Xin Zhang Earns Sigma Xi’s Chubb Award
Prestigious Walston Chubb Award for Innovation is latest in string of honors for metamaterials pioneer
Roberto Paiella Named Optica Society Fellow
For outstanding contributions to the development of novel optoelectronic devices based on quantum-confined systems and photonic nanostructures, Professor Roberto Paiella was recently named an Optica (formerly OSA) fellow!
Kilachand Fund Awards Go to Crystal Rib Cage and Brain Connection Projects
Professors Hadi T. Nia and Mike Economo were among the two research teams to have won the 2023 interdisciplinary research fund grants, and aim to improve study of lung disease and brain development.
David Boas and Team Awarded NIH BRAIN CONNECTS Funding
As one of 11 grants, with a total support cost of $150 million, Professor Boas et al. will utilize their portion of the funding for their research on “Mapping Connectivity of the Human Brainstem in a Nuclear Coordinate System” Read more here: https://www.ninds.nih.gov/news-events/highlights-announcements/nih-brain-initiative-launches-projects-develop-innovative-technologies-map-brain-incredible-detail Project Abstract: The ~1 billion neurons that form the human brainstem are […]
Steve Ramirez Included in 100 LatinX Leaders for Hispanic Heritage Month
Professor Ramirez has been named as one of several LatinX leaders in Massachusetts as a part of AmplifyLatinX’s inaugural ALX 100 award reception.
Jiabei Zhu of Tian’s Group Wins OPTICA Student Paper Competition – 3D Imaging Sub-Division
Another student within Lei Tian’s research group, Jiabei Zhu, has been awarded the win for OPTICA’s Student Paper Award, this time in the field of “3D Imaging Acquisition and Display: Technology, Perception and Applications (3D)” Zhu’s paper, “3D Phase Imaging from Intensity Measurements with Non-Paraxial Multiple Scattering Model” stood out among four potential candidates from top […]
Hao Wang of the Tian Group Wins OPTICA Student Paper Award
Following up the several BU graduate students to be named as finalists in OPTICA’s recent Student Paper Award, Hao Wang of Lei Tian’s research group has won for the paper “Wide-field, high-resolution reflection-mode Fourier ptychographic microscopy.”
BU Dark Matter Researcher Wins Award to Drive “Extraordinary Contributions” to Experimental Physics
Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation names Alex Sushkov to list of distinguished experimental physicists
Lei Tian’s Team Granted Scialog Award for Advanced Bioimaging
Professor Lei Tian’s team was among nine teams recently awarded a collective $1 million in funding as an initiative aiming to catalyze advances in imaging technologies.
Professor Jerry Chen Awarded Tenure
Professor Chen, alongside 24 other BU faculty, has been awarded with tenure following the end of the 2022–2023 academic year. Congrats Professor Chen!