Siddharth Ramachandran Interviewed on “Following the Photons” Podcast

This episode features Siddharth Ramachandran, a Distinguished Professor of Engineering at Boston University. He started his career in industrial research at Bell Labs, and his work with light wave devices has helped advance optical networks, laser-based defense systems, brain imaging, and quantum computing. Here, he talks with host Justine Murphy about his experiences in the […]

Kirit Karkare

Kirik Karkare is an experimental cosmologist. He builds telescopes to observe faint radiation in the millimeter-wave region, including the cosmic microwave background and distant galaxies, to learn about the Big Bang and fundamental physics in the early universe. Related photonics interest lays in utilizing OPF to fabricate sensitive superconducting photon detectors, as his cameras require […]

Inaugural Dean’s Research Infrastructure Awards Given to Multiple Photonics Faculty

Boston University College of Engineering Dean ad interim Elise Morgan has announced the inaugural recipients of the Dean’s Research Infrastructure Awards (DRIA). Six faculty members, along with collaborators they identified, will receive funds under a program that aims to support innovative, high-impact research by enabling the upgrade, repair, or acquisition of critical equipment.