Dr. Irving Bigio

Biography

Irving Bigio is a professor at Boston University, specifically in the College of Engineering, where he focuses on Biomedical Engineering and Electrical & Computer Engineering. He received his PhD, MS, and BS from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. In 2001, he founded a laboratory concentrating on clinical diagnostics through elastic scattering spectroscopy, aiming to monitor sub-cellular dynamics in vitro and develop novel imaging methods for neuronal activation patterns in label-free neural tissues. Over his 22 years at Boston University, he has mentored numerous graduate and undergraduate students. He was recognized with the Distinguished Lecturer Award from the College of Engineering in 2010 and has been deeply involved in interdisciplinary biomedical research, being a member of various centers such as the Boston University BU-BMC Cancer Center. His research is primarily focused on using biomedical optics to develop clinical research applications of optical technologies. He has garnered significant funding, including multiple NIH grants, and has authored a range of publications related to biomedical imaging and optics.

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