PHOTONICS - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Deputy Director
- Senior Research Scientist, ILPB / Institute for Lasers
Dr. Kuzmin holds a Ph.D. degree in laser physics from the Institute of Physics of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus (IPNASB), Minsk, Belarus (1988).
Job Titles:
- Research Associate Professor, ILPB / Institute for Lasers
Dr. Pliss holds a Ph.D. degree in Cellular and Molecular Biology from the Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic (2001).
In 2007 he joined the faculty of the Institute for Lasers, Photonics and Biophotonics (ILPB) at University at Buffalo, SUNY.
Artem's multidisciplinary research is on the interface of cell science, biophotonics and bioengineering. He investigates cellular physiology using quantitative optical approaches including conventional, confocal, and multiphoton fluorescence microscopy, Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging (FLIM), Second Harmonic Generation (SHG) imaging and micro-Raman spectroscopy (BCAbox). This research is focused on the molecular environment in vital cellular organelles and its transformations throughout cellular growth, disease progression or drug-cell interactions. Artem is also very interested in development and applications of advanced biophotonics and nanophotonics technology for modern biomedical research.
Job Titles:
- Executive Director
- Administration and Staff
- Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, Physics, Medicine and
Dr. Paras N. Prasad holds the unique multidisciplinary position of SUNY Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, Physics, Electrical Engineering, and Medicine (four departments spanning three schools). He is the Samuel P. Capen Chair of Chemistry and the Executive Director of the multidisciplinary Institute for Lasers, Photonics and Biophotonics, which he founded in 1999. His pioneering contributions in interdisciplinary research at the interface of photonics, nanotechnology, and biomedicine have broadly impacted healthcare, energy, and optical technologies. Scientific American named him among the world's top 50 science and technology leaders. He has authored 875 scientific papers; four field-defining monographs, widely used in teaching worldwide, in nonlinear optics, biophotonics, nanophotonics, and nanomedicine; eight edited books; and numerous patents. He introduced and advanced new frontiers of organic nonlinear optics, nanophotonics, biophotonics and nanomedicine. His Google Scholar h-Index is 132, with 76,000 citations. His many awards for research excellence include 2021 IEEE Photonics Society William Streifer Scientific Achievement Award; IEEE Pioneer Award in Nanotechnology; the American Chemical Society Peter Debye Award, the Morley Medal and the Schoellkopf Medal; SPIE's highest honor of Gold medal; Optical Society Michael Feld Biophotonics award; Western New York Health Care Industries Technology/Discovery Award; SUNY Excellence in the Pursuit of Knowledge award; UB's first Innovation Impact award; UB President's Medal; Guggenheim Fellowship; Sloan Fellowship. He is an elected foreign fellow of the National Academy of Sciences, India and a fellow of the National Academy of inventors . He is a fellow of the APS, OSA, SPIE, and IEEE and was listed among Thompson Reuters "Highly Cited Researchers" for 2014 &2016. He has Honorary Doctorates from KTH in Sweden, the Aix-Marseille University in France, MEPhI in Russia, and the Federal University of Pernambuco in Brazil. Globally, his technologies have produced nine 9 spin-off companies, including publicly-traded Nanobiotix, now in advanced clinical trials for cancer therapy. Google Scholar H-Index: 136; Total # of Citations: 82,929; Total # of publications: 898 "
Job Titles:
- Chairman of Chemistry, State University of New York at Buffalo ( 9 / 1 / 97 - ) .