Ji-Xin Cheng, PhD Professor (ECE, BME, MSE)
Education PhD, University of Science and Technology of China, 1998Primary Appointment Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering; Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
In the News
October 29, 2024
The team's novel system stops seizures by temporarily suppressing neurons that are firing excessively. [ More ]
April 4, 2024
The cutting-edge imaging techniques developed by Cheng have advanced the field and are in use in labs and clinics around the globe. [ More ]
April 2, 2024
Professor Ji-Xin Cheng has been named the recipient of this year’s American Chemical Society Division of Analytical Chemistry Spectrochemical Analysis Award. [ More ]
Areas of Interest Molecular spectroscopic imaging technologies
Label-free microscopy
Medical Photonics
Neurophotonics
Cancer metabolism
Photonics for infectious diseases
Publications
Honors and Awards 2024: Raman Award for Most Innovative Technological Development
2024: ACS Division of Analytical Chemistry Spectrochemical Analysis Award
2024: SPIE Biophotonics Technology Award
2024: DeLisi Award
2022: BU Innovator of the Year
2020: Pittsburgh Spectroscopy Award from Spectroscopy Society of Pittsburgh
2019: Ellis R. Lippincott Award from OSA, Society for Applied Spectroscopy, Coblentz Society
2019: Fellow of Optical Society of America
2017: Inaugural Moustakas Chair Professor in Optoelectronics and Photonics, Boston University
2016: Purdue University College of Engineering Research Excellence Award
2015: Craver Award from Coblentz Society
2014: Fellow of American Institute of Medicine and Biological Engineering (AIMBE)
Additional Affiliations Division of Materials Science and Engineering
Department of Chemistry
Department of Physics
Neurophotonics Center
Photonics Center
Molecular Biology, Cell Biology & Biochemistry Program (MCBB)
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