The Photonics Center 2025 Annual Report is Out Now!
With an updates design, please take a look at the latest advancements across the Photonics Center’s community, programs, and more!
Masha Kamenetska Promoted to Associate Professor with Tenure
Representing eight schools and colleges and fields from the natural and social science to the arts, engineering, law, and business
Minjung Son Among 80 Researchers Funded by ACS Board
The ACS Board approves 80 new American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund grants, with the spring 2025 grants totaling $8,630,000 in researcher investments.
Seongje Park

Ultra-rapid, quantitative, label-free antibiotic susceptibility testing via optically detected purine metabolites
Faculty: Lawrence Ziegler | Outlet: ScienceDirect
NPC Podcast Episode #2 with Dr. Ryan Raut
SPIE and Boston University announce $1-million endowment for graduate and postgraduate scholarships
The SPIE-Boston University Scholarship in Photonics will support graduate students and postdoctoral researchers at the university’s Photonics Center
A Summer Experience Like No Other: Life as an REU at Boston University
If you went to summer camp, you’ll remember the feeling well: leaving home, sometimes for weeks at a time, learning new things and meeting new people. You might think of archery, rowing, campfires and fireworks as the dog days of summer stretch on. What might not come to mind is cardiology, lithography, single-molecule force spectroscopy, […]
Photonics Center 2024 Symposium “Lighting the Brain” Highlights Six Neurophotonics Experts as well as Student Presenters
On November 21, 2024, Professor Chen Yang gathered speakers across industry and academia for her organized symposium “Lighting the Brain,” the topic of the 26th annual Photonics Center Symposium. With a blend of Boston University and external presenters, an audience of graduate students, faculty, staff, and international colleagues were invited to learn about the recent […]