Michelle Sander

Michelle Yen-Ling Sander is a German and American optical engineer whose research involves lasers and fiber optics for ultrafast photothermal spectroscopy, and studying the effects of ultrafast light pulses on matter.[1] She is a professor of electrical and computer engineering at Boston University, with secondary appointments in biomedical engineering and materials science engineering.[2]

Early life and education

Sander grew up in Germany,[1], and has been fascinated by light since she was a child.[3] She came to the US as a Fulbright Scholar,[1] and received a master's degree from Georgia Tech in 2004, before finishing a diploma at TU Braunschweig in Germany in 2006.[4]

She defended her Ph.D. in electrical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2012.[2] Her dissertation, High repetition rate fiber and integrated waveguide femtosecond lasers, was jointly supervised by Erich P. Ippen and Franz X. Kärtner.[4]

Recognition

Sander was named by Optica as an Optica Ambassador in 2017, as a Senior Member in 2019, and as a Fellow in 2025;[3] her Fellow award cited her "seminal contributions to ultrafast fiber lasers and their applications in imaging, material characterization, and modulation".[5]

She was a 2025 recipient of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b c McAlpine, Kat J. (October 19, 2023), Faculty Spotlight: How Ultrafast Lasers Developed in Michelle Sander’s Lab are Speeding Up Biological Research, Boston University Photonics Center, retrieved 2026-05-05
  2. ^ a b "Michelle Sander, PhD, Professor (ECE, BME, MSE)", Profiles, Boston University College of Engineering, retrieved 2026-05-05
  3. ^ a b "Michelle Sander", Biographies, Optica, retrieved 2026-05-05
  4. ^ a b Sander, Michelle Y. (2012), High repetition rate fiber and integrated waveguide femtosecond lasers (Ph.D. thesis), Massachusetts Institute of Technology, hdl:1721.1/75647
  5. ^ a b Kleber, A. J. (February 3, 2025), Eye-Opening Contributions: Professors Sander & Tian Named Optica Fellows, Boston University College of Engineering, retrieved 2026-05-05

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