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200 +

companies developing and selling products based on BU discoveries

$ 574.25 M

total research awards in FY25

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Featured Researchers

Meet the brilliant minds behind our groundbreaking research.

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  • Wilson Wong

    Wilson W. Wong

    College of Engineering Professor, Biomedical Engineering
  • Ann McKee headshot

    Ann McKee

    William Fairfield Warren Distinguished Professor, Neurology, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
  • Michael Alosco

    Michael Alosco

    Co-Director of Clinical Research, Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy Center Leader, Alzheimer's Disease Research Center Clinical Core Research Vice Chair and Associate Professor of Neurology
  • Xin Zhang Headshot

    Xin Zhang

    College of Engineering Distinguished Professor, Mechanical Engineering
  • Thor Stein

    Thor Stein

    Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine Associate Professor, Pathology and Laboratory Science
  • Deborah Carr

    Deborah Carr

    College of Arts & Sciences A&S Distinguished Professor, Sociology Director, Center of Innovation in Social Science
  • Image of Darrell Kotton

    Darrell Kotton

    Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine David C. Seldin Professor of Medicine, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Director, Center for Regenerative Medicine, Boston University
  • Image of Lucy Hutyra

    Lucy Hutyra

    College of Arts & Sciences Distinguished Professor, Chair, Earth & Environment
  • Thomas Bifano

    Thomas Bifano

    College of Engineering Professor, Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science & Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, and Electrical & Computer Engineering Director, Photonics Center
  • Kenneth Lutchen

    Kenneth Lutchen

    Vice President and Associate Provost for Research
Artwork by Mengyu Li illustrating effects of acoustic silencer

A New Way to Design Silence

From noisy streets to quieter living spaces, machine-learning-driven acoustic metamaterials could enable more adaptable and effective control of unwanted sound. This artwork was created by Mengyu Li, a graduate student in Prof. Xin Zhang’s Lab at Boston University, and was not AI-generated.

Discover Professor Xin Zhang's acoustic silencer

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