Prof. Valencia Joyner '99 Received a Prestigious Faculty Early Career Development Award from the National Science Foundation

Prof. Valencia Joyner '99 received a prestigious Faculty Early Career Development award from the National Science Foundation for he research into time-resolved near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS). Valencia Joyner is an Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Tufts University. The $541,000 grant is for five years.

Optical methods such as NIRS are emerging as promising non-invasive imaging tools for fundamental study of biological processes and structures, and to examine human tissue to identify disease. However, visibility of superficial and deep structures using optical methods remains fairly poor because of sensor equipment limitations.

Email: vjoyner@ece.tufts.edu