Research Program and Theme
Cancer Technology and Data Science | Cancer Imaging
Research Focus
Stephen Boppart, MD, Ph.D., is an Abel Bliss Professor of Engineering with appointments in the Departments of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Bioengineering, Medicine, and the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology. His Biophotonics Imaging Laboratory focuses on developing novel optical technologies and translating these for cancer imaging. Professor Boppart received his Ph.D. in Medical and Electrical Engineering from MIT, his MD from Harvard Medical School, and his residency training at the University of Illinois in Internal Medicine. He has published over 350 invited and contributed publications and has over 45 patents related to optical biomedical imaging technology. He strongly advocates integrating engineering and medicine to advance human health and our healthcare systems.
Education
- M.D., Medicine, Harvard Medical School, 2000
- Ph.D., Medical and Electrical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1998
Campus Affiliations
- W. W. Grainger Chair, Bioengineering
- Professor, Bioengineering
- Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Professor, Nuclear, Plasma, and Radiological Engineering
- Professor, Biomedical and Translational Sciences
- Affiliate, Molecular and Integrative Physiology
- Affiliate, Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology
- Professor, National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA)
- Professor, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology
- Director, GSK Center for Optical Molecular Imaging, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology
- Director, Interdisciplinary Health Sciences Institute, Interdisciplinary Health Sciences Institute
Select Honors and Recognitions
- IAMBE Fellow, 2021
- AAAS Fellow, 2013
- IEEE Fellow, 2011
- BMES Fellow, 2017
- AIMBE Fellow, 2014