018 program-year-yr-2019 program-year-yr-2021 program-year-yr-2022 program-year-yr-2023 program-year-yr-2024\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/photonics-programs\/profile\/thomas-bifano\/\" class=\"profile-link profile-link-advanced\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"profile-photo profile-photo-advanced\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/photonics-programs\/files\/2025\/09\/Bifano_HS-Cropped-copy-600x600-1-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"profile-name profile-name-advanced\">Thomas Bifano<\/h6>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title profile-title-advanced\">Center Director, Professor (BME, ECE, ME, MSE)<\/p>\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"profile-item profile-item-advanced has-title post-4338 profile type-profile status-publish hentry departments-mse-dept departments-me affiliation-faculty program-year-yr-2021 program-year-yr-2022 program-year-yr-2023\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/photonics-programs\/profile\/william-boley\/\" class=\"profile-link profile-link-advanced\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"profile-photo profile-photo-advanced\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/photonics-programs\/files\/2023\/01\/Boley_Will_1_09.14.2018-600x600-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"profile-name profile-name-advanced\">William Boley<\/h6>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title profile-title-advanced\">Assistant Professor (ME, MSE)<\/p>\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"profile-item profile-item-advanced has-title post-4511 profile type-profile status-publish hentry departments-bme departments-mse-dept affiliation-faculty program-year-yr-2018 program-year-yr-2021 program-year-yr-2022 program-year-yr-2023\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/photonics-programs\/profile\/christopher-chen\/\" class=\"profile-link profile-link-advanced\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"profile-photo profile-photo-advanced\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/photonics-programs\/files\/2023\/01\/Chen-Chris-112017-21336-1-600x600-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"profile-name profile-name-advanced\">Christopher Chen<\/h6>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title profile-title-advanced\">Professor (BME, MSE)<\/p>\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"profile-item profile-item-advanced has-title post-9807 profile type-profile status-publish hentry\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/photonics-programs\/profile\/miguel-jimenez\/\" class=\"profile-link profile-link-advanced\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"profile-photo profile-photo-advanced\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/photonics-programs\/files\/2025\/12\/2023_headshot_MJ-600x600-1-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"profile-name profile-name-advanced\">Miguel Jimenez<\/h6>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title profile-title-advanced\">Assistant Professor (BME, MSE)<\/p>\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"profile-item profile-item-advanced has-title post-4523 profile type-profile status-publish hentry departments-bme departments-me affiliation-business-innovation-center program-year-yr-2021 program-year-yr-2022 program-year-yr-2023 program-year-186\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/photonics-programs\/profile\/daniel-lookadoo\/\" class=\"profile-link profile-link-advanced\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"profile-photo profile-photo-advanced\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/photonics-programs\/files\/2025\/04\/daniel_lookadoo-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"profile-name profile-name-advanced\">Daniel Lookadoo<\/h6>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title profile-title-advanced\">Chief Scientific Officer, StataDX<\/p>\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"profile-item profile-item-advanced has-title post-10461 profile type-profile status-publish hentry affiliation-faculty\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/photonics-programs\/profile\/abigail-plummer\/\" class=\"profile-link profile-link-advanced\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"profile-photo profile-photo-advanced\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/photonics-programs\/files\/2026\/02\/Abby_Plummer-600x600-1-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"profile-name profile-name-advanced\">Abigail Plummer<\/h6>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title profile-title-advanced\">Assistant Professor (ME, MSE)<\/p>\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"profile-item profile-item-advanced has-title post-10310 profile type-profile status-publish hentry\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/photonics-programs\/profile\/bjoern-reinhard\/\" class=\"profile-link profile-link-advanced\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"profile-photo profile-photo-advanced\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/photonics-programs\/files\/2026\/01\/Reinhard_forweb-e1624407902853-470x600-1-e1662858079881-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"profile-name profile-name-advanced\">Bj\u00f6rn Reinhard<\/h6>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title profile-title-advanced\">Professor (Chemistry, MSE)<\/p>\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"profile-item profile-item-advanced has-title post-5894 profile type-profile status-publish hentry departments-mse-dept departments-me affiliation-faculty program-year-yr-2023 program-year-yr-2024\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/photonics-programs\/profile\/sheila-russo\/\" class=\"profile-link profile-link-advanced\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"profile-photo profile-photo-advanced\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/photonics-programs\/files\/2023\/01\/sheilarussoheadshot.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"profile-name profile-name-advanced\">Sheila Russo<\/h6>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title profile-title-advanced\">Assistant Professor (ME, MSE)<\/p>\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"profile-item profile-item-advanced has-title post-9361 profile type-profile status-publish hentry departments-me affiliation-faculty program-year-186 program-year-187\">\n\t<a 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