In the Spotlight Featured Researchers
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Featured Researchers
Get to know some of the researchers here at Boston University who are leading the way in discovery to better our world.
David Bishop
Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Physics, Materials Science Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering
Focus: High-capacity optical switch technology
Christopher Chen
Professor, Biomedical Engineering and Materials Science Engineering
Focus: How cells interact with their environment
Jerry Chen
Assistant Professor, Biology
Focus: How the brain assembles sensory information into abstract representations
Christine Cheng
Assistant Professor, Biology
Focus: Improving the ability to model brain diseases using a synthetic 3-D brain organoid
Stephanie Curenton
Associate Professor, Education Leadership & Policy Studies
Focus: Using applied developmental psychology to study classrooms and educational settings for young children
Wynter Duncanson
Assistant Dean, Outreach and Diversity
Focus: Biomedical Engineering and STEM Diversity
James Galagan
Associate Professor, BME, Microbiology
Focus: Systems Biology of microbial organisms
Masha Kamenetska
Assistant Professor, Physics, Chemistry, and Materials Science and Engineering
Focus: Single molecule nano-manipulation, how the intermolecular interface affects function in biological and man-made devices
Leonid Levin
Professor, Computer Science
Focus: Complex algorithms, information theory
Weining Lu
Associate Professor
Focus: Genetics of kidney development and congenital anomalies of the kidney and urinary tract
Ann McKee
Professor, Neurology & Pathology
Focus: Neurodegenerative diseases, mild traumatic brain injury from contact sports and military service and its long-term consequences
Siddharth Ramachandran
Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering & Materials Science Engineering
Focus: Optical physics of guided waves, optical fibers
Steve Ramirez
Assistant Professor, Psychological and Brain Sciences
Focus: Revealing the neural circuit mechanisms of memory storage and retrieval, and artificially modulating memories to combat maladaptive states
Vinod Sarin
Professor, Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science Engineering
Focus: Materials science and surface coating technologies
Sahar Sharifzadeh
Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Materials Science & Engineering
Focus: Understanding the optoelectronic properties of materials
Cara Stepp
Associate Professor, Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences
Focus: Using engineering tools to rehabilitate disordered sensorimotor functions of voice and speech
James Traniello
Professor, Biology
Focus: Behavior, ecology, and evolution of social insects
James Uden
Associate Professor, Classical Studies
Focus: Latin literature and the transformation of ancient ideas in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries
Emily Whiting
Assistant Professor, Computer Science
Focus: Computational fabrication, architectural geometry, and computer aided design
Xin Zhang
Professor, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Materials Science Engineering
Focus: Translational research on use of metamaterials in MRI, acoustic technologies
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