{"id":8354,"date":"2025-08-10T14:43:44","date_gmt":"2025-08-10T19:43:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/photonics-programs\/?p=8354"},"modified":"2026-01-15T09:05:59","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T14:05:59","slug":"benjamin-wolking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/photonics-programs\/2025\/08\/10\/benjamin-wolking\/","title":{"rendered":"Benjamin Wolking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/photonics-programs\/files\/2025\/11\/20250730_Ben-Wolking-Headshot-Squared-636x636.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"636\" height=\"636\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-9326\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/photonics-programs\/files\/2025\/11\/20250730_Ben-Wolking-Headshot-Squared-636x636.jpg 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/photonics-programs\/files\/2025\/11\/20250730_Ben-Wolking-Headshot-Squared-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/photonics-programs\/files\/2025\/11\/20250730_Ben-Wolking-Headshot-Squared-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/photonics-programs\/files\/2025\/11\/20250730_Ben-Wolking-Headshot-Squared-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/photonics-programs\/files\/2025\/11\/20250730_Ben-Wolking-Headshot-Squared-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/photonics-programs\/files\/2025\/11\/20250730_Ben-Wolking-Headshot-Squared-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/photonics-programs\/files\/2025\/11\/20250730_Ben-Wolking-Headshot-Squared-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/photonics-programs\/files\/2025\/11\/20250730_Ben-Wolking-Headshot-Squared-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/photonics-programs\/files\/2025\/11\/20250730_Ben-Wolking-Headshot-Squared-550x550.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/photonics-programs\/files\/2025\/11\/20250730_Ben-Wolking-Headshot-Squared-710x710.jpg 710w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/photonics-programs\/files\/2025\/11\/20250730_Ben-Wolking-Headshot-Squared-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 636px) 100vw, 636px\" \/>Benjamin is attaining a Physics degree at Bates College, as well as a major in Biomedical Engineering (BME) at Columbia during his senior year. Continuing an affinity toward problem-solving work and impact, he has had limited research experiences prior to his time at the Photonics Center&#8217;s REU program.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Enhancing Cardiac Microbundle Stability for Improved In-Vitro Force Measurement: In Dr. Thomas Bifano&#8217;s lab, Benjamin collected data with and without cages to track the failure rates in heart tissue in diastolic force measurement. His mentor was Ruifeng Hu.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h4>&#8220;I hope to gain great research and technical skill experience, create strong connections with my mentor and PI, cultivate friendships with my fellow REUs, and develop my understanding on if research like this is in my future.&#8221;<\/h4>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Learn more about Benjamin&#8217;s research!<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding: 75% 0 0 0; position: relative;\"><iframe style=\"position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%;\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/1147839467?badge=0&amp;autopause=0&amp;player_id=0&amp;app_id=58479\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" title=\"2025 REU Interview with Benjamin Wolking\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/api\/player.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Benjamin is attaining a Physics degree at Bates College, as well as a major in Biomedical Engineering (BME) at Columbia during his senior year. 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