Assistant Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Boston University

Dr. Michelle Sander is an assistant professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Boston University and an affiliated faculty with the Materials Science and Engineering Division. She is a member of the BU Photonics Center, the BU-BUMC Cancer Center, the Center for Neurophotonics, and the BU Nanotechnology Center. She received her PhD in Electrical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the Optics and Quantum Electronics Group. Previously, she graduated with a German Diploma degree in Electrical Engineering and a Master of Science from the Georgia Institute of Technology. Her research interest include the design of novel ultrafast fiber lasers, characterization of femtosecond dynamics and material interactions, as well as applications to label-free vibrational spectroscopy and infrared nerve stimulation.